Great Deal: Save On Amazon With Amex Points

Link: Check if you’re eligible for an Amazon discount with Amex

Amazon and American Express frequently offer targeted promotions that can save you money on an Amazon purchase by redeeming a single Membership Rewards point (there are similar promotions with Chase). We see these promotions every so often, and the first such deal of 2023 was recently launched. I wanted to go over the details of that, as it’s an easy way to save money.

Save on Amazon by redeeming Amex points

Thanks to a targeted promotion from American Express and Amazon, it’s possible to save on Amazon purchases by redeeming a single Membership Rewards point. It appears that many people who have been targeted for previous promotions are also being targeted now, so that’s pretty cool.

There seem to be a few different offers, and you’ll want to check this link to see which offer your account is eligible for, if any. I’ve been targeted to save 30% off an eligible purchase, with a maximum discount of $30 (which can be unlocked with $100 of spending). That’s awesome, since that’s money I would have spent anyway!

There are a few things to be aware of with this promotion:

Check to see if you’re eligible for an offer by clicking the “Activate now” button at this link; note that to be eligible you’ll have to have a card earning Amex Membership Rewards points linked to your account, so if you don’t have that, add one
This promotion is available through June 1, 2023, or until 79,500 people have redeemed this offer, so you’ll want to use this ASAP
This offer is only available for products shipped by Amazon.com; products fulfilled through third parties won’t qualify, even if they’re “fulfilled by Amazon.com” or “Prime eligible”
You can take advantage of this promotion at most one time

Step-by-step guide to using this offer

Want to take advantage of one of these promotions? There are a few simple steps. First of all, you’ll want to activate whichever offer you’re eligible for at this link. If you are eligible, you’ll see a green message stating “this promo code is now activated and your points will be applied at checkout.”

Then go through the shopping process as you usually would, keeping in mind the limitations and restrictions of the offer.

For example, my account was eligible for the 30% off promotion, so I added a $100 Uber gift card to my shopping cart.

I then proceeded to checkout, and under the “payment method” section, I selected one of my cards that earns Amex Membership Rewards points. There you’ll see an option to select how many points you want to apply toward a purchase.

The catch is that redeeming Amex points toward an Amazon purchase isn’t a good deal, as you ordinarily get just 0.7 cents of value per point, and I value Amex points at 1.7 cents each. So what you’ll want to do is redeem a single point. Therefore you’ll want to type “$0.01” in the box, which means one point will be applied in order to get a one cent discount (and applying any number of points allows you to unlock the discount).

Then when you click “use this payment method,” you’ll see the discount applied.

If you don’t have an immediate need to buy something on Amazon but are eligible, I’d still recommend taking advantage of this, especially if you’re eligible for a discount as big as 30%. There are all kinds of gift card purchases this can be applied toward, for companies like Apple, DoorDash, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Uber, Uber Eats, Whole Foods, etc.