$15 off $60 at Amazon with New American Express offer - Discounted Amazon and 3rd Party Gift Cards - Support Your Bloggers!

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As reported by many bloggers today, there is a new American Express offers for you available.  Spend $60 at Amazon and earn a $15 statement credit.  That's good for 25% off anything on Amazon.  This offer is on every card in your American Express login.  It will run out of offers so add them to your account even before you know what to buy.

Don't know what to buy?  You can always buy Amazon Gift Cards and add them to your account for future use.  Once they are in your account, they are automatically used for your next purchase so you don't need to keep track.

Have too many Amazon Gift Cards?  Amazon sells gift cards to other retailers as well, including Southwest, Whole Foods, Starbucks and many others.

This is a great way to support your favorite bloggers since there is no portal that will pay out for Amazon gift card purchases (at least that I know of - please comment if I'm wrong).

Terms

Offer valid only for purchases made directly at Amazon.com or smile.amazon.com. Offer valid only for purchases made with the US Dollar. Offer not valid for purchases made with foreign currencies. Purchases made through other merchants or third party sites using "Checkout by Amazon" or other Amazon payment methods do not qualify for this offer. Not valid at international or non-English versions of Amazon.com or websites affiliated with/linked to from Amazon.com. Also excludes Corporate gift Cards, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Local, Amazon Home Services, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Supply, Amazon Local Register, Amazon Coins, Kindle Direct Publishing, Go-Go and Amazon Payments. Must add offer to Card and use same Card for one or more transactions in order to redeem. In order to receive your statement credit, all qualifying purchases must ship on or before 12/31/15. If items are ordered during the offer period but are shipped after 12/31/15, those items may not count towards determining whether your purchases qualify for the offer. If you receive a replacement Card during the offer and use that Card to enroll, you must update your Card on file with Amazon to receive the statement credit. Limit 1 statement credit per American Express Card® across all American Express offer channels. Enrollment is limited. Statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 90 days after 12/31/15, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase(s). Statement credit may be reversed if qualifying purchase(s) is/are returned/cancelled. If American Express does not receive information that identifies your transactions as qualifying for the offer, you will not receive the statement credit. Also, in most cases, you will not receive the statement credit for transactions made with electronic wallets or through third parties or if the merchant uses mobile or wireless Card readers to process them. By adding an offer to a Card, you agree that American Express may send you communications about the offer. If you use Membership Rewards® points for all or any portion of a transaction through the "Shop with Points at Amazon.com" program, the amount of that transaction that you cover with points will not qualify for the offer. Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this promotion. 

$15 off $15 at Amazon - Targeted - Free Gift Cards!

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Update: There is an alternative $15 off a $30 purchase at Amazon.  Make sure you spend the correct amount to trigger the offer. HT - @somdav2005 on Twitter

I only found this offer on some of my accounts but it does exist.  $15 of free spending from Amaozn

$10 Amazon Promotional Credit with Purchase of $45 of Amazon Gift Cards - Prime Members Only

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HT - DansDeals and Doctor of Credit

Prime members are eligible for a $10 promotional credit if they purchase a 3 pack of gift cards, including 3 $15 gift cards.

Here is the direct link.

Use coupon code PRIMEGCS

Valid today only

Promotional credit expires 8/29/2015 and works on any item sold and shipped by Amazon (not a 3rd party seller)

Upgrade GameStop Gift Card to Amazon Gift Card

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A friend of mine let me know that GameStop gift cards can be used to purchase other types of gift cards in store including Amazon Gift Cards.  I spend a ton of money on Amazon every year so Amazon Gift Cards equivalent to cash in my mind.

This is quite nice since GameStop Gift Cards can be bought at a discount online.  I went tonight to check it out myself and it worked like a charm!

A quick check on Gift Card Granny shows that you can buy a GameStop gift card for 10% off via eBay and 8% off via giftcards.com.

Buying gift cards on eBay is great since you can get an additional 1.5% cashback from Top Cashback and you are eligible for eBay Bucks which can be used for future purchases.  If you use a Chase Ink Business credit card you might even get 5x points for the eBay purchase.


Once I knew about this I checked online and there have been others who have talked about it before.  One is in the Frequent Miler Laboratory which is a great resource to check for any gift card or shopping portal questions.  It is also discussed on Slickdeals.

• Make sure you buy physical gift cards, not eGift Cards so that it can be used in store. Amazon Gift Cards are not sold online by GameStop
• Buy close to $50 or numbers divisible by 50 since Amazon Gift Cards are sold in GameStop in $50 denominations, at least in my local store.  Otherwise you are paying for the rest with a regular credit card.

Chime Prepaid - Free $5 Amazon Gift Card - Targeted?

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If you signed up for a Chime prepaid card, check your email for an offer for a $5 credit when you spend $5 at Amazon by the end of tomorrow.  This includes Amazon Gift Cards.

Don't have a Chime account?  Sign up with my referral link and we will both get $10 added to our Chime accounts!

Learn more about Chime here.

The offer looks like this:



I got an email for my account and my wife's account:.  5 minutes after I bought a $5 Amazon Gift cards I got an email from Chime confirming that I will be getting $5 back.  $10 of Amazon Gift Cards at no fee?  Not too shabby!

New Softcard Promotions - 4,000 United Miles and $150 of Amazon Gift Cards

Softcard is a mobile payment system that works on certain smartphones.  Check out eligibility here.

They have been and are being quite aggressive in recruiting new usage.  They have two new promotions that just started at the beginning of November.

1) 4,000 United Miles

This is the more appealing promotion to me due to its relative ease:

Add a Chase United Credit card to Softcard.  Add your United Frequent Flyer Number to the account by following the steps in the link.

Once your card is added, you will get 2,500 bonus miles for your first purchase with the Chase United in November using Softcard.

For every month afterwards until the end of February that you use make one purchase with the Chase United using Softcard, you will get another 500 bonus miles for a total of 4,000 bonus miles.

Terms and Conditions*Receive 2,500 United MileagePlus Miles (“Miles”) on your 8 -digit United MileagePlus Program Account (“Account”) by: (i) provisioning your United MileagePlus® Credit Card issued by Chase Bank USA, N.A. (“Eligible Card”) to Softcard; (ii) registering your Account number for the offer; and (iii) completing a transaction with your Eligible Card using Softcard (“Eligible Transaction”) between November 1, 2014 and the expiration of the offer on February 28, 2015 (the “Offer Period”). Receive an additional 500 Miles for each subsequent calendar month of the Offer Period in which you complete an Eligible Transaction. Maximum award of 4,000 Miles per Eligible Card under this offer. Award Miles will generally be credited to your Account within 6-8 weeks after the end of the calendar month in which the Miles were earned. Offer expires on February 28, 2015, but offer is subject to change or cancellation at any time. Chase Bank USA, N.A. is not responsible for the provision of or the failure to provide the promotional offers. Miles will post directly to your United MileagePlus account and will not appear on your Chase statement.
Miles accrued, awards, and benefits issued are subject to change and are subject to the rules of the United MileagePlus program, including without limitation the Premier® program (the “MileagePlus Program”), which are expressly incorporated herein. United may change the MileagePlus Program including, but not limited to, rules, regulations, travel awards and special offers or terminate the MileagePlus Program at any time and without notice. United and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products or services of other participating co mpanies and partners. Taxes and fees related to award travel are the responsibility of the member. Bonus award miles, award miles and any other miles earned through non-flight activity do not count toward qualification for Premier status unless expressly stated otherwise. The accumulation of mileage or Premier status or any other status does not entitle members to any vested rights with respect to the MileagePlus Program. All calculations made in connection with the MileagePlus Program, including without limitation with respect to the accumulation of mileage and the satisfaction of the qualification requirements for Premier status, will be made by United Airlines and MileagePlus in their discretion and such calculations will be considered final. Information in this communication that relates to the MileagePlus Program does not purport to be complete or comprehensive and may not include all of the information that a member may believe is important, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the information on the united.com website and the MileagePlus Program rules. United and MileagePlus are registered service marks. For complete details about the MileagePlus Program, go to www.united.com.

2)  Up to $150 in Amazon Gift Cards

This is less exciting to me since it requires many more purchases, but it still can be lucrative.


Use any participating credit card through Softcard 5 times before the end of December and you will get a $10 Amazon Gift Card for each 5 purchases, up to $30 of Amazon Gift Cards, which is a total of 15 purchases for the $30.

Up to 5 separate credit cards are eligible for the $30 of Amazon gift cards for a total of 75 purchases and $150 of Amazon gift cards.





HT: Dansdeals, Doctor of Credit and Frequent Miler

Amazon Gift Cards back in Stock at Plink

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Plink is a service that allows you to get extra savings on top of any other savings.

You have to link your credit card to their site, which requires a level of trust that some aren't comfortable with, but if you do you end up with some free gift cards.

For example, spend as little as $3 on your linked card at Dunkin' Donuts and you will get 25 plink points which are worth $0.25 towards their reward gift cards.  If you spend more, you can get even more money back.

Amazon has always been my gift card of choice.  I will always spend money there so I know I will use it.  In addition, I can just add the money right to my Amazon account and not have to find and remember the gift card when I'm ready to make a purchase.

The problem was that all the good gift card redemption options were all out of stock, making Plink points useless until they came back.  Well, I checked this morning and all redemption options are back in stock, including Amazon and Walmart gift cards. 

Grab them while they are still in stock!

Need to Make Many Small Transactions? Amazon eGift Cards to the Rescue!

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Here is a small tip that can be pretty helpful.


There are some bonuses that require you to either make a certain number of purchases before you get the bonus or to make a certain number of purchases a month in order for it to stay free.

One example is the Capital One 360 Checking account which required you to make 5 purchases in the first 45 days on their debit card to the bonus.  If you signed up for your spouse as well, that means you have to make 10 purchases, which can be annoying.

Whatever shall you do?

Amazon eGift Cards are the perfect solution!

Amazon eGift cards can be bought at denominations as low as $0.15.  You can buy 5 of them for $0.75 or 10 for $1.50.  You add the gift cards to your Amazon account so there is almost no money outlay and there is also very little time commitment.

$5 Amazon Gift Card for Signing up for Delta Emails

$5 amazon gift card for signing up for emails from Delta.

It seems like it is targeted so not everyone will be able to sign up but here is the link.


HT: Point Me to the Plane

Buy $50 Amazon Gift Card get $10 Gift Card Free - Targeted?

I got an email this morning from Amazon this morning that says:

Dear Amazon.com Customer,  Enjoy this exclusive e-mail offer: Surprise someone with an Amazon.com Gift Card and get a $10 promotional code to spend on yourself. Just purchase at least $50 in Amazon.com Gift Cards by May 31, 2013, and we'll email you a $10 promotional code to spend at Amazon.com this summer.* A perfect gift, Amazon.com Gift Cards can be sent via e-mail, posted on Facebook, printed at home, or sent through the mail. Amazon.com Gift Cards are redeemable storewide for millions of items and never expire.

You can buy Amazon Gift Cards here

This may be a targeted deal so check your emails and spam folders to see if you got it.  If you didn't get an email, you may not be eligible for the $10 gift card free.

The $10 gift card might not come until June 15th.



Terms and Conditions:

Receive $10 off a future Amazon.com retail order when you purchase at least $50 in Amazon.com Gift Cards ("GCs") before June 1, 2013. Offer valid on qualified purchases of GCs between May 1, 2013, and May 31, 2013, 11:59PM (PT). Purchases must be for at least $50 in combined GC value. Offer valid on GCs purchased on Amazon.com and, in the case of E-mail and Facebook GCs scheduled in advance, delivered before June 1, 2013. For qualifying purchases, a promotional code of $10 ("Promo Code") will be sent to the e-mail address associated with the Amazon.com account used to purchase the GCs by June 15, 2013, and the Promo Code is valid through July 31, 2013, 11:59PM (PT). Offer good for customers receiving this e-mail only. One Promo Code per customer/primary e-mail address. Promo Code may be applied only to products sold by Amazon.com Inc. and its affiliates and does not apply to products sold by third-party merchants through the Amazon.com site. Restrictions apply. See www.amazon.com/promos for complete details. May not be combined with other offers. Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel at any time. Void where prohibited. Except as required by law, GCs cannot be transferred for value or redeemed for cash. GCs may be used only for purchases of eligible goods at Amazon.com or certain of its affiliated websites. For complete terms and conditions, seewww.amazon.com/gc-legal. GCs are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc., a Washington corporation. ©,®,TM Amazon.com Inc. and/or its affiliates, 2013. No expiration date or service fees. 

$10 in Best Buy Rewards for a $10 Purchase - Facebook Required

If you like Best Buy's App on Facebook and then go to the Best Buy page from there you will get 500 Best Buy rewards points for spending $10 or more.  The 500 points will get you $10 in Best Buy gift cards which can be used to buy Amazon gift cards at Best Buy.

I bought a 16GB USB for $9.99 and with tax it came out to $10.86.  

Best Buy and Mastercard $50 off a $100 In Store Purchase at Best Buy with Mastercard

Update: I went to the store and they said it was fake and doesn't take any money off, but other sites are reporting in the comments that it does in fact work.  Hopefully everyone else has better luck

Until 1/27, if you use a mastercard at Best Buy you will get a $50 credit for a $100+ in store with this printable coupon.  Read the exclusions to see what doesn't count.


This means lots of free money!

You can take advantage of this in a couple of ways.  The coupon does not explicitely exclude gift cards! 

You should be able to buy:

1) Visa Gift Cards - Best Buy sells Visa gift cards that have $4.95 fees.  You can buy a $95.05 gift card (this will cost $100 after fees) and you will get $95 for the price of $50!  That's $45 Free!

2) Amazon Gift Cards - Best Buy also sells Amazon gift cards with no fees so you can get a $100 Amazon gift card for $50!

3) Best Buy Gift Card - To use later. 



Make sure to use your reward zone (or sign up) and you will get another $5 in Best Buy gift cards for every $250 you spend.  The reward zone gift cards can be used to buy amazon gift cards.


I will try to go today and report back on whether this works!

Today's Exploits and New Info

Oren on Vacation is Bad News for Companies I like

• Best Buy Reward Zone gift cards can be used to buy Amazon gift cards!
• Back in November, I talked about getting some free money from American Express and Best Buy ($14 per American Express card).  Along with the free money, you also get a $5 Best Buy Gift Card for every $250 you spend.  The problem is that they expire and I have little interest in much of what Best Buy sells. 
•  I had one last American Express card to use at Best Buy and I already had $20 worth of gift card.  I found out that the Best Buy gift cards will work on Amazon gift cards, even though they don't work on Visa or non expiring Best Buy gift cards.  With my last credit card, I bought $225 worth of Amazon gift cards for $185 for a discount of 17.8%! $20 off from gift cards and $20 off from American Express.  I already got my email from American Express telling me that I will get $20 back.
• Amazon gift cards are disguised as Kindle gift cards in the computer section (at least in my store), but they work on any Amazon purchase

• Exchange your Soda stream carbonator at Bed Bath and Beyond 
• My Soda stream finally ran out of gas (pun intended).  I exchanged the carbonater at Bed Bath and Beyond for $15.  I used a $5 off $15 coupon for a total price of $10.  Not too shabby for 60L worth of carbonation :)
• Of course, I payed the $10 with a gift card I got for returning a bent knife 3 and a half years after I bought it in a different Bed Bath and Beyond (they don't even carry it in my local store) without any receipt.  They have one of best return policies of any store.
• I get $25 Bed Bath and Beyond gift certificates for $20 of Discover Card rewards, which is the equivalent of 25% off so a soda stream refill would normally cost a total of $7.50 instead of the full price fo $15!

• Top CashBack confirmed my $3.75 for "buying" the McAfee Virus protection, free after Rebate.  You know me, I like free money.

Free $5 Amazon Gift Card from Verizon FiOS

Free $5 Amazon Gift Card from Verizon FiOS

Update - after signing up on 10/30, I got my $5 code today!  Don't miss out on this easy opportunity!

Go to www.verizon.com/whyfios


Take the survey (only choose one of the services so that it goes faster).  You need to answer questions periodically.

Takes about 5-10 minutes total.  Do it while you are doing something else online.

Pick a service plan (no obligation to buy), give them your email and save your order in your cart for 10 days and you will be given a $5 amazon gift card!