American Express is constantly refreshing their offerings with their Sync program. Â If you don’t know what it is, Sync allows you to link a card with the social network of your choice (Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or TripAdvisor) and load offers from various merchants onto it. Â Alternatively, you can also load offers when logging into your American Express account from the “Offers For You” tab. Â Recently there have been quite a few good offers including $50 off of $200 at Neiman Marcus and $25 off of $75 at Amazon. Â The way it works is that you shop at the merchant as your normally would. Â Within 8 weeks (although in my experience much quicker) you receive a statement credit.
Yesterday the newest offer came out. Â This time, they are offering $25 off of a $100 purchase at J Crew. Â Since this offer works on the purchase of gift cards, this could be a great holiday gift idea or you could simply turn around and sell the gift card for $75-$80 online and make out slightly ahead. (I use Gift Card Granny to compare websites who buy gift cards.) Â Also, Ebates offers 6% cash back which is another possible bonus. (I am currently testing to see if shopping portals pay out on the purchase of gift cards from J Crew. Â There have been mixed reports of it working.) Â Either way, this is an easy way to hit minimum spending on an American Express card or simply earn a few extra points. Â Also, if you like J Crew then this gives an incredible value.
Remember that all American Express cards issued directly are eligible along with authorized user accounts. Â American Express cards issued by other banks such as Citi are only eligible on the main card and must be synced via a social network. Â We have a total of 7 American Express cards in our family that are eligible and quite often I am able to sync all of them for quite a bit of savings! Â If you have any further questions on how this works leave a comment below!
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