New Amex statement credits

[sudoer]

PSA - for those who have the Qantas 500 / 75 offer it expires in 9 days.

Any clawback DPs on flex bookings...?

 

[SeaWolf]

Got an interesting one this morning on my Platinum Charge Card:

1 Bonus Point per foreign currency spend equivalent to AU$1, up to 20,000 Points

I've added it, but a single bonus point is not nearly enough to make up for the 3% foreign currency fee, so I don't think I'll be taking advantage of it.

 

[sudoer]

1 Bonus Point per foreign currency spend equivalent to AU$1, up to 20,000 Points

I got this too.

On its own it's not appealing at all, but I'll happily take the bonus to stack with the 400 / 80 Hilton deal on an overseas property.

 

[Daver6]

Got an interesting one this morning on my Platinum Charge Card:

1 Bonus Point per foreign currency spend equivalent to AU$1, up to 20,000 Points

I've added it, but a single bonus point is not nearly enough to make up for the 3% foreign currency fee, so I don't think I'll be taking advantage of it.

Well that's annoying timing. Could have maxed this one out with ease in the first half of the year. No overseas travel planned while this offer is active. Oh well.

 

[burmans]

I have also seen bonus points appear as "Mobile Wallet" and corresponding only to the in-person Google Wallet transactions on the card and no others. It may be that they accidentally wired it like a past offer specifically for spend from mobile wallets. That clearly is not consistent with the terms.

Yes, tried a couple of mobile payments yesterday and got the message but nothing for card payments. Of course, that doesn't mean the card payments won't be captured by other means or Amex is going to have a lot of complaining cardmembers.

 

[bdl]

has anyone got the bonus for QF gift vouchers this time?

Can confirm I received the credit for QF gift vouchers, ordered a few days ago and received credit today.

 

[PointsDude]

The Financial Times offer is bizarre. Spend $100, get $70 back but their highest tier is $95 per year? I literally can’t figure out how you’d use it unless there’s a way to stack subscriptions.

 

[RealtimeY]

$95 per year

I think thats $95 per month, with the option to pay upfront

 

[SydneySwan]

No Birds Car Rental - 300 / 50

 

[bussyboy]

No Birds Car Rental - 300 / 50

At last they're accepting Amex!!

As a long time customer, I'm very happy at this

 

[PointsDude]

I think thats $95 per month, with the option to pay upfront

Oops I don’t think I need a subscription anyway - clearly my reading comprehension skills are not up to par!

 

[SydneySwan]

Myer - 150 / 15

 

[andyrb]

No Birds

So, men only car rental?

 

[kpc]

Myer - 150 / 15

Only on my main Explorer card, not on any supps. ..less saving but less hassle I guess spending the $150.

 

[henrus]

less saving but less hassle I guess spending the $150.

Can easily buy coles myer gift cards from myers for use at coles or others. This is what I do when I get the myer deals and have got the credit in the past.

 

[Jacques Vert]

Can easily buy coles myer gift cards from myers for use at coles or others. This is what I do when I get the myer deals and have got the credit in the past.

Do you buy them online or at a store?

 

[SYD]

Myer - 150 / 15

On my Gold CC. I also have a Myer One $20 eVoucher if I spend $150 that should double up.

Some Italian restaurant and bar offers on my QF Biz card.

 

[henrus]

Ddo you buy them online or at a store?

Need to buy them in store at Myer.

 

[Kangol]

Can easily buy coles myer gift cards from myers for use at coles or others. This is what I do when I get the myer deals and have got the credit in the past.

Same. I also got a Myer cashback offer on my Westpac app (Altitiude Black) which worked as above

 

[samh004]

Just wanted to note I saved The Cheesecake Shop offer a while back, and then when I went to use it the store wouldn't take AMEX. Wasn't impressed and was committed to the purchase by then as I had no backup. I checked the offer terms and there was no list of either participating or non-participating stores, so I sent the head office an email complaining, and they sent me a gift card to the value of the offer.

It certainly seems that as more businesses "take" AMEX, not all locations actually participate. I know I had an issue with my local Maccas for a while, where the app would let me pay via AMEX but if I went through drive-thru my card always failed... so I suspected the manager had turned it off at the terminal?