American Express Small Business Saturday Will Return 11/26/11
Nov 2, 2011, 10:01 am
#63
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
Whoever the merchant is that runs your card for the purchase of the gift card needs to be considered a small business by AMEX. I got a credit last year for a gift certificate that I bought online from a mom and pop restaurant that had it's own website. So my card was not physically swiped but I got the credit. The charge to the card was made by the restaurant itself which is a small business.
Nov 2, 2011, 11:52 am
#64
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: SAN
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, American Air, National Car
Posts: 1,131
Last year I thought it was one $25 credit for shopping at a small business, and had something like a $50 minimum -- are you guys saying I should have drive from store to store ?
Nov 2, 2011, 12:13 pm
#65
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: IND
Programs: SPG Plat, WN CP, Many Others
Posts: 538
Nov 2, 2011, 12:58 pm
#66
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
Minimum to get $25 credit was $25 at a small business. No need to drive store to store. If you have multiple cards you can use them all at the same store.
Nov 2, 2011, 1:10 pm
#67
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
Last year it was per card. This year we won't know for sure until it happens. Don't buy anything you wouldn't buy anyway. Last year my faves were liquor store products (good shelf life) and gift certificates (for myself) from favorite restaurants. If you do get the $25 credit, happy holidays. If you don't, you didn't buy anything you wouldn't have bought during the year so no biggie.
Nov 2, 2011, 1:27 pm
#68
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 79
Last year folks who signed up early did get a credit for multiple cards BUT later on it was limited to 1 card per person....I only received credit on one Amex card....FYI
Nov 2, 2011, 1:38 pm
#69
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,708
So you were able to sign up multiple cards last year, but then after you made the $25 spend on each, only the first card you used received the $25 credit?
Nov 2, 2011, 1:43 pm
#70
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 79
Correct....I nitially signed up one card...followed by a few others a "short" time later...I remember a post by Frugal Tavel guy later saying that AMEX was limiting it to one card per person...that is why i did not contact Amex about the credit on my other 2 cards...i had bought stuff i needed anyway...did get 1 credit
Nov 2, 2011, 4:08 pm
#71
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Scenic Great Plains USA
Programs: AGR Starwood Whoever I can get points with :D
Posts: 677
I just tried to register a second card and got the msg:
Oops, our records show that you've already registered for this offer. We limit the number of times that a Cardmember can register for each offer.
Oops, our records show that you've already registered for this offer. We limit the number of times that a Cardmember can register for each offer.
Nov 2, 2011, 8:54 pm
#72
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: CVG
Programs: Hyatt Giraffe
Posts: 1,664
Signed up a few cards here and there
Anyone know how accurate the listings for small businesses are on the signup page? lots of restaurants for gcs!
Nov 3, 2011, 4:52 am
#73
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: IND
Programs: SPG Plat, WN CP, Many Others
Posts: 538
I had no problem registering all 3 of my cards using the same email address even for all 3.
Nov 3, 2011, 8:07 am
#74
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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Nov 4, 2011, 9:37 am
#75
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
I have registered 17 cards between myself and my wife, using only two email addresses
Got successful registration on every single one and I cannot see anything in the T&C that restricts it to one per card-member
Had the same success with this last year did not have one of the cards I register fail to produce the $25 credit