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Several New AMEX Offers: Best Buy, Target, Gap, Neiman Marcus & More

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Good morning everyone, happy April Fool’s Day!  No jokes from me, I’m 100% serious 100% of the time.  Today is also the start of Q2, so get your Q2 credit cards ready and read My Q2 Rotating Cash Back Category Credit Card Strategy.  Spoiler alert: Discover It for restaurants (Citi Forward as my restaurant backup until June 3) and Chase Freedom for grocery stores.

In other news, American Express just released several new AMEX Offers, but they are mostly the 2x Membership Reward Points variety, therefore, they suck.  If earning 2x Membership Reward Points are your thing, you are going to be very happy.  Here are the 4 best AMEX Offers: Best Buy, Target, Gap Brands, and Neiman Marcus.  Most of these 2x offers are only valid online.

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New AMEX Offers (Amazon), Chime Card Offers (Southwest Airlines) & BankAmeriDeals

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Good morning everyone, here are a few new AMEX Offers that I spotted in my American Express account.  The first one is for Amazon, but it is not the typical AMEX Offer.  You will earn 2x AMEX Membership Rewards Points from 3/22 to 7/31.

Amazon AMEX Offer

Here are the other AMEX Offers:

  • Advance Auto Parts: $10 off $50
  • Boston Market: $3 off $15
  • Ermenegildo Zegna: $200 off $1,000
  • The Stationery Studio: $10 off $50

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Round 2 of AMEX Serve Card Account Closures (March 4, 2016)

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Good morning everyone, I wish I had better news to share, but it looks like American Express is up to no good today.  Myself and at least 1 other person I know, received the following email that says that their AMEX Serve Card was flagged for “unusual usage patterns.”  This follows on the heels of AMEX Serve Card Mass Account Closures Effective Immediately (1/8/2016, Section 15.d).  Based on these 2 data points, AMEX sends account closure emails around the first week of the month, possibly every other month.  Did anyone receive an email between January 8 and today (March 4)?  The title of the email says: Termination Of Funds Loading Capabilities on Your Serve® Account.

New Serve Account Shutdown Email

As of today, all my AMEX Serve Cards are closed and I have no more prepaid cards with American Express.  It has been a good run, but now it is time to shred my final AMEX Serve Card.  Did anyone else get hit with an account shutdown email today?  I hope the rest of the weekend goes better :)

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New AMEX Offers: Staples, TurboTax, & Cruise Lines; US Bank FlexPerks & Club Carlson Targeted Spending Offers

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Good afternoon everyone.  American Express added a few new AMEX Offers over the last few days.  The offers include Staples, TurboTax, Norwegian Cruise Line, Carnival Cruise Line, and Porsche Design.  Receive a 5% statement credit at Staples or staples.com after spending $100 or more.  This is not any better than the Chase Ink Bold/Plus Business Credit Cards, but I suppose if you have already maxed out the $50,000 yearly cap on your Chase Ink card, you may be interested in this AMEX Offer.

Staples AMEX Offer

After you enroll all your eligible AMEX cards, you will receive a bunch of enrollment emails from American Express explaining how to shop at Staples and earn cash back via a statement credit.  Too much hand holding from Staples and AMEX for me.

Staples AMEX Offer Enrollment Email

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New AMEX Offers: KLM $200 Off $1,000, Hilton Garden Inn $40 Off $200, a Few Others

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Good morning everyone.  It’s been a while since I last reported on AMEX Offers.  The offers have just been so bad for the last few weeks that it wasn’t even worth mentioning.  The streak has been broken with 2 pretty good travel offers.  The first is from KLM, where you can get a $200 statement credit for spending $1,000 or more on KLM flights.  The only cash back portal that has KLM is Ebates (they are offering 1% cash back for KLM flights).  The second offer is from Hilton Garden Inn, where you can get a $40 statement credit after spending $200 or more.  iConsumer is offering 3.2% cash back for Hilton Garden Inn.  This offer is not valid at any other Hilton properties and the total stay charge must be higher than $200 to trigger the statement credit.

KLM AMEX Offer Hilton Garden Inn AMEX Offer

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