American Express Membership Rewards - TailorMade by Amex

Haven't seen this posted here before; some of you may be interested in this:

tailormade.americanexpress.com

With a registered card you get automatic discounts applied to your statement when you shop with the advertised merchants. Was able to save 15% off lenovo (in addition to other discounts I had) so it was a great value (but this deal just expired).

The great thing about this is you don't have to click through their website to get the discounts so you can apply other coupons and discounts from other websites in addition to the TailorMade discount.

Technically have to be invited to join but my card # was accepted and discounts applied as advertised.

Haven't seen this posted here before; some of you may be interested in this:

tailormade.americanexpress.com

With a registered card you get automatic discounts applied to your statement when you shop with the advertised merchants. Was able to save 15% off lenovo (in addition to other discounts I had) so it was a great value (but this deal just expired).

The great thing about this is you don't have to click through their website to get the discounts so you can apply other coupons and discounts from other websites in addition to the TailorMade discount.

Technically have to be invited to join but my card # was accepted and discounts applied as advertised.

Do you know how one gets invited to join?

Not sure but try inputting your card number here, most likely it'll work:

https://www142.AmericanExpress.com/tailormade/cmenrollStep1.do?s=23

ive been getting these things on my statement..

interesting--i was able to join without explicitly being solicited ... i went to the place on the website where i could change my email options and i found they had added alerts for a few merchants on their list with whom i'd done business in the past (circuit city, wsj, philips) ...

Not sure but try inputting your card number here, most likely it'll work:

https://www142.AmericanExpress.com/tailormade/cmenrollStep1.do?s=23

I have tried going to this website, but no luck. It says page is unavailable :(

Was working for the past week but now I see it's down. I guess they fixed this little loophole...

wow, yeah it was working when i posted. maybe theyre reading FT :D

I cannot login to check my amex account balance either, so maybe they just upgrading their site.

Safari can’t open the page “https://www142.americanexpress.com/tailormade/cmenrollStep1.do?s=23” because it could not connect to the server “www142.americanexpress.com”.

is what im getting now.

fyi, looks like only personal cards are eligible to be registerd for TM


fwiw, earlier today i tried to pay by phone and was told to try again in an hour or so by a rep who said they were doing system upgrades

"Certain AXP Cards, including HealthCare Related Cards, any Prepaid Cards, Corporate Cards, OPEN Small Business Cards and any AXP Cards that were issued by a third party bank issuer, are not eligible for this Service and will not be considered eligible cards."

Was able to sign up 12 hrs ago. Unfortunately, as of now could not see any offers that would interest me. Can you guys post the offers you utilized already? Thanks


Also, is there is a way to register more then one amex?

worked for me too.

Was able to sign up 12 hrs ago. Unfortunately, as of now could not see any offers that would interest me. Can you guys post the offers you utilized already? Thanks


Also, is there is a way to register more then one amex?

I used the IBM/Lenovo up to 15% off (it's been renewed throughout april). It's quite a deal especially if you qualify for student/shareholder/employee pricing since you get this discount on top of those discounts.

Also, is there is a way to register more then one amex?

"You may register only one card in the program."

Haven't seen this posted here before; some of you may be interested in this:

tailormade.americanexpress.com

With a registered card you get automatic discounts applied to your statement when you shop with the advertised merchants. Was able to save 15% off lenovo (in addition to other discounts I had) so it was a great value (but this deal just expired).

The great thing about this is you don't have to click through their website to get the discounts so you can apply other coupons and discounts from other websites in addition to the TailorMade discount.

Technically have to be invited to join but my card # was accepted and discounts applied as advertised.

I could not find it on taylormade website, but does anybody know if I have to click on a merchant link while I am logged in on taylormade.americanexpress.com or I can just go directly to a merchant and use my enrolled Amex in order to get a discount?

you don't have to click on anything - go directly to the merchant's website and charge with the registered card.

you don't have to click on anything - go directly to the merchant's website and charge with the registered card.

Does it mean then that I can go to ebates and double dip on my discount?

Yes, and I have done such successfully.

just an example on a laptop that I purchased:

15% off shareholder discount
15% off tailormade
3.5% off fatcash (similar to ebates)

all posted without a problem.

Interesting, the terms and conditions state that the statement credit will post 6-8 weeks after the purchase.

I just received an email from Lenovo on 4/8 that my new laptop has shipped (order was placed 4/2) and the very next day (4/9) received an email from AmEx Tailormade indicating they had posted the statement credit to my AmEx account^

Interesting, the terms and conditions state that the statement credit will post 6-8 weeks after the purchase.

I just received an email from Lenovo on 4/8 that my new laptop has shipped (order was placed 4/2) and the very next day (4/9) received an email from AmEx Tailormade indicating they had posted the statement credit to my AmEx account^

My posted the next day from restaurants.com

you don't have to click on anything - go directly to the merchant's website and charge with the registered card.

That was my question as well. If I go directly to www.target.com and then make a purchase with my AmEx, it works? I don't have to start at tailormade.americanexpress.com, is that what you're saying?

That would be great!

yup that's how it works - it's really a great program.

Now it would be truly wonderful if the discount applied to the brick and mortar stores as well. > don't believe that it does, though.

Still, very nice!

I see that some of these merchants also participate in frequent flier online shopping malls. Do you get the miles AND discount in this case? :)

Are the offers different for green, gold, plat, and cent, as well as the credit cards? Or is it all the same?

Trying to figure out which card I should register, since you're only allowed one....

Anyone have any idea?

I'm 90% sure they are the same.

Thanks all for alerting me to this program, just placed an order at 123inkjets, 20% credit, will let you know how long it takes for credit to appear on tailormade web site, I went directly through the Amex web site, I should have went through Ebates, an additional 16% off, thats a 36% discount, will keep you posted though on time it takes

I was able to sign up without any problem, but did not see anything that I would want. I am not into internet shopping all that much. Has anyone seen any deals that work in brick and mortar businesses?

I was able to sign up without any problem, but did not see anything that I would want. I am not into internet shopping all that much.
You're like me. I sign up for all these things, but will only use the 'net for small things where I know exactly what I'm getting. For more expensive purchases where there's any chance I'm not going to be satisfied within the 30-day return period, or things where I'm not sure exactly what I want, I only go B&M.

Why does this look, feel, smell, and otherwise seem like a hoax?

Those who put in their card info to this site (which now has a revoked security cert, BTW) might want to call AmEx about potentially fraudulent charges that have or soon will appear on their statements...

The domain still belongs to AmEx, and not some thirdparty. I signed up nearly (if not over) a month ago, and haven't seen any fraudulent charges.

Why does this look, feel, smell, and otherwise seem like a hoax?

Those who put in their card info to this site (which now has a revoked security cert, BTW) might want to call AmEx about potentially fraudulent charges that have or soon will appear on their statements...

considering I've received hundreds of dollars from them posted to my statement that's a pretty wild accusation :rolleyes:

Why does this look, feel, smell, and otherwise seem like a hoax?

Those who put in their card info to this site (which now has a revoked security cert, BTW) might want to call AmEx about potentially fraudulent charges that have or soon will appear on their statements...

I don't want to point out that this is most likely incorrect, but since the site is owned and resolves to an AmericanExpress domain, as well having a valid security certificate...

And, of course, a quick call to American Express confirms that it is, indeed, part of their site.

I see that some of these merchants also participate in frequent flier online shopping malls. Do you get the miles AND discount in this case? :)

Anyone know? :)

I don't want to point out that this is most likely incorrect, but since the site is owned and resolves to an AmericanExpress domain, as well having a valid security certificate...

And, of course, a quick call to American Express confirms that it is, indeed, part of their site.

Good, this is one case where I'm glad to be proven wrong. However the security certificate is NOT valid (at least not from my browser) and it easy to "forge" domain names. You will notice that it tries to redirect to "123americanexpress.com"--a classic (if clumsy) spoofing technique.

Basically, if this is real, AmEx did a very poor job with the IT implementation of it.

Good, this is one case where I'm glad to be proven wrong. However the security certificate is NOT valid (at least not from my browser) and it easy to "forge" domain names. You will notice that it tries to redirect to "123americanexpress.com"--a classic (if clumsy) spoofing technique.

Basically, if this is real, AmEx did a very poor job with the IT implementation of it.

That's why I was surprised - I checked the security certificate, and it was valid (in my browser). I wasn't getting the redirect either - not sure what you were seeing, Iceman! :cool:

That's why I was surprised - I checked the security certificate, and it was valid (in my browser). I wasn't getting the redirect either - not sure what you were seeing, Iceman! :cool:

This is what I'm seeing:

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.


This organization's certificate has been revoked.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website.
Click here to close this webpage.
Continue to this website (not recommended).
More information


If you arrived at this page by clicking a link, check the website address in the address bar to be sure that it is the address you were expecting.
When going to a website with an address such as https://example.com, try adding the 'www' to the address, https://www.example.com.
If you choose to ignore this error and continue, do not enter private information into the website.

For more information, see "Certificate Errors" in Internet Explorer Help.

Does this work with any Amex credit cards? Or just with charge cards?

Tried to register using both my personal Starwood Amex and personal Blue Cash Amex, but neither worked.
Didn't even try using small business cards.

I think the issue is that the certificate for tailormade.americanexpress.com is flagged as "For Intranet Use Only". Other than that it appears to be valid. It's not actually on Verisign's revocation list.

Verisign's online verification server actually returns an error when validating it, rather than a good/not good response. Firefox will allow access to a site in this case (barring other problems), but IE won't unless you turn off "Check for server certificate revocation".

My guess is that it was flagged for internal use by mistake, so it's not showing up on Verisign's public verification server.

1/ Purchase, Perfumania.com on 4/11/2007: Total Purchase: $44.44
6% on tailormade posted on 4/12/2007: $2.43
10% on Tailormade posted on 4/13/2007: $4.44

Total savings for this purchase: $6.87

Still waiting for savings to post from 123inkjets (20%) and Zihr (18%), both of these purchases made on 4/11/2007

I like this program, wish I knew about it earlier.

Will be soon making large purchases for kitchen appliances, should be some considerable savings then if I use merchants through Tailor Made.

Will be nice to see credits on Amex Statement instead of all charges.

We are writing to let you know that American Express has decided to terminate the TailorMade program.

As of April 14, 2008 all TailorMade discounts on American Express® Card transactions will end. Savings on
purchases made up to and including that date will still appear on your American Express Card statement, but
from April 14, 2008 onward, the TailorMade program and associated discounts will no longer be available.

They never really publicized it. I only heard about it here.

NOOOOO!!!!!!

I LOVE this program...I use it quite often and it helps so much. I've saved nearly 200 dollars this year according to the website...I'll be very sad to see it go. It's time for me to get one last order in :D

Strange... The registration page is still up and seems to be taking new registrations.

I signed up three days ago! Doh!

I signed up Sunday, too. Now the site is showing that it's completely dead.

Oh, well. I guess it was good for some people while it lasted. Was it? ;)

I used it to get a nice discount on a couple Thinkpads. It was a useful service. :(