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Old Oct 16, 2016, 7:19 pm
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Only the primary Card Member on the account can enroll. You will not earn 2X rewards on any bonus you already enjoy with your Card, such as when you spend on certain types of purchases or at certain merchants. Rewards Caps apply.

Excluded cards: Prepaid and Corporate Cards, American Express Cards issued by other financial institutions, The Plum Card®, Clear from American Express®, Blue Cash InStore, Blue Cash Rebate Card, Blue for Students®, American Express® Platinum Cash Rebate Card, Optima, and One from American Express are not eligible.

Offer Terms and Conditions
Shop Small® Offer
You must enroll your eligible American Express Card at amex.co/shopsmalloffer to start earning 2X Rewards on purchases at qualifying small businesses through 12/31/16. If you have more than one eligible Card, you must separately enroll each Card. The following explains how eligible enrolled Cards earn 2X Rewards during the offer period:

Blue Cash Rewards Offer: Earn an additional 1% cash back per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Blue Cash Everyday® Card or Blue Cash Preferred® Card at qualifying small businesses. You will receive cash back only in the form of Blue Cash Reward Dollars which can be redeemed for statement credits.

Blue Sky Points Offer: Earn one additional Blue Sky point per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Blue Sky from American Express® or Blue Sky Preferred from American Express® at qualifying small businesses.

Delta Miles Offer: Earn one additional mile per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, Delta Reserve® Credit Card from American Express, Delta SkyMiles® Options, Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card, Delta SkyMiles® Business Credit Card, Gold Delta SkyMiles® Business Credit Card, Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Business Credit Card or Delta Reserve for Business Credit Card at qualifying small businesses.

HHonors Points Offer: Earn three additional Hilton HHonors Bonus Points per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Hilton HHonors™ Card from American Express or Hilton HHonors™ Surpass® Card from American Express at qualifying small businesses.

Lowe's Business Rewards Points Offer: Earn one additional Lowe's Business Rewards point per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Lowe's Business Rewards Card from American Express at qualifying small businesses.

Membership Rewards® Points Offer: Earn one additional Membership Rewards Point per dollar of purchases using one of the following enrolled Cards at qualifying small businesses: Centurion® Card from American Express , The Platinum Card® from American Express, Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express, Traditional Gold Card from American Express, Senior Gold Card from American Express, Gold Card from American Express, American Express® Green Card, American Express® Traditional Green Card, Senior Member Card from American Express, Zync® from American Express, Blue from American Express®, Amex EveryDay® Card, Amex EveryDay® Preferred Card, The American Express® Gold Card for Ameriprise Financial, The Platinum Card® from American Express for Ameriprise Financial, Platinum Card® from American Express for Charles Schwab, Fidelity American Express Green, Fidelity American Express Gold, Fidelity American Express Platinum, Centurion® Card from American Express for Goldman Sachs Clients , The Platinum Card® from American Express for Goldman Sachs, The Mercedes-Benz Credit Card from American Express, Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Mercedes-Benz, Morgan Stanley Credit Card from American Express, Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Morgan Stanley, Business Centurion® Card from American Express, Business Platinum Card®, The Business Gold Rewards Card, Business Green Rewards Card, Business Management Account®, The Business Membership Rewards Card from American Express®, Blue for Business® Credit Card or Business Platinum Credit Card. Enrollment in the offer and the Membership Rewards Program is required. For Amex EveryDay® Card products, when we calculate the extra points available as a bonus to Amex EveryDay® Card Members, points awarded under this offer will not be included. Terms and Conditions for the Membership Rewards® program apply. Visit membershiprewards.com/terms or call 1-800-AXP EARN (297-3276) for more information. The value of Membership Rewards points varies according to how you choose to use them. To learn more, go to www.membershiprewards.com/pointsinfo.

Plenti Point Offer: Earn one additional Plenti Point per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Plenti® Credit Card from Amex at qualifying small businesses.

SimplyCash Cash Back Offer: Earn an additional 1% cash back per dollar of purchases using an enrolled SimplyCash® Business Credit Card or SimplyCash® Plus Business Credit Card at qualifying small businesses. You will receive cash back in the form of a statement credit.

Schwab Cash Back Offer: Earn an additional 1.5% cash back per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Charles Schwab Investor Credit Card™ from American Express at qualifying small businesses. Cash back will be automatically deposited into your eligible Schwab brokerage account.

Starpoints Offer: Earn one additional Starpoint per dollar of purchases using an enrolled Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express or Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card at qualifying small businesses.

You will not earn 2X rewards (i) on any bonus you may already receive with your Card, including any additional points/miles/cash back that you may already receive when you spend on certain types of purchases or at certain merchants or (ii) on any other bonus/rewards you may earn with a different promotion or offer from American Express. This offer applies to the first $250,000 in purchases for each eligible Card Account issued to a business and the first $100,000 in purchases for each eligible Card Account issued for personal use, starting from the time you complete enrollment through 12/31/16.

Qualifying Small Business
Qualifying small merchant locations appear on the Shop Small® Map (including the searchable directory), available at shopsmallnow.americanexpress.com. Please note that the merchants listed on the Shop Small® Map may change. In addition, business location and other information provided on the Shop Small Map may contain inaccuracies or errors as a result of information provided by third parties. Purchases with political campaigns or political action committees as well as purchases at gas or service stations do not qualify, regardless of whether they appear on the Shop Small Map.

Purchases
Purchases may fall outside of the offer period in some cases (and therefore not qualify for the offer), such as a delay in merchants submitting transactions to us or if the purchase date differs from the date you made the purchase. (For example, if you buy goods online, the purchase date may be the date the goods are shipped) Additional Card Members on your account are not eligible to enroll in this offer, but you earn 2X Rewards for qualifying purchases made by any Additional Card Members on your account. The following do NOT count as purchases and will not qualify for this offer: fees or interest charges, balance transfers, cash advances, purchases of traveler's checks, purchases or reloading of prepaid cards, or purchases of any cash equivalents. A purchase may not qualify for this offer if it is not made directly with the merchant, if made through a third party payment account or using a mobile or wireless card reader or if you use a mobile or digital wallet.

Fulfillment
To earn rewards with this offer, your Card Account must be active, in good standing, and not in default at the time of fulfillment. What you earn with this offer: (i) is in addition to any other rewards you may get from using your Card Account; (ii) will be posted to your account within 10-12 weeks after the end of the offer period; and (iii) may be reversed if a qualifying purchase is returned or cancelled. American Express reserves the right to modify or revoke this offer at any time for any reason in its sole discretion.

Ineligible American Express Cards
The following American Express Cards are not eligible for this 2X Rewards Offer: Prepaid Cards, Corporate Cards, Cards issued by other financial institutions, Blue Cash®, Blue Cash InStore, Blue for Students®, Cash Rebate Card, American Express® Platinum Cash Rebate Card, Clear from American Express®, One from American Express, Optima products, Blue Cash® for Business, Business Cash Rebate Card, Business Gold Card, Business Green Card, Business Purchase Account®, Executive Business Card, Platinum Business FreedomPass® Credit Card, Platinum Business Premium Cash Rebate Card, The Plum Card®.
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Old Nov 24, 2016, 11:33 am
  #61  
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: Coffee Shop Buy 10 Get 1 Free
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This is way better, at least for me that a statement credit. With some of rumored changes to the Plat, would love to see this as perm benefit ^
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Old Nov 25, 2016, 12:28 pm
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Originally Posted by mia
Small Business Saturday was never about rewarding cardholders, it is about driving sales for small merchants, and apparently it has had some success:

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/busi...#storylink=cpy
I thought it was about encouraging and enticing cardholders to spend money in support of small businesses.

Originally Posted by pkerr
The promo this year worked great for me. A small business put a new roof on my house (amongst other things) and we were able to double our SPG points. Very "profitable". ^
Originally Posted by EkekoBWI
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I value the current promo higher than the one from years' past.
Originally Posted by Brendan
Of course, it takes away most of the advantage of Small Business Saturday. $60 cashback was great in 2014: 3x $10 on each of my 2 Amex cards. While I respect the concept, now it's just another day to me. OTOH, I actually like this year's version because the bonuses may be earned over a 2.5-month period vs. on only one day.
Originally Posted by DG206
This is way better, at least for me that a statement credit. With some of rumored changes to the Plat, would love to see this as perm benefit ^
Maybe I need to look at it from a different perspective. I didn't realize it was extended beyond just one Saturday to 2.5 months this year.
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Old Nov 25, 2016, 12:47 pm
  #63  
 
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Just wanted to add a data point. No bonus was given on a small business that uses Square. Bummer, because I eat there quite often.
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Old Dec 5, 2016, 7:00 pm
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If AU uses his/her card while primary is enrolled, will it get additional points?
I've got SPG promo to add AU and spend $1000 to get 2500 points, so I'm thinking using in on Plastiq to get a small business additional point.
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Old Dec 8, 2016, 3:04 pm
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AU use of enrolled card

I was told on the phone today that once primary enrols the primary card, all other cards on the account are included in 2x small business promotion.
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Old Dec 9, 2016, 5:23 pm
  #66  
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Posts: 138
Originally Posted by sharonsimon
I was told on the phone today that once primary enrols the primary card, all other cards on the account are included in 2x small business promotion.
Yup. And if you prefer things in writing, it's also buried near the end of the terms and conditions.

"Additional Card Members on your account are not eligible to enroll in this offer, but you earn 2X Rewards for qualifying purchases made by any Additional Card Members on your account."

I've also confirmed this from looking at my own Membership Rewards balance. Purchases made with the AU card are earning 2x.
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Old Dec 9, 2016, 6:55 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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Would be nice to see an incentive based on the number of unique "shop small" places: $20+ at 10 unique shops gets 500 bonus miles?
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Old Dec 11, 2016, 4:49 pm
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I've found that a lot of the parking lots at or near North Carolina courthouses count for this so I've been getting a lot of double points that way. How odd.
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Old Dec 11, 2016, 8:17 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Originally Posted by tattikat2
So I called up AMEX and internet does not qualify. It has to be a walk in purchase
The Terms and Conditions include a very specific list of ineligible transactions, and Internet transactions are not among them.

In every previous year of the SBS promotion, various folks claimed that Internet purchases were ineligible, and every year I have earned the bonus from Internet purchases of gift cards at my favorite coffee shop.

CSRs don't always have correct answers.
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Old Dec 19, 2016, 8:25 am
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
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Any idea how to get missing points? I made a few purchases from small businesses that were on the map and no bonus has posted. Statement has closed. Other bonuses have posted (even before statement closed). None of the CSR's have a clue.

"You have to wait until the 31st"
"Let me transfer you to our Starwood team"
"The small business you purchased from isn't on the map" (it was) and on and on...
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Old Dec 19, 2016, 3:52 pm
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Just to be sure, if the main card is registered for Small Business 2x, if I use an AU card, will that earn 2x as well?
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Old Dec 20, 2016, 8:31 pm
  #72  
 
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Pkerr, log in to your Amex account & click on the "Statements" tab at top. Eligible "small business transactions" will show the 'dot in circle with downward pointer' logo.
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Old Dec 21, 2016, 4:21 am
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Originally Posted by Brendan
'dot in circle with downward pointer' logo.

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Old Dec 21, 2016, 3:20 pm
  #74  
 
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Spot-on, Mia! That's the one !
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Old Dec 27, 2016, 1:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan
Pkerr, log in to your Amex account & click on the "Statements" tab at top. Eligible "small business transactions" will show the 'dot in circle with downward pointer' logo.
Thanks! This was blocked by my ad blockers. Pleased to see expertflyer is a small business!
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