I love adding cash back offers to my American Express card(s). On this relaxing Sunday evening, as I am catching up on my deals and paying bills (yuck), I just so happened to see what the “Offers For You” tab at American Express had to offer.
Here are some noteworthy offers:
- $5 back on $30 at Exxon: Simple enough – we all spend money at the pump. Here’s a way to a quick $5 rebate if used by 12/31/13.
- $10 back on $25 at Bonefish Grill: A nice 40% “rebate” on a dining-out purchase.
- $25 back on $250 at Best Buy: Terms say e-gift cards are not eligible, but I know that Best Buy does sell physical gift cards in the store (some even sell $200 Visa gift cards). I will happily be the guiena pig this week and report back with an update if the statement credit posts on a gift card purchase (I have a feeling it will).
- $50 back on $150 at Chicos: I don’t plan on using this offer personally, but it might be useful for holiday shopping!
- $50 back on $200 at White House Black Market: If I need some immediate retail therapy, I’ll be sure to keep this in mind!
Speaking of retail therapy, I treated myself to some goodies at Sephora (10 United miles per dollar until 11/5). I also used promo code “BLITZ” at check out to get an additional 8-sample gift pouch of products (for orders over $25), along with the standard 3 free sample bonus. Shipping is free on orders over $50.
…and I didn’t stop there. It’s starting to get chilly in the northeast, so I used that as the perfect excuse to invest in some Ugg boots. I decided that the “Bailey Bow” style was cute and a splash more feminine than the standard boot; however, discount/promo/coupon codes are almost always not applicable to Ugg Australia purchases at most online retailers. In the end, I decided to make the $205 purchase (eek) at Shoes.com and receive 13% cash back using TopCashBack (~$27 savings). I also get free 2-day shipping with ShopRunner.
Another option I considered was ordering the boots from Neiman Marcus to earn a total of 23 AAdvantage miles (18 AAdvantage miles per dollar + an additional 5x for using my Chase Freedom), but the boots were on back order there for an undisclosed amount of time, and I frankly have had horrible luck with the AAdvantage shopping portal in the past. That purchase would have earned me ~4,700 miles, but I was more interested in the cash back and instant gratification.
Lastly, if you haven’t already, find a buddy and don’t forget to “Tweet a Coffee“, a promotion with Starbucks, Twitter, and Visa that allows you to receive a free $5 Starbucks e-giftcard when you send $5 using a Visa to someone else (comes down to $5 purchase = free $5).
What online shopping deals have you stumbled upon this weekend? I Â *do* have some minimum spend to work on… ;)
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FYI the Best Buy offer worked for me buying Visa gift cards in store. They also loaded to Bluebird without incident.
I’ve been buying Visa GCs with no problem and did they last time they ran this promo
You will get a statement credit if you buy $200 VISA GC at BB. I wrote about it here: http://poorstudentblog.com/25-250-best-buy-13-10-money-maker-amex-credit-card/.