The Offer
- Currently there are two ways readers have been able to get bonuses of 50,000 Membership Rewards points on the Premier Rewards Gold card to show up.
Both offers should require $1,000 in spend within the first three months to trigger the bonus.
Card Details
- You can only get the sign up bonus on every American Express card once per lifetime.
- Annual fee of $195 is waived for the first year
- $100 airline incidental credit
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 3x points on flights booked directly with airlines
- 2x points on purchases made at U.S gas stations, U.S. Restaurants & U.S supermarkets
- 1x points on all other purchases
- No foreign transaction fees
Our Verdict
We’ve seen PRG go up to 65,000, but that was split up over two years. From memory 50,000 points after $1,000 in spend is the best sign up bonus we’ve seen apart from that two year offer (and that required paying a year of $195 annual fees). Probably worth grabbing if you can get the offer to show and have a use of Membership Rewards points, but not such a crazy deal to be disappointed if it doesn’t show up. As always if you have any questions regarding American Express credit cards I’d recommend you read this post first.
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Anything have success with this recently?(prg),
I signed up, finally got it to work with a VPN in Dallas using incognito with this link: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/25330
Approved through Baidu trick; 50k for 2k in spend
Approved for 50K for 2K spend as well, but use the "Highest Offer Method" from the DoC post from December 18 of this year as the Baidu trick wasn't working for me.
On 7/12 and today I was able to get 50k for 2k spend via Microsoft Edge InPrivate after clearing my cookies and going to this link:
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/25330
I also used a proxy and connected via California, if that makes a difference.
Tried this link with my everyday laptop and this 50k offer did not appear. And tried again with my iPad. Offer appeared but after submitting app, the window pop-up explained that I a not eligible for this bonus offer probably because I had this Premier Rewards Gold back in 2013.
Thanks, got the same 50k for 2k spend offer with that link using incognito mode in Chrome.
Dumped my cache and it worked first time. 50k gold and 25K ED. Nice!
Has anyone tried calling and asking for this offer?
Used cardmatch, only see chase cards offer? None of amex cards.
Why?
Same for me (and my SO) and not sure why.
Try couple hours.
No Luck.
Only require $2,000 in spend.
I've been trying both methods for longer than I'm willing to admit with no luck tonight. Has anyone tried calling and asking for this offer?
Is it possible?
Kept using incognito in Chrome, no luck. Tried it with InPrivate with Edge via the expired personal Platinum link and *immediately* got an offer for 50k points/$2,000 spend, along with several other special offers (including 25k/$1,000 on Green!)
Tried this method for both my SO and I and no luck just as a counter point.
James, you rock. Worked your way after I had tried everything else. Muchas graxias!
Thanks Doc. I got the 50k MR points after 2k spend offer and got my wife, and both parents approved instantly through a Chrome incognito browser on my phone.