Sep 27, 2017, 10:12 am
Last edit by: alc
American Express Cobalt Credit Card
GCR $50 Rebate --> https://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/...s/Amex-Cobalt/
Detail copy from GCR link above:
GCR $50 Rebate --> https://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/...s/Amex-Cobalt/
Detail copy from GCR link above:
- In your first year as a new Cobalt Cardmember, you can earn 2,500 Membership Rewards® points for each monthly billing period in which you spend $500 in net purchases on your Card. This could add up to 30,000 points in a year.
- Limited Time Offer: Apply by 01/30/18 and you can earn a Welcome Bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards® points when you spend a total of $3,000 in net purchases in your first 3 months
- Earn 5 points for every $1 spent on Card purchases at eligible restaurants, bars, grocery stores and food delivery in Canada
- Earn 2 points for every $1 spent on eligible transit & gas purchases in Canada and eligible travel purchases. That’s 2X the points on purchases that get you from point A to B
- Earn 1 point for every $1 in Card purchases everywhere else. We won’t tell you where to spend, we’ll just reward you on your Card purchases
- Get advance access to tickets to some of the hottest concerts, shows and events through Front Of The Line® by American Express Invites® and advance screenings to blockbuster movies. Plus, more great perks.
- American Express is not responsible for maintaining or monitoring the accuracy of information on this website. For full details, current product information and Terms and Conditions, click the Apply now link.
- $10 per month of Cardmembership ($120 annually)
2017 American Express Cobalt (Canada)
Sep 18, 2017, 3:31 pm
#18
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
Sep 18, 2017, 3:42 pm
#20
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
edit: Looks like this one: https://www.americanexpress.com/au/c...r-credit-card/
(The Australian version, IF it's comparable, shows:
Introductory offer of 100,000 Membership Rewards points
$395 annual fee
$400 travel credit each Membership year
2 American Express Airport Lounge entries each year
If it's anything like that,
Sign. Me. Up.
Sep 18, 2017, 3:54 pm
#21
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kan@da
Programs: Anything with sweet spots
Posts: 1,790
Sep 18, 2017, 4:31 pm
#22
Join Date: May 2015
Location: YYJ
Programs: Aeroplan, VA Velocity, Alaska, BA Avios
Posts: 13
Interesting but possibly irrelevant note. The Aussie card that it looks like is part of the Amex Gateway MR scheme. In Aus, the cards are tiered and therefore offer different partners and transfer rates.
For example this Explorer card in Australia can transfer to 8 Airline partners at a rate of 1 MR : 0.75 airline miles. Doesn't include Qantas.
don't know if Amex is set up to offer a tiered reward structure in Canada but curious to see how they will buffer the 5x on dining and groceries
For example this Explorer card in Australia can transfer to 8 Airline partners at a rate of 1 MR : 0.75 airline miles. Doesn't include Qantas.
don't know if Amex is set up to offer a tiered reward structure in Canada but curious to see how they will buffer the 5x on dining and groceries
Sep 18, 2017, 4:48 pm
#24
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
Amex Canada currently offers different redemption rates if you use your points to pay for purchases (which it sounds like this card may be geared towards - i.e. the ads say "redeem for anything you want".) On my biz platinum card, 1000 points = $10, but on my gold card, 1000 points is worth $10 for travel purchases but only $7 for other purchases. So they could do something like that, but you can hopefully get around that if you have more than one card and if the points are pooled.
Last edited by Low Roller; Sep 18, 2017 at 5:10 pm
Sep 18, 2017, 5:43 pm
#25
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Canada
Programs: BA Gold (OWE), Star Alliance Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,194
Amex Canada currently offers different redemption rates if you use your points to pay for purchases (which it sounds like this card may be geared towards - i.e. the ads say "redeem for anything you want".) On my biz platinum card, 1000 points = $10, but on my gold card, 1000 points is worth $10 for travel purchases but only $7 for other purchases. So they could do something like that, but you can hopefully get around that if you have more than one card and if the points are pooled.
Sep 18, 2017, 7:09 pm
#27
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
It feels like the week before Christmas when we were kids. We could see all the colourful boxes under the tree and would try to guess what was inside, hoping it would be something more exciting than what it usually turned out to be 
Sep 18, 2017, 7:53 pm
#28
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: SPG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hilton Diamond, United Premier Silver
Posts: 205
Sep 18, 2017, 9:42 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Canada
Posts: 49
I think that it is hard to see them offering something good after consistently taking away SO much these past few years. If they make it a good offer, I may consider applying, but at this point, they took away my referral bonuses from Amex Gold, so I will be closing this account soon as they have not given me a reason to stay and there is little AMEX accepting businesses in Canada originally.