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Apologies if this has already been asked, but are you able to purchase a pre-paid Visa card at Bestbuy and still qualify for the $50 off $100 and $20 off $200 offers?

I asked that question earlier and they are stackable.

My question is more will I still get the credits from Amex if I buy a pre-paid visa instead of merchandise or a bestbuy gift card.

Originally Posted by Pookymeister I bought $200 in Gift cards last night. No emails from Amex regarding the Facebook $20 or $50 promos. Not sure if I should be expecting anything or not.....in the past, their FB/Twitter sync stuff got me an instant email though so curious about that.

I made my purchase today and I also haven't received an email. I am a little concerned as in the past the email was nearly instant.

Originally Posted by kemical My question is more will I still get the credits from Amex if I buy a pre-paid visa instead of merchandise or a bestbuy gift card.

I believe so. Some guy said that "ANY charge of >$200 on an AMEX card is good for both."

Both $50/100 & $20/200 BB promos stack with a single $200.00+ purchase

It doesn't matter what you buy as long as there's a single $200.00+ charge to your card -- Amex only sees the final amount that you charged (basically what you see when you login to your online Amex account) so it doesn't matter what you buy and it can include tax

Originally Posted by kemical My question is more will I still get the credits from Amex if I buy a pre-paid visa instead of merchandise or a bestbuy gift card.

There is no way for Amex to know what you bought so I imagine you should be fine.

I bought kindle gift cards and have already gotten Twitter and halo credits ($70). Kindle cards are good for any Amazon merchandise including from third party sellers.

Still trying to get through the game though which is way too repetitive.

Originally Posted by AJVtony831 There is no way for Amex to know what you bought so I imagine you should be fine.

This.

I just bought $100 worth of PSN prepaid cards and got $50 back

For anyone curious I bought $100 gift cards with two amex cards. Both cards though are on my same costco amex account so I was worried it would only work on one. Got $50 credit for both transactions and got my $10. Since on my account I only can add one offer to my account I thought it might be limited to one per account, but its one per card #.

Not I gotta finish Halo 4. Been busy with other games.

Originally Posted by V4oLDbOY For anyone curious I bought $100 gift cards with two amex cards. Both cards though are on my same costco amex account so I was worried it would only work on one. Got $50 credit for both transactions and got my $10. Since on my account I only can add one offer to my account I thought it might be limited to one per account, but its one per card #. Not I gotta finish Halo 4. Been busy with other games.

Amex Sync promos are per Amex card number

If you have a regular Amex card thats directly from Amex (personal & small biz cards shown on americanexpress.com, corporate cards are excluded from sync promos) then authorized users get separate account numbers (each AU can do their own sync promos)

If you have an Amex card from a bank/CU (like BOA/Citi/Fidelity/Penfed/etc) then those AUs don't get different account numbers so only 1 sync promo on those

bought a total of $200 in GCs on Wednesday. The credits ($50 and $20?) should appear soon.

gotta get to beating Halo 4. Currently at the start of mission 3 on solo legendary. Hope I make it in time

Does the $50/20 bonuses have to be all on ONE transaction? I'm assuming it does just have to be a single $200 transaction. But here's a new wrinkle. What if I combine some things that are online only, and some that are for store pickup. Alot of times if you look at your statements, those will end up being charged separately (i.e. when the item ships it will get charged separately). Has anyone done that type of order smoothly, or might it cause a problem? I suppose to be safe I should just go to a store and spend the full $200 in one visit - but one of the things I wanted is online only - and the others are Christmas gifts for people so I'd rather just go pick them up. If it would 100% work then I might just go for it, otherwise I guess I will have to pick out some "filler" for myself to reach $200 on a store visit. It shouldn't be a major problem either way really, but I was just curious.

Originally Posted by illennium FYI, I received the $20 Facebook promo even though I did not make any $200 orders. I did make several orders that, together, added up to more than $200 so perhaps that did it? The $20 credit appears as "Best Buy Offer" on my credit card statement along with the $50 and $25 Halo offers.

Hmmm.

This would be extremely useful to me if anyone else has the same experience to verify.

Originally Posted by Agent Orange Does the $50/20 bonuses have to be all on ONE transaction? I'm assuming it does just have to be a single $200 transaction. But here's a new wrinkle. What if I combine some things that are online only, and some that are for store pickup. Alot of times if you look at your statements, those will end up being charged separately (i.e. when the item ships it will get charged separately). Has anyone done that type of order smoothly, or might it cause a problem? I suppose to be safe I should just go to a store and spend the full $200 in one visit - but one of the things I wanted is online only - and the others are Christmas gifts for people so I'd rather just go pick them up. If it would 100% work then I might just go for it, otherwise I guess I will have to pick out some "filler" for myself to reach $200 on a store visit. It shouldn't be a major problem either way really, but I was just curious.

Buy a $200 gift card from a local store then use it on whatever you want

You can buy a GC online, but make sure its the traditional GC that they mail to you -- the eGC is sold by a 3rd party company

Originally Posted by wirechild I made my purchase today and I also haven't received an email. I am a little concerned as in the past the email was nearly instant.

Still nothing for me either. Are other people getting confirmation emails from AmEx for either the $50/$100 or $20/$200 deals recently?
The $211 charge is already posted to my account, so not sure at what point i need to contact them...

Originally Posted by Pookymeister Still nothing for me either. Are other people getting confirmation emails from AmEx for either the $50/$100 or $20/$200 deals recently? The $211 charge is already posted to my account, so not sure at what point i need to contact them...

call them

Originally Posted by The Punisher call them

Well, the $20 and $50 credits posted today - so i guess even if you don't get an email it still will work. Yippee

i think this has been asked but haven't seen a reply to the question:
I already earned the achievement before syncing. Am I screwed out of the best buy deal?

hmm... I still havent completed the campaign, but it looks like amex already gave me the $25 credit