UPDATE: Thanks to Ben for pointing out my vagueness in the below update. On Monday when I first posted about the Amazon Prime offer I posed this as I questioned whether existing Prime members could avail of the offer as well:
"what about existing members who can renew in that time and I don't know
the answer yet. I'll reach out to American Express to find out but if I
don't hear back I'll be able to report if it works as my Amazon Prime
membership renews on October 26"
Basically I wanted to see if the offer would only work for new Amazon Prime Members or if existing members could also earn the $20 credit. The way Amex explained it to me is that it would work for both new and existing members however for existing members you need to pay for the membership with a card that has never been used to pay an Amazon Prime membership before. So in my case as mentioned below my Platinum Card was targeted for this offer and I did register for it before it was closed due to reaching 5,000 members. My Platinum card has never been used to pay the for an Amazon Membership so it should qualify to receive the $20 credit. However if you received the offer on an Amex card that you have previously used to pay for a Prime membership you won't receive the $20 (technically speaking you probably shouldn't have been targeted for the offer in the first place). Hope this makes sense!
I reached out to American Express about the Amex
Offers for Amazon Prime (the 5K limit has been reached) and they
explained to me that the offer is for customers who have not purchased
an Amazon Prime membership previously on their Amex Card. So if you have
an existing account that you have never charged to your Amex card or
have another card in your wallet you should be able to get the offer. In
our house I'll be moving our Amazon Prime account to my Platinum Card
as it hasn't been used for our Amazon memberships just yet.
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Also on the Amex front - I also asked them about any
possible extension on the increased offer for Use Points for Purchases
of 1,000 points to $10. The reason why is that the same offer in the UK
just received a one month extension but unfortunately that will not be
the case here in Canada as the offer will still end as originally
intended on September 30. As of October 1st you can anticipate 1,000 points to equal $7 for non-travel purchases.
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Hotels.com has provided an additional update for
their Hotels.com Rewards programs. The last time we did an update there
didn't provide any published details of extensions of stamps and reward
nights. They do have it published now that if you have stamps or reward
nights expiring from Apr 1, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021, they’ll extend the expiry date until the end of March 2021. They do state that your account will still display the original expiry date for now. Find out more here.
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Rexall is offering 25,000 bonus points when you
spend $40 or more on most anything in their stores this weekend. Those
points are worth $10.
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Airline Schedule Updates
A summary Canadian operations based on data from RoutesOnline and other
sources. Remember that many of these route plans are subject to change
and right now they are changing frequently!
Central Mountain Air resumed three more routes this
month from Edmonton to High Level and Prince George as well as Prince
George to Fort Nelson. (Source RoutesOnline)
Central Mountain will also be resuming service between Vancouver and Castlegar as of October 1. (Source RoutesOnline)
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