American Express Business Gold Rewards Credit Card is offering a FREE domestic round-trip airplane ticket for signing up! This is by far, the most lucrative credit card sign-up offer I have EVER seen! Sign up for their credit card, make a purchase, and they will credit your account with 25,000 points, which is redeemable for a round-trip domestic plane ticket. Better yet, sign up with your spouse / significant other, and go on a mini-honeymoon!
Alternatively, you can cash in your 25,000 points for a $250 rewards gift certificate, but I totally recommend you to take the plane ticket and go on a vacation. See membershiprewards.com to see a full list of gift certificates that you can get.
Although this is a business credit card, it is perfectly fine for individuals to sign-up. Simply put your personal name as your business name and leave the “Federal Tax ID” form blank, and they’ll assume that you are a sole proprietorship. I did this and I was approved instantly.
The annual fee is waived for the first year, but after the first year, there is a fee of $125/yr. Cancellation is not a problem, so keep this in mind if you don’t plan on using the card after you get your points.
Like I said, credit card sign-up offers like this are really rare, and this is a limited time offer from AmEx, so don’t miss out. Sign up now!
Fine Print from American Express
Apply for the Business Gold Rewards Card and make a purchase by 12/31/07. Upon the Basic Cardmember’s first purchase, a one time bonus of 25,000 points can be earned toward the Basic Business Gold Rewards Cardmember’s Membership Rewards® account and may appear as separate credits of 5,000 and 20,000 bonus points. The maximum 25,000 bonus points are available to first–time Basic Business Gold Rewards Cardmembers only; they are not available if you transfer an existing account. Welcome bonus points will be credited to your Membership Rewards account 6 to 8 weeks after your first purchase appears on your monthly billing statement. The bonus 25,000 Membership Rewards points may be redeemed for one domestic round–trip airline ticket.
Also, don’t forget to read Bankaholic’s Credit Card Tips - Maximizing Credit Card Rewards Points w/o Going Into Debt and the best gas cashback credit cards to save up to 5% on fuel. Also see the best business credit cards for more ways on funding your small business.
*** UPDATE 7/6/2007 ***
Some readers have reported that the American Express card comes with a leaflet that states that you get 5k pts after first purchase and the other 20k pts only after spending $50k.
I have called American Express regarding this, and they informed me that all credit cards ship with the same generic leaflet, regardless of whether you signed up with the bonus code (through Bankaholic) or through regular channels.
The free 25k points deal is still valid. If you are not sure, call AMEX customer service at 1-888-826-3471 regarding bonus promotion 2329.
Long story short, the offer is still valid as long as you Sign Up with Promotion Bonus ID 2329.
*** UPDATE 9/5/2007 ***
I just spoked to my customer service representative at American Express and she informed me that this bank deal has been extended until October 10th, 2007, so sign up now!
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