Meeting The Purchase Requirements For The New AmEx EveryDay Cards

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AmEx recently released two new cards: AmEx EveryDay & AmEx EveryDay preferred. You earn a points bonus if you meet 30 purchases per month on the preferred and 20 purchases per month on the regular card.

This page is designed to give you tips on how to reach the purchases required.

Tactics For Reaching The 20/30 Purchase Requirement

Below we’ve included some methods that you can use to help reach the 20/30 purchases required and data points of whether they worked or not.

• Purchase gift cards from Amazon.com starting at $0.15 per gift card [Worked: 1
• Put multiple items through self check out as separate transactions (make sure to do this when it’s quiet to avoid disrupting other customers) [Worked: 1

[Read: Ways to reach minimum debit card transactions, usually used for meeting bank account bonuses]

What Counts As A Purchase?

According to the AmEx terms & conditions there is the following fine print:

• Purchases of good or services must be separate (e.g multiple items at a supermarket will not count as separate purchases)
• Purchases do not include fees or interest charges, balance transfers, cash advances, purchases of travelers checks, purchases or reloading of prepaid cards or purchases of other cash equivalents
• Returned items DO count towards the purchase count, but you’ll not receive Membership rewards points on returns

What Date Do They Use?

If you make a purchase on January 31st and your statement closes on January 31st, it’ll count as a January purchase even if it doesn’t post until your February statement. Sometimes the transaction date will be different (e.g, when you purchase items online – sometimes the merchant will use the shipping date as the purchase date).

Is It Per Calendar Month Or Billing Period?

It’s per billing period. So if you’re billing period is January 4th – February 4th, you have between those dates to make the required amount of purchases.

Do Authorized User Purchases Count?

Yes, as long as the charge comes up on your statement as a purchase it’ll count towards the total needed.

Does The Purchase Bonus Apply To The Sign Up Bonus?

How Long Does It Take For The Bonus Points To Post?