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How to Enroll in American Express Gold Card Benefits ($120 Dining Credit & $100 Airline Fee Credit)

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Good morning everyone. Yesterday, I wrote Unboxing my American Express Gold Card: Card Art & Welcome Documents and How to Activate & Set Up American Express Gold Card in AMEX Online Account.  In this post, I will go through the benefits of the American Express Gold Card (my referral link) and show you how to enroll in 2 important benefits: $120 Dining Credit & $100 Airline Fee Credit.  To get started, sign into your American Express online account, click on your Gold Card and then click the Benefits link to go to the Benefits page.  As you can see, these 2 benefits require you to enroll in them before the benefits kick in, so make sure you do this right away.

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How to Activate & Set Up American Express Gold Card in AMEX Online Account

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Good afternoon everyone.  Earlier today, I wrote Unboxing my American Express Gold Card: Card Art & Welcome Documents.  In this post, I will show you how to activate your card online, add it to your American Express online account, and show you a cool AMEX Offer I received on the card right away.  To get started, I clicked on the Confirm link in the American Express email that stated that my American Express Gold Card (my referral link) had shipped.

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Unboxing my American Express Gold Card: Card Art & Welcome Documents

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Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend.  A few days ago, I was instantly approved for the American Express Gold Card.  I was able to add the Gold Card to my Apple Wallet and use it a few times via Apple Pay.  I am happy to report that I got my new Gold Card via UPS Next Day Air and I can do an unboxing post for this card.  In case you missed my last unboxing post, don’t forget to read Unboxing My US Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Credit Card: Card Art, Welcome Letter & Booklet.  Here is the front and back of the American Express Gold Card (my referral link).  As you can tell, the front of the card is a much darker gold than the back of the card.  American Express also wants you to use Contactless Payment (tap & pay feature of the card), since the logo is on both sides of the card.  The card is made of metal, similar to the American Express Platinum Cards.  Let’s see what else came with my Gold Card in the welcome package.

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Ebates / Rakuten April Fool’s Day Promo: 12% Cash Back at 150+ Stores (4/1 Only)

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Good evening everyone.  The Ebates Cash Back Shopping Assistant just alerted me that Ebates is running their April Fool’s Day promo where you can earn 12% cash back at 150+ stores.  You can see the whole list of stores here.  Don’t forget to check Cash Back Monitor to compare cash back rates from several online shopping portals.

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If you are not an Rakuten member, sign up for a free account (my referral link – thank you) and receive a $10 bonus after your first $25 purchase. Remember, Ebates is Becoming Rakuten.

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If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.  Have a great evening everyone!

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Unboxing my US Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Credit Card: Card Art, Brochure & Welcome Letter

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Good afternoon everyone.  I hope you enjoyed reading my post from this morning: My March Madness App-O-Rama Results: 3 out of 4 Credit Cards Approved.  In that post, I mentioned that I would be doing an unboxing of my new US Bank Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Credit Card.  This credit card has a sign up bonus of 50,000 FlexPoints (worth $750 in flights) after spending $4,500 in 3 months.  This card has a $400 annual fee, but offers $325 in airline travel credits that mostly offset the annual fee.  There are a few other credit card perks that I will go over in this post.  But first, take a look at how beautiful this credit card is.  The card is a thick metal, similar to the Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card.  On the front of the credit card, it only shows your full name.  On the back, it has your full name again along with all the other credit card information.  Let me show you the rest of the items that came with this credit card.

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