Through a reliable source I just heard that tomorrow (December 19th) will be the last day that American Express will offer gift cards through cash back portals.
Purchasing Amex gift cards through online portals has been a great way to increase rewards (see: The complete guide to Amex gift cards), but time is running out!
Will this be the end for good? Probably not. This happened before, as recently as September 2nd. See: “Amex gift cards withdrawn from portals”. Then, one month later, Amex gift cards were back. See “Amex gift cards return to cash back portals.” I expect the same will happen here.
There is no word yet on mile-based portals, but I expect Amex gift cards will be withdrawn from those portals as well. Currently, the best offer I know of is for 2X Virgin America miles. The Virgin America Elevate portal seems to think the deal will last until December 21 (Sunday). My guess (and it is just a guess) is that it will disappear early (maybe end of day Saturday).
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Why are people in such distress? I still see plenty of sites offering cashback on Amex gift cards.
http://www.cashbackwatch.com/store.php?store=American%20Express%20Gift%20Cards
I believe those sites are just slow to be updated. I expect that Amex gift cards will be gone from all portals by the end of this week if not sooner. And, where it still appears, you are unlikely to get the cash back.
Has your source that heard they were going away heard anything about a return?
My source has been quiet on that question
R.I.P
Hope it comes back soon
Very bad – Evolvemoney does not allow paying mortgage by Discover credit card, starting from today as well…
About damn time.
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I just started the Amex GC thing. My neares target is super friendly. Just when I thought all is well, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 🙂
If this ends, sth will start. That is how this game works.
This is very unfortunate timing considering I just renewed my premium shipping plan on the last order. Any chance they would refund for the plan?
I would think so.
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How reliable? I still need to do my discoverit this month!
Why? Now?
According to deep throat.
My guess is that the Amex elves have been working too hard every day at denying gift card orders so they wanted to give them a break
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That has to be a record for the fastest comment written after publication of a post!