May 28, 2020, 7:36 am
Last edit by: Enigma368
AMEX COVID-19 BONUS EXPERIENCE WIKI
Doctor of Credit database of services that work/don’t work for credits: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/amex-benefits-workshop-which-merchants-code-for-streaming-wireless-shipping-credits-sortable-table
Please add services that have worked, or NOT worked, for you, along with any relevant notes. See the bottom of the wiki for information on what's supposed to be covered, per the Amex website.
Program T&Cs: https://about.americanexpress.com/si...n-TCs-FAQs.pdf
Wireless Phone Services (see below for rules)
Wireless Credit Rules, Per Amex Website (https://www.americanexpress.com/us/r...fo/retail.html)
To earn additional rewards, the purchase must be for monthly wireless telephone service charges and made directly from a wireless telephone service provider in the United States.
The following types of purchases are NOT included for additional Wireless rewards:
Examples of merchants where you will NOT earn additional rewards include:
Doctor of Credit database of services that work/don’t work for credits: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/amex-benefits-workshop-which-merchants-code-for-streaming-wireless-shipping-credits-sortable-table
Please add services that have worked, or NOT worked, for you, along with any relevant notes. See the bottom of the wiki for information on what's supposed to be covered, per the Amex website.
Program T&Cs: https://about.americanexpress.com/si...n-TCs-FAQs.pdf
Wireless Phone Services (see below for rules)
- WORKED
- AT&T Prepaid - post 269
- Greatcall - autopay, posted as WWW.GREATCALL.COM
- T-Mobile Prepaid - post 265
- Verizon Wireless Prepaid - posted as VZW PREPAID INTERNET OT
- Visible - hardware purchase and monthly bill - both posted as VISIBLE LONE TREE
- Google Fi - posted as wireless credit for many after May 22 (see posts from #385 onwards)
- ACN Flash wireless - autopay, posted as ACN Flash wireless. Credit posted 24 hours after charge posted.
- DID NOT WORK
- xxx
- YMMV
- Google Fi - posted as streaming for some (plat - "GOOGLE *GOOGLE FI G.CO/HELPPAY# CA", pay.google.com, additional information shows "GAMES"); no credit on green (additional information shows "Axxxxxxx SELLER"). Not clear if this was a temporary miscoding since it posted as Wireless for several after May 22. UPDATE: GOOGLE FI still sometimes posts as streaming credit. Worked for me on September 14th 2020. Had already used the $20 wireless credit and paid another $20 go Google FI and it was refunded as streaming credit. My experience is that it works 50% of the time.
- WORKED
- Amazon Music Unlimited - posted as AMAZON MUSIC
- Amazon Kindle
- Apple iCloud data storage - reimbursed as streaming subscription
- Audible
- Spotify
- Disney Plus - posted as DISNEY PLUS ECOM
- Netflix - posted as NETFLIX.COM
- YouTube - movie rental, directly through YouTube
- HBOMax
- Google Play credits (only if purchased in Android Play app)
- Google Play "In-Game Purchases" billed through google play
- Google Domain Services
- Sirius XM Annual Subscription
- DID NOT WORK
- Criterion Channel
- YMMV
- xxx
- WORKED
- USPS.com - Forever Stamps 5/27/2020
- USPS.com - gift shop.. toy trucks, etc 5/27/2020
- UPS - Campusship label generated and scanned into UPS stream 5/22/2020 (have not yet tested label generated but not scanned into stream)
- DID NOT WORK
- xxx
- YMMV
- xxx
Wireless Credit Rules, Per Amex Website (https://www.americanexpress.com/us/r...fo/retail.html)
To earn additional rewards, the purchase must be for monthly wireless telephone service charges and made directly from a wireless telephone service provider in the United States.
The following types of purchases are NOT included for additional Wireless rewards:
- Purchases from authorized retailers, resellers or third party sellers
- Purchases for hardware (e.g phones and accessories) or repair services
- Bundled services offered by Wireless companies for TV, Internet and VoIP
- VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) services
- AT&T
- Sprint
- T-Mobile
- Verizon
Examples of merchants where you will NOT earn additional rewards include:
- Authorized retailers or resellers (e.g. Spring Communications, Wireless Zone)
- Superstores (e.g. Wal-Mart, and Target)
- Electronics stores (e.g. Best Buy, Staples)
- Amazon Music Unlimited
- Apple Music
- Apple TV+
- AT&T Now
- Audible
- CBS All Access
- Disney+
- ESPN+
- Fubo TV
- HBO Max
- HBO Now
- Hulu
- iHeartRadio
- Kindle Unlimited
- Luminary
- MLB.TV
- NBA League Pass
- Netflix
- NHL.TV
- Pandora
- Prime Video
- Showtime
- Sling TV
- SiriusXM Streaming and Satellite
- Spotify
- Stitcher
- YouTube Music Premium
- YouTube Premium
- YouTube TV
Amex USA COVID-19 temporary bonuses
May 26, 2020, 4:26 pm
#406
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: DL DM, Hyatt Ist-iest, Stariott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 12,788
Frequently enough that I really wish I had a credit card that covered it. I self insure at this point by not buying phones that cost more than $200. lol
May 26, 2020, 4:49 pm
#408
Join Date: May 2013
Location: RMS
Programs: DL Plat, UA Gold, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Credit Card Diamond
Posts: 8,788
As I mentioned in a previous post, for me it’s just my phone and my wife’s so I’m ok self-insuring to get the discount. However, if I had teenagers on my account I might think twice about it.
May 26, 2020, 8:20 pm
#410
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,839
Anyway, none of my cards provides cellphone coverage (to the best of my knowledge), and it was never a factor in choosing one, and so I didn’t have to wonder whether $20/month for seven months is worth more that the risk of breaking/losing my phone.
May 27, 2020, 4:26 pm
#411
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: stl
Programs: AA LT Plat/8.1mm now with 1350 miles left in my account and proud of it.. SPG LT Titanium.
Posts: 3,079
Well, 2 weeks went by since my bundled AT&T Uverse and AT&T Wireless bill pay posted - used the chat and asked them to manually apply the credit.
he CSR asked questions and then finally asked if it was a bundled charge - I said yes - he said they are not eligible for the credit. I said that's a bad policy and the previous rep said that a charge could be manually applied. Was there anything he could do? He said he could apply an one-time courtesy $20 credit.
Painful - not doing that every month - annoying
he CSR asked questions and then finally asked if it was a bundled charge - I said yes - he said they are not eligible for the credit. I said that's a bad policy and the previous rep said that a charge could be manually applied. Was there anything he could do? He said he could apply an one-time courtesy $20 credit.
Painful - not doing that every month - annoying
May 27, 2020, 7:06 pm
#412
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Dreamland
Posts: 927
Shipping Credit Question: UPS Campusship
On the Biz Plat $20/mo shipping credit... I've got a UPS Campusship account - negotiated rates... but I'm not shipping a lot right now... I'm wondering, after I've stocked up on Forever stamps, if people know if I generate labels to places I know I'm going to need to send stuff, if the payment authorization that is made to my card (I know the authorization hits when you generate the later) falls off if not actually scanned into the UPS stream within a few days or if the authorization converts to a charge like anything else, shipped or not... I've never actually generated a label to "hold on to" for a while before...
May 27, 2020, 8:14 pm
#413
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Kanagawa
Programs: JAL Global Club, ANA Super Flyers
Posts: 238
For our expats here, I tried using my Plat to renew my monthly Netflix JP membership at the start of this month. About 3 weeks have passed with no credit, unfortunately. I assume it's because I'm being billed through Netflix's Japanese subsidiary (Netflix KK) and not their American one, which means that it doesn't qualify as a "US" streaming purchase.
May 27, 2020, 9:21 pm
#414
Join Date: Nov 2016
Programs: UA*S, AA Plat, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Gold, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 256
On the Biz Plat $20/mo shipping credit... I've got a UPS Campusship account - negotiated rates... but I'm not shipping a lot right now... I'm wondering, after I've stocked up on Forever stamps, if people know if I generate labels to places I know I'm going to need to send stuff, if the payment authorization that is made to my card (I know the authorization hits when you generate the later) falls off if not actually scanned into the UPS stream within a few days or if the authorization converts to a charge like anything else, shipped or not... I've never actually generated a label to "hold on to" for a while before...
May 28, 2020, 12:25 am
#416
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,916
I did a thread search for 'YouTube":
I can confirm that renting a movie through YouTube works for the Platinum streaming credit, I have received the credit today for a movie I watched on Sunday. Make sure you rent directly on the YouTube web site, because doing it through the iPhone app will bill through iTunes, which I think will not trigger the credit.
May 28, 2020, 7:58 am
#417
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold, Hertz PC, National Exec
Posts: 6,736
I was reading this thread, and thought "I wish this had a wiki." So, I made one! I haven't added anything on the Biz Plat offers, since I don't have one, but I put in my experiences, along with some other data from the thread, along with links to the official policies for the streaming and wireless credits.
May 28, 2020, 11:10 am
#418
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, AS 75k, AA Plat, Bonvoyed Gold, Honors Dia, Hyatt Explorer, IHG Plat, ...
Posts: 16,839
May 28, 2020, 11:15 am
#419
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,224
I was reading this thread, and thought "I wish this had a wiki." So, I made one! I haven't added anything on the Biz Plat offers, since I don't have one, but I put in my experiences, along with some other data from the thread, along with links to the official policies for the streaming and wireless credits.
May 28, 2020, 11:23 am
#420
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,039
DOC has a pretty comprehensive table that is still being updated here: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/amex-...sortable-table
Regards