Update: This targeted offer has been extended until 7/31 at 11:59pm PDT!
Additionally some DDF members and commenters below are reporting that the offer is working for them now, despite it not working previously, so be sure to try it now even if you already tried it before.
Originally posted on 7/6:
This offer is targeted to select users. If it doesn’t work for you then you can try calling Amazon (888-280-4331) or chatting with Amazon and see if you can get it manually applied to your account…YMMV!
You can link your American Express Membership Rewards card to your Amazon account by clicking here.
This will only work with AMEX cards that earn Membership Rewards points, such as Blue, Green, Gold, Platinum, Everyday, and Everyday Preferred.
Once you do that just add anything $60 or more that is shipped and sold from Amazon to your cart. This won’t work for items sold by 3rd parties.
This won’t work for Amazon gift card purchases, but it will work on gift cards for hundreds of stores found here. Gift cards sold by Amazon that work for this promotion include Airbnb, Gap Inc, Netflix, Lowe’s, Nordstrom, Office Max, Southwest, Staples, Starbucks, Uber, Whole Foods, and more.
If you can select e-delivery cards you’ll be able to request a $60 gift card in order to maximize your savings.
At checkout select the Membership Rewards card that you linked.
You may need to click “Change” by the credit card at checkout if it’s showing a different default credit card.
On the final checkout page click on “Apply rewards points” and enter $0.01 to use 1 point to save 1 cent:
And then enter the following promo code on the final checkout page for $30 off $60 (Exp: 7/11 or after 80K uses): AMEX17PRIME
For example I added a $60 Gap Inc e-delivery card and got the $30 AMEX Promo and $0.01 from the 1 point used at checkout:
You can also try linking your AMEX card to another Amazon account and see if it works from there as well!
What will you buy with $30 off $60? Hit the comments!
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It worked! Awesome. Thanks.
Nice amex balance 🙂
That’s a whole lot of points?!
Does this work with the blue cash everyday?
I had the same question..re Blue Cash..
And also re Amex SPG points?
Blue Cash and SPG are NOT Membership Rewards points.
What about premier rewards (Gold Card)?
Why not? It’s a MR card
I applied and received the Blue Business Plus especially for reasons such as this. I’ve made my first payment on July 1 but haven’t seen any points as of yet. This would have been a no-brainer for a Whole Foods gift card.
Do you know how long it takes before you see your first set of points? Hoping I can see them before the 11th or before this runs out.
And congrats to your new site.
I tried linking my Blue Business Plus to my Amazon account, but it says that Amex is reporting that I dont have a rewards account (I do – I can see on my AMEX account page)
I’m having the same issue…
Amazon chat is asking for a link to the promotion
@Elie the code didnt work for me either- i eventually chatted with amazon and they gave me a $30 credit for a future purchase
Exactly as the post says to do.
The Post says to chat with them. I asked them apply credit to future purchase and they aren’t complying.
How do I search for products that will only show items sold and shipped by amazon?
Hey Dan- Thanks for the tip- offer worked and it got myself a GAP gift card TY!
None of those promo codes ever work for me, is there anything i can do ?
Sure, read the post.
$60 @ whole food for $30
If I return one of the items in my $60 order, will I be charged the additional $30? I wanna make sure I use it for something I for sure won’t be returning.
BE”H SHALOM
WILL IT WORK WITH MORE THAN ONE AMEX CARD
THX KOL TUV
What amex cards work for this offer? I have the everyday and starwood but they both dont work.
That would be too much information you ask for. Instead spend the next hour finding out that your specific amex cards don’t work. Like I did. The amount of time wasted filling in the gaps of these postings is astronomical.
Actually it’s rather simple. If you have cards that earn Membership Rewards points then you can link them and see if you’re targeted.
Cards like SPG don’t earn Membership Rewards points.
worked for me. Thank you
Awesome!
Does this only work with AMEX Blue Everday Card? I went through the above described prompts but it never allowed me to use my AMEX points for purchase. Thanks
It works with any cards that earn Membership Rewards points, but it’s a targeted promotion.
The post says what to do if it’s not working for you though.
I have a Blue Businss Plus credit card, which earns Membership Rewards Points, but when I tried to link the card to pay with points I got a message that the card does not have Membership Rewards Points. What do you think went wrong
Doesn’t work – called Amazon and they had no idea how to apply it.
No luck with chat…..
Spoke with a representative over chat – he applied the code value to my gift card balance and I was able to use my Chase Freedom Unlimited instead – chat worked great!!
How did you do this? I tried chatting but I didnt get anywhere. Do you have a copy of the chat?
@dan, When I viewed the post on my iphone 6, it truncated the promo code to “AMEX17PRI”, instead of “AMEX17PRIME”, and so it obviously didn’t work for me when I first tried; wasn’t until I read a different blog that I saw the full code. People may be having the same issue I did, if viewed on an iphone, and coming to the conclusion that they weren’t targeted. Not sure why it did that, maybe because the “promo code” is not written in a regular font and instead appears to be a link of some sort (sorry I am not well versed in all types of links and clickable items). Hope that helps others.
Should work if you click the button to copy it, but I’m not sure why it’s not displaying the whole code.
I’ve switched it back to the old format.
Lol me2 tnx for the info
Would this work for a secondary user on an Amazon Household account?
I’ve been trying but it isn’t working. Last deal like this (25 off 50 a few months ago) worked once for each secondary account, but this one (so far) isn’t working on secondary accounts.
Thanks Dan. It worked right away for me. There was a basketball hoop that I wanted to get my kids for a while but it was $84 so I was hesitant. It went down to $54 after I followed your instructions!
Worked on a Nordstrom GC for $60
Thanks Dan. It worked right away for me. There was a basketball hoop that I wanted to get my kids for a while but it was $84 so I was hesitant. It went down to $54 when I applied the promo!
Chat Rep said that the promo can’t be used for any giftcards. Anyone have a link to the terms?
same to me, did you solved it?
Tried using this and even though I see the promotion on my Amazon checkout page I get this error: “The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase.” ????!
Chat with them. I got the same message and they told me they would apply the $30 credit to my order within 2-3 days.
got same error message. called support they told me i wasnt invited and i already used my membership rewards points in the last 12 months. refused to apply coupon. oh well
Got some more Mobil 1 0w/40. 12 quarts and fleece filter for $37. Pretty solid!
DIDNT WORK BUT CHAT REP SAID THE SUBMITTED A FORM TO TAKE CARE ON IT
DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CHAT ON MY OTHER AMAZON ACCOUNT OR THEY SEE THAT I HAVE 2 ACCOUNTS?
Any way it work f delta Amex?
No, as the Delta AMEX doesn’t earn Membership Rewards points.
The start date for the promo was yesterday Wed Jul 05 07:00:00 UTC 2017, after which I’m afraid 100,000 people have taken advantage of the promo. Unfortunately, the limit has been reached for using the promo.
Incorrect, still working.
tried several cards and didnt work, when chatted they said one card at least is eligible but they cant explain why it isnt working and escalated to marketing team
It didn’t work for me so I called them they gave me a 60 dollar credit for the 60 dollar gap gift card i bought bought so I got 60 off 60 ty dan !
as per amazon:
Customers who have redeemed Membership Rewards points towards the cost of an Amazon purchase within the past 12 months are not eligible for this offer.
The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase.
Worked for me! Thanks Dan!!
tnx
bought refurbished amazon tap…deal of day for 69.99 – 30 thanks
worked great …. remember the coupon code
i am targeted for this offer on at least 1 of the 4 Amex MR cards associated with this account but for some odd reason when i try to check out, all 4 Amex MR cards are grayed out.. it tells me that i can use it and gives me the amount of points i have but it’s grayed out and i cannot select either of them. any thoughts?
Worked for me! Thx Dan.
It didn’t work at checkout. I chatted CSR and after reviewing the T&Cs they said, “Please accept my sincere apology for this. I am going to fill the Marketing and Promotions form. Our specialist team will get back to you within 24 to 48 hours.”
Same happened to me, just got an email saying I wasnt targeted and therefore I am SOL.
It works for me once. linking AMEX card to another Amazon account works?
General question about using Amex points directly in Amazon:
How does Amazon calculate the points? I want to order something with the total of $21.66 , but Amazon is taking 3,094 points. Does that make any sense?
Thanks JJ. That was awesome. Bought a misfit for half the price!!!!
From Chat: The member of leadership has confirmed the threshold of 100,000 customers has been reached.
Thanks Dan, got now 2 pairs of Ecco shoes for $117
Worked – Thanks Dan!! 100 dollar Southwest gift card for 70
Seems to be dead. Didn’t work, chatted with rep, was told it was limited to 100K people and has been used up.
I just used it, limit is not up
It’s not working for me. I am chatting with Amazon and would like me to send them the direct link from amazon that I received. Any ideas?
Thanks. Just starting working for me.
Still cant link the Blue Business Plus. Says AMEX reports no MR account.
worked for my sister’s NON-prime account. it hadn’t worked on 7/6 when you first posted it. thanks!
Worked for me after not working previously!! thanks Dan!
I chatted and the guy pasted instructions into chat box and below that it said:
In case the customer has issues with this promotion, the reason is likely because:
They are purchasing something that’s not directly being shipped by Amazon
The limit of the first 100,000 people to take advantage of this promotion has been reached
They redeemed Membership Rewards points towards the cost of an Amazon purchase within the past 12 months, in which case they not eligible
And then he said that it expired July 11…
Well it still works as of now…
i got it by sending a link to this post 🙂
thanks dan for updating your post
How about the amex blue business card? the one that gave 20K points for spending 3k in 3 months? that has membership rewards but is not working on the amazon account?
Hello,
Amazon.com does not comment about rumors or speculative news reports.
I’m sorry I can’t provide any additional information. We hope to see you again soon.
Best regards,
Chandramani C
Amazon.com
my guess is that if you have a new card and there are no MR points posted or even in pending amex is not linking it correctly to amazon so it doesn’t see it as an MR account and wont let you link it.
Where do you see the extension till 11/31 ???
DIDNT WORK FOR ME YESTERDAY BUT NOW IT WORKED
THANKS TONS
@Dan I tried applying the promo they told me I need to contact amex to activate this offer but they cant help me either
Just an update they offered me a $30.00 credit on my account
I’m trying to add eligible cards (blue and everyday) to the membership rewards points program but keep getting an error that something went wrong. can anyone help with what i am doing wrong? I am not even up to trying the promo, I can’t link the card to my amazon account to purchase with points!
Messaged Amazon because it wasn’t working and they took off $30 from my most recent order.
Thanks!
if it doesn’t work chances are you’re not buying something sold by amazon direct
It wouldnt work for me initially and amazon customer service was suprisingly not helpful and couldn’t even explain to me why some get the offer and some don’t. But I just tried today and it worked. Score!!
It just worked for me and I also received a $5 off GC Promo Code for Today automatically discounted. $60 Air BnB for $24.99
said 100,000 people have used it and it expired on the 11th. they are not budging.
Where do you see that it has been extended until 7/31? I am chatting with Amazon now and the rep is saying it has not been extended and it was over on 7/11.
Is there a link to check if I’m targeted?
Just got $60 $60 Dave and Busters GC! Thanks Dan
It did not work for me 🙁
Any suggestions?
Did the AMEX17PRIME change to different code?