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American Express Gold Card-Interesting Bonus Offer, Card Updates And A Pretty New Version

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The American Express Gold Card formerly known as the Premier Rewards Gold Card has some revised benefits.  You can now earn 4 Membership Rewards points per dollar at U.S. restaurants and also at U.S. supermarkets on up to $25,000 per year in purchases at the supermarkets.  Like before, you earn 3 points per dollar on flights booked directly with airlines and airfare charged directly with amextravel.com and 1 point for every dollar you spend on all your other purchases.  Note, current Premier Rewards Gold Card Members will continue to receive 2x on U.S. gas purchases until October 4, 2019, when this benefit will be discontinued.

Also new is a $120 Dining credit. You can earn up to $10 in statement credits monthly when you pay with The Gold Card at participating partners. Note, enrollment required.  At the time of this post, participating partners are Grubhub, Seamless, The Cheesecake Factory, Ruth’s Chris Steak House and participating Shake Shack locations. However, it excludes Shake Shack locations in ballparks, stadiums, airports and racetracks.

Don’t forget, the card is a charge card, so there are no interest charges because you pay your balance in full each month.  The annual fee is $250.  Note, the Premier Reward Gold Card’s previous fee of $195 will remain for existing cardholders and the new fee of $250 will go into effect beginning April 1, 2019 on their account renewal date.

The sign-up bonus has been sweetened till January 9, 2019.  You still get the standard offer-25,000 Membership Rewards BONUS POINTS offer after you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months.  In addition, through Jan 9, 2019, you can receive 20% back as a statement credit at U.S. Restaurants with the Gold Card within the first 3 months of your Card Membership, up to $100 back.

Also through January 9, 2019, you can get the card in the pretty rose gold color shown above.

Note you are not eligible for the bonus if you ever had an Amex Premier Rewards Gold card (like me).  Also, before you apply, make sure your ability to get the sign-up bonus is not limited by American Express lifetime language or the 5 card rule.

Some features that remain on the card…

Pay no foreign transaction fees when you use your card on purchases made outside the United States.

$100 Airline Fee Credit-Select a qualifying airline and then receive up to $100 per calendar year in statement credits when incidental fees, such as checked bags and airport lounge day-passes, are charged by the airline to your Premier Rewards Gold Card Account.

$75 Credit If You Stay At A Property That Is Part Of The Hotel Collection-If you stay a minimum of two nights at a Hotel Collection resort, you can receive a room upgrade, if available and a $75 hotel credit on qualifying dining, spa, or resort activities

Transfer Points To Over 20 Frequent Traveler Programs Or Use Membership Rewards Pay With Points-You can read here about each of these methods of using your American Express Membership Rewards.

Purchase Protection protects eligible purchases made with the Card in the event they are accidentally damaged or stolen for up to 90 days from the date of purchase.

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