Make $400 on American Express Bonuses

American Express has some of the most generous credit card sign-up deals. To entice customers to sign up for their cards, they frequently run incentives where they will award you $50 to $100 gift cards.

We’ve sifted through all the latest offers from American Express to find all of their current offers.

Roundup of American Express Deals (Updated April 6, 2008)

• $100 Amazon Gift Card – Starwood Preferred Guest Card. Sign up, make a purchase, and get 10,000 StarPoints redeemable for either 3 hotel stays or a $100 Amazon gift certificate (9,500 StarPoints). This is a great card for those who like to travel, because Starwood Points have no blackout dates and are redeemable at hotels like Westin, Sheraton, St. Regis, and W hotels. I carry one of these myself, and don’t mind paying the $45 annual fee b/c the StarPoints rewards program is well worth it. Annual fee waived first year.
• $100 Gift Card – AMEX Preferred Rewards Gold Card. Sign up, make a purchase, and get 10,000 Membership Rewards Points redeemable for a $100 gift card. Annual fee waived first year.
• $50 Cash – One from American Express. Sign up, make a purchase, and get $50 cash deposited into a high interest 3.50% APY savings account within 5 weeks. Annual fee waived first year.
• $50 Gift Card – Nest Credit Card from American Express. Sign up, make a purchase, and get 5,000 Membership Rewards Points redeemable for a $50 gift card. Also comes with a FREE financial planning kit for newly-weds. No annual fee!
• $50 Gift Card – American Express Preferred Rewards Green Card. Sign up, make a purchase, and get 5,000 Membership Rewards Points redeemable for a $50 gift card. Annual fee waived first year.

Frequently Asked Questions
1) What can I redeem Membership Rewards Points for?
Gift cards at places like Home Depot, Linens ‘N Things, Banana Republic, Gap, Bath & Body Works, and more. See Membership Rewards website for a full catalog of gift cards and gifts you can buy.

2) How long do you have to keep the cards before you can cancel them and avoid the annual fee?
Membership Rewards points typically take less than 1 week to post to your account. Redeeming the points take a few weeks. So in total, it takes about 1 or 2 months to get your bonus.

If you cancel your account within 1 year, you can avoid the annual fee.