The Offer
- Receive a sign up bonus of $250 after you spend $500 on purchases within the first three months of card membership on the Blue Cash Everyday card (You might see an offer for only $100 or $150, try to use incognito mode for the higher offer)
- You’ll also earn 10% back on up to $2,000 on Amazon.com purchases on the card within the first six months of card membership
Card Details
- No annual fee
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 3% cash back at U.S. supermarkets (up to $6,000 in spend annually, then 1%)
- 1% back on all other purchases
- You can only get the sign up bonus on American Express cards once
Our Verdict
American Express seem to be rotating what they offer as the bonus category for the extra $200, recently they have had:
If you can get the $450 offer to show I’d probably grab this offer as that is a massive bonus for this no annual fee card and I doubt we will see it higher (assuming you can use the 10% on Amazon, otherwise wait for a category you’d prefer). There are a lot of cards that earn at a high rate on Amazon, so this is really on an extra $100 but still a great deal. Not worth considering if you get either of the lower bonuses to show up. As always, before applying make sure you read through these things everybody should know about American Express cards.
There is a similar bonus for $450 on the Blue Cash Preferred card as well.
Hat tip to American Express media team & US Credit Card Guide
Tried this through a regular browser window and incognito, both only offered $100 back. Wasn’t going to be worth it to me, but I went ahead and did the ‘check available pre-approved offers’ or whatever at the link at the top of their page, and was offered the $250 back after $1,000 spend. Got immediately approved!
There is a change in category :
Apply by 05/03/17 to earn 10% back at U.S. Restaurants on the Card within the first 6 months of Card Membership, up to $200 back
Yes, we have posted about this before.
Just applied and approved for $9,000 credit limit. Got the $200 restaurant + $250 after $1000 spend using the Baidu method!
is this offer still ther?
It probably still is but not always easy to find. Sometimes you need to check with VPN or some other tricks to get it to show.
Does anyone know the POID (offer code) for the $250 after $1000 offer? I opened it in incognito mode in early November however I received only $150. Now Amex wants the Offer ID in order to open a dispute. Thanks!
Got the $250 bonus ($450 total) today after using Chrome Incognito and Hotspot Shield VPN about ten times. Thanks for the info!
Is this still working with the 450$ bonus? Am trying with VPN set to NY/CA but not getting it
Yup, it’s still possible.
Still working, sometimes trying other computers can help (e.g at the office or friends)
Tried many times in my house and no Dice. Went to work and used two VERY old servers we had and I thought they were amex virgin. $450 showed for both cards!!!!!!! Approved 🙂 Thanks doc!
Welcome, glad to hear it worked. Out of interest, after applying do the $450 offers show on those computers when you’re not logged in?
Does reloading amazon gift card count towards $1k spending requirement *and* 10% back at the same time? If so, it is pretty awesome way to get amazon pesos.
Don’t see why it wouldn’t count.
Yeah, maybe I was overthinking about recent amex clawbacks. I’ll bite the bullet. Thanks.
BTW, are you going to fix the line of $250 after you spend $500?
What I see on amex site is $1000 spending requirement.
$1,000 spend requirement is for the Blue Cash Everyday Preferred I believe, two different cards.
I know it’s been about 2 month now. I’d love to know if it worked for you?
Still works as of today. I used Chrome incognito and PIA VPN with California IP and got the $450. Took a few hours of changing IPs and refreshing but its still alive.