Link: Apply for the Ink Bold – 50,000 points
Link: Apply for the Ink Plus – 50,000 points
Link: AMEX Prepaid Card with Free $25 AMEX Gift Card
If you missed getting an AMEX Prepaid card with $25 gift card in June, AMEX is again offering a free $25 AMEX Gift Card if you sign up for the AMEX Prepaid card in August. That's effectively a 12.5% bonus. Unfortunately, this time it appears to be for new card members only, and not for existing AMEX Prepaid card members.
Here's why you may want an AMEX Prepaid card if you don't yet have one:
- Get 5X everywhere by reloading with Vanilla reload cards from Office Depot bought using your Ink Bold or Ink Plus
- No foreign transaction fees: This is huge–what other card can you use to effectively get 5X on spend while abroad with no foreign transaction fees? This trumps the Sapphire Preferred 2X, although if you think you may need to dispute a travel or hotel charge you might want to put it on the Sapphire Preferred.
- No credit pull when getting the card
- No fees (except the $3.95 per $500 reload fee)
- 1 free ATM withdrawal per month (but note that the ATM provider may charge an ATM fee)
- Purchase protection: covers theft or accidental damage of eligible purchases made with the AMEX prepaid card from 90 days from date of purchase. Limited to $1000 per occurrence and up to $50,000 per Card User account per calendar year. To file a claim call Customer Service at 866-207-7970
- 1 free $25 AMEX gift card per person
- You can apply for 3 AMEX Prepaid Cards, as long as they're for 3 different people
- Each person must be at least 13 years old
- You'll need to have the date of birth, SSN, and funding source (bank account and R&T number) for each person
- To receive the free $25 AMEX gift card, you must fund the card with $200 at the time you sign up, using a checking or savings account
- The AMEX application won't let you use the same funding source (i.e. a joint checking or savings account) if you try applying for yourself and a spouse back to back, due to needing to verify the account. You can either 1) Apply later for your spouse, after AMEX has verified the account; or 2) use a different bank account.
- Allow up to 6 weeks to receive the free $25 AMEX gift card
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