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Get up to 50% off at Amazon by using 1 Amex Point!
Yep, you read that right! You can get as much as 50% off your Amazon purchase by using a single American Express Membership Reward point. This is a targeted offer that recurs seemingly every quarter, so if you’re not targeted this go around, keep checking, it’s always rotating. Lemme walk you through how it works and where you can see if you’re targeted.
There are multiple offers on this round:
- My wife’s account was targeted for 40% back and $40 max,
- My account got just 15% or $15
- Readers getting 50% up to $80
Note that most accounts have no preset limit on the number of points they need to use, and therefore you can use just a single points, but some are starting to see minimums.
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Make sure your Amazon Account is linked to your Amex card
This is only valid for Amex cardholders that earn Membership Rewards and you need to make sure your account is a payment option. If it isn’t, you may need to wait 24 hours for the offers to start populating.
Ok, my account is linked…who qualifies for this offer?
This deal is targeted meaning not everyone is going to have an offer in their Amazon account.
On top of that, it’s only targeted to Amex cardholders who earn Membership Rewards… so if your card earns MR you’re good to go, if it earns Marriott, Hilton, Delta, etc you won’t qualify.
This offer recurs and I’ve seen additional accounts get targeted throughout the promo period, and even some accounts will use the offer and they will get targeted again. So keep checking throughout the promo period.
We keep 10 American Express Cards listed below and always publish the best offers regardless if we make a commission. You can learn more about these cards and the best offers via the links below.
- American Express Platinum
- American Express Gold
- 3x American Express Business Platinum
- 3x American Express Business Gold
- 2x American Express Blue Business Plus
Go here to see if you’re targeted to receive up to 50% off your Amazon order by using as little as 1 Amex Point, capped at $80
The best part of this deal is that there usually isn’t a minimum amount of points you need to use to trigger the 10% to 50% discount. However, we have seen some accounts impose a minimum so your mileage may vary as shown below.
This is why only a single Amex Point can yield you this Amazon offer. This is a limited offer and expires at 12/31/24 or when 62,500 people have used the offer. The button will disappear when that happens. Make sure you read the terms and conditions below, but these are the main things to keep an eye on in my opinion:
- MUST BE SHIPPED AND SOLD BY AMAZON!
- Other vendors will not trigger the credit
- Must use at least a single Membership Reward to make it work
- The credit is applied before taxes and fees
- Ends 12/31/24 at 11:59pm PST and is capped at up to $80
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- Or when 62500 people have used the offer…the button will disappear
- The cap will vary depending on your offer
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You can use this to buy my book!
Big thing to pay attention to: it needs to say “Sold by Amazon”
The biggest thing to note here…”SOLD BY AMAZON.COM”
At check out – you’ll want to apply 1 Amex Point or potentially 1428
After you apply the point, You’ll see this reflected in both your order and summary before you pay for it. Note that taxes are not included in the discount. Take a look at your order summary and you should see the discount applied – some accounts require 1428 points in order to trigger the discount. Depending on what your discount is…that can and cannot be worth it ( like $40 or $80 back it would be worth it ).
Don’t forget to check for Amex Offers – see that here
This would be a great time to stack that offer.
- Spend $400 or more get 2000 Points
- Spend $150 or more get 1200 points
- Spend $50 or more get 500 Points
Are other programs targeted aside from Amex?
Yep, and you can check their offers right here:
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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