Update 5/20/24: Offer ending soon on 5/22/24
Update 3/13/24: a Reddit user notes that you can see the 10x offer tracked in the details of the referral bonus, found within your Amex login. It should show in your Points Summary as a string of letters with an addendum of “10 BNS”. For example, you might see a string of letters like this: K74G:0006 b 10 BNS
Update 3/6/24: a reddit user confirmed with Amex that this 10x will stack with the 10x from a prior signup bonus on the Platinum card, and a total of 20x can be earned at Restaurants if you have both of these.
The Offer
Check your American Express login or app for the following targeted offer:
- Refer a friend to an American Express card by 5/22/24 and get bonus points – some people are seeing 25,000, some 20,000, some 15,000, some 10,000.
- Also get 10x Membership Rewards points per dollar spent at restaurants worldwide for 3 months, on up to $25,000.
The Fine Print
- 10x bonus is on top of what you already earn on your Card.
- This offer can only be redeemed once.
- Offer ends 05/22/2024.
Our Verdict
This offer is showing for some people and not others. The following cards might show this offer: Gold personal and business, Platinum personal and business, BCE, BCP, Delta cards, BBC, BBP. As usual, it won’t matter which card the new member signs up for – as long as they use the link from the referrer card showing the 10x offer.
This can potentially be maxed out at 275,000 bonus points for a single referral. Most people won’t be able to max it out, yet many will still find it a sweet deal.
Some of the links are showing nice offers for the new member too while others are showing subpar offers. Regardless, it might make sense for someone in 2-player mode to swallow a lower bonus in order to facilitate the referrer getting their bonus.
No referral sharing in the comments below.
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It is going to end today!
Multiple plays here ..buy restaurant GCs from Pepper Rewards App, use the signup bonus 10%, pepper code as restaurant, rinse and repeat the signup bonus with a Google voice number every 15 days, have a stacked multiplier of 10x Amex Referral and top that with a Resy 15x, limit Pepper to $1K GC per day and max out 25K. That yields 625K MR $7K nearly Schwab cash out + whatever gravy you got in discounted GCs. Ufffff!!!
Who will buy them off of you and for how much?
Ufffffff
We all got emails immediately after referral link was used.
What's the email say?
Re: Your American Express Referral Bonus
One has to be crazy to spend $25,000 in restaurants for 3 months 😂😂
hmmmm yummy....
My wedding venue and caterer and rehearsal space all coded as restaurants. Great timing for me. 20k spend on one biz gold turned into about 400k Amex Mr from one card
You don't have to spend all $25,000 to get the bonus of 10x on each transaction.
Yummy.....
Or good at MS :)
how would you ms at a restuarant? asking geniuenly.
It's moot. If you were stupid enough to MS $25k at restaurants (that sell gift cards) in 3 months, AmEx RAT would claw back your points...if you even got them in the first place. This isn't 2013.
That said, some high-rollers might legitimately spend that dining at high-end restaurants. Dining out, at good restaurants, isn't cheap.
Order a lot of food and donate to homeless
Certain restaurants sell (visa/mc/etc.) gift cards
The cracker barrel April fools?
If you can find them.
Buy a $25,000 chilis gift card. Ezpz.
that answer is worth $10,000s of dollars my friend
Does anyone know if the 10x points from restaurants apply across all of the referrer's cards? Or just the one you shared your referral from?
ie. I referred someone from my Gold card (for the 14x at restaurants) but I'm curious if I use my Green it will also get the 10x?
The email is a bit confusing... but "any additional card associated with this account" seems to indicate yes?
“Great news! You now qualify for a special offer. Starting from the date this email was sent, you can earn +10 rewards per dollar on eligible purchases at restaurants worldwide with your American Express® Card ending in (and any Additional Card associated with this account) on up to $25,000 in combined purchases, for the next three months. Terms Apply.1”
listen to the Doc. it only means AUs. Your Green is a completely different account, only sharing the same account holder.
Any additional card associated with the account could refer to AUs as well, though.
I found this in my Amex app and at first didn’t find this post when I had searched for Blue Cash Everyday but just found it now in the best posts from last week post. Might be worth including the spelled-out card names for those of us searching that way in similar posts in the future? Too bad about not posting referral links. Anyone know another good place to post?
Referred someone and they got approved on 2/24. I didn't get an email but see that my points posted. Any idea if they will send an email saying that the 10x is active?
I received an email when the receive activated the card. You have 90 days of 10x MR earnings from that point.
Out of curiosity, have the bonus points posted for your restaurant purchases when you look at rewards activity?
It's been a while since your comment but when I look at my points activity I see "K50U:0010 b 10 BNS" posting sporadically with points amounts. It doesn't seem to track perfectly (though maybe a bakery in another country isn't coding as dining) but it's a positive DP
I did a simple google search for “no fx fee amex”and first link to their page w/150k PC 90k GC and
$400 BCP 1st yr waived…and yes PUJ.
Many elevated offers on their cards, used brave w/ shields up.
I got a referral and instead of this I got an email for $100 statement credit after spending at delta =/
It issue. It's still activated as dining offer
does 10x mr for dining takes effect immediately as soon as my referred person gets approved for their card?
Yes it does. I received an email from AMEX stating that the clock was ticking.
"Great news! You now qualify for a special offer. Starting from the date this email was sent, you can earn +10 rewards per dollar on eligible purchases at restaurants worldwide with your American Express® Card ending in (and any Additional Card associated with this account) on up to $25,000 in combined purchases, for the next three months. Terms Apply.1"