THIS OFFER FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE
The wait is over - American Express Canada has now followed suit with what American Express down in the U.S. has done in regards to welcome bonuses for recent and new card approvals. Most welcome bonus offers for American Express cards in Canada require the newly approved cardmembers to meet the minimum spend requirement within three months of approval to receive the bonus points. This has now been extended to 6 months for eligible consumer and small business cards that were acquired on or after January 22 all the way through to June 30. This is a nice additional buffer for those who are in the market for a new card or just got one but aren't spending as much on their cards right now.
We mention eligible cards as some American Express cards won't fall into the 6 month extension. Namely the American Express Cobalt Card as it's welcome bonus is actually awarded monthly for the first 12 months with a minimum $500 spend in each month. Here is the complete list of cards that are eligible:
American Express® AeroplanPlus®* Platinum Card / American Express® AeroplanPlus®*Gold Card is no longer available as of August 26th, 2020. For more information, please visithttps://www.americanexpress.com/ca/en/credit-cards/aeroplan-cards/
- American Express® AIR MILES®* Credit Card
- American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card
- American Express® AIR MILES®* Reserve Credit Card
- American Express® AIR MILES®** for Business Card
- American Express® AIR MILES®** Gold Business Card
- American Express Business Edge™ Card
- American Express® Business Gold Rewards Card
- Business Platinum Card® from American Express
- American Express CobaltTM Card
- American Express® Gold Rewards Card
- Marriott BonvoyTM American Express® Card
- Marriott Bonvoy™ Business American Express® Card
- The Platinum Card®
- SimplyCashTM Card from American Express
- SimplyCash Preferred™ Card from American Express
The cards that are bolded have some exclusions as follows:
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American Express® AeroplanPlus®* Gold Card | Statement Credit Offer: Receive a $75 Statement Credit when you make 1 purchase of $75.00 or more on aircanada.com (Canadian Website Only) within the first 12 months of Cardmembership |
American Express® AeroplanPlus®* Platinum Card |
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American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card |
Cardmembers acquired during Limited Time Offer: New American Express® AIR MILES®* Platinum Credit Card Cardmembers, get a welcome bonus of up to 3,500 AIR MILES®* Bonus Miles – here’s how:
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American Express® AIR MILES®* Reserve Credit Card |
Cardmembers acquired during Limited Time Offer:
New American Express® AIR MILES®* Reserve Credit Card Cardmembers get a welcome bonus of up to 3,800 AIR MILES®* Bonus Miles – here’s how:
Offer Dates: November 4, 2019 – January 20, 2020
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American Express CobaltTM Card |
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American Express® Gold Rewards Card | Earn an additional 2,500 points for each monthly billing period
in which you spend $1,000 in purchases on your Card in the first 6
months Offer Dates: September 2019 –current |
SimplyCash Preferred™ Card from American Express | Earn 5% cashback in your first 6 months |
Once again some great news from American Express as it follows the already announced boosting of redemption value for Membership Rewards points and doubling of the points earned and redeemed on The Platinum Card. The increased redemption value of Membership Rewards points runs until September 30 so you can easily tie in a new card offer like the Gold Rewards Card (Personal or Business) and take more than the standard 3 months to earn the welcome bonus as you have about 4.5 months left in the promotion. If you want to take the full 6 months to earn the bonus on The Platinum Card you wouldn't be looking at utilizing double redemption value as that ends in July but you'd be getting the card looking towards future travel with the welcome bonus and of course the earning of double points until July 20.
Learn more about the Welcome Bonus extensions here!
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