Random News: AMEX Offers for Best Buy and Starbucks; and Discover It Cash Back Confusion
Will the AMEX Offers ever end? We hope not! If you have not been following the Polar Vortex of AMEX Offers, please check out these posts:
- Complete List of New AMEX Offers: FedEx Office, Sony, Petco, Waldorf Astoria, Conrad Hotels, a Disturbing 2x Membership Reward Trend, and even more Offers
- AMEX Offers: Petco Gift Cards, FedEx Office Shipping Supplies, $1,000 Cash Back from Duxiana, and New Reebok Shoes
- Random News: New Citi American Airlines Executive Card with Admirals Club Logo, Marriott AMEX Offer, $1 McDonald’s Chime Offer, and Hilton HHonors Cruises
Best Buy joins the party, spending $250 or more and get $25 cash back (hat tip Shawn @ Miles to Memories).
Starbucks is also fashionably late (stuck waiting for drink in Starbucks line). Spend $10 *online only* and get $5 cash back.
According to Dan’s Deals, you can get the AMEX offer by loading your Starbucks Card online (don’t buy Starbucks gift cards).
I tested a $10 online load and received the AMEX Offer email. So it looks like reloading gift cards online works.
I checked Starbucks Store on Gift Card Mall and apparently Shop Discover is paying out 10% on orders.
I’m not 100% 1% sure if this will earn cash back, but it can’t hurt to try :)
Speaking of Discover, my Discover It Credit Card statement just closed last night and I need your help to decode the cash back rewards. Here are all of my Discover It purchases from the past month.
Last month, I talked about the Discover It 5% Cash Back Targeted Promo. I would earn 5% cash back for the first $1,000 spent at Walgreens.
I also used the Shop Discover cash back portal to make an Orbitz hotel reservation and to place a Home Depot order. If we look at the Shop Discover and Promotional section: $55.15 – $2.15 Orbitz – $3.00 Home Depot = $50, which is 5% cash back on my Walgreens purchases.
The $18.43 in Everywhere Else is interesting. I spent $2,843 on my Discover It Credit Card, subtract the $1,000 for qualifying Walgreens purchases and you are left with $1,843, which earned 1% cash back = $18.43.
The 5% Cashback Bonus is the confusing part. My only online purchase was made with GiftCardMall.com, which should have earned 5% on a $1,522 purchase, should have earned $76.11, but only earned $35.69. I’m not sure what is going on there, any idea?
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. I gotta pack for my trip to Phoenix this weekend for #westcoastdo. See you there!
Thank you so much for the Amex Offers! I also want to know how I can save money or points for shopping at Amazon site. It looks like none of shopping portal have offer for Amazon. Please write about it.
You are right, there are really no online shopping portals for Amazon. I have an affiliate account with Amazon (see the Amazon logo to the right), so I earn 1-2% on your purchase. The only real way to save on Amazon is to buy Amazon gift cards with credit cards at office supply stores or grocery stores.
sometimes the online 5% may take 6-8 weeks too. I am in a similar situation with a purchase on hp.com. They said I should wait for another statement.
One more thing. Does buying from giftcardmall not charge as cash advance?
No cash advance, just a credit card purchase. There are shipping and activation fees included.
That’s true, but I haven’t used my Discover It Credit Card the months before October. I’ll have to see what posts on my next statement.
Grant, how soon does the 5% post to your account (or show up as pending). I bought a simon mall gift card using my discover and I don’t see any cashback earned. Shouldn’t it have for the 4th quarter?
It should show up after your Discover It statement closes.
Oh okay. Thanks, Grant. My statement closes tomorrow, so I’ll be on the lookout for the cashback.
Great, please let me know what happens with your statement.
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is it worth mentioning that Bank of America Cash Rewards Bank Ameri Deals is offering 10% cashback on up to $150 at Office Depot OfficeMax?
Can you send me a screenshot or forward me that email? Thanks Whitney.
email? still dont know how to insert a screenshot from my phone here
If you have an iPhone, just press the home button and the sleep button at the same time. If you have a different phone, then you are on your own. My email is grant @ travel with grant dot com.
sorry I should’ve been more clear I know how to take a screenshot I just don’t know how to include it in my reply to this blog entry….
There is really no way to upload a photo as a comment, I would use http://www.tinypic.com to upload the image and copy the link in your comment.
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