Originally Posted by
bartman9
I think you are right. Years ago I had the AMEX Gold (personal not business). It used to have 2 points per USPS, but they stopped at some point. I didn't realize the business card has it! That is great! I probably spend over $3000/month on shipping. I am going to have to make some changes.
I'll run a test with Emily's Business Gold Card this weekend to see how USPS purchases post.
The Business Gold had a 50K sign-up bonus, but that disappeared from November 28. There was even a 75K sign-up bonus for a day in November! The current sign-up bonus is ZERO points!
I'd suggest waiting until the sign-up bonus on the Business Gold card returns before applying. Assuming that you'd get $3,000
extra MR points a month on the Business Gold card you could
wait for a few months until a better offer shows up and still break even:
1) 5 months for a 15,000 point sign-up offer (15,000/3,000)
2) ~8 months for a 25,000 point sign-up offer (25,000/3,000)
3) ~17 months for a 50,000 point sign-up offer (50,000/3,000)
Just continue accruing points on your AMEX SPG until a juicy sign-up offer for the AMEX Business Gold.
In the current environment of mega credit-card bonuses you really shouldn't sign-up for a credit card which offers NO sign-up bonus! Chase is competing aggressively and it is only a matter of time (in my opinion) before AMEX responds.
Good Luck!