American Express Small Business Big Break - $20 Credits

American Express Small Business Big Break - $20 Credits

Update 2:  Today is the last day to use your cards so buy whatever you want at this point.    You need to have registered your cards previously.  Sign up period is over.  There is very little of value online that you can buy, but according to comment 114 on dansdeals, 800eichlers.com works!  You can buy gift cards at $20 increments and then combine them into one larger purchase. Unfortunately, you have to pick it up at the store or it is $10 shipping each.  If anyone is going, can you pick up my 4 gift cards ;)


Dan also reported that you can donate $20 to Chabad of North Fulton and you will get the credit back.


On slickdeals, on the first page you can find a couple other sites that will work.  Nothing to go crazy about.  Good luck everyone!

Keep in mind that in many promotions, AMEX will email you immediately.  It is not true for this one.  I got an email almost 36 hours later.  

Update: I have now registered all 4 of my American express cards for all 5 cities (or $400 free).  Unfortunately, I was not able to register any authorized users.  Hopefully, we can find a site that sells $25 amazon gift cards or $25 visa gift cards and really get free money!

American Express is at it again! You can get $20 credits for spending $20 or more (i.e. - free money) in a number of locations.  

This will work when the site has an online site that processes its transactions through the correct zip code, but wait until a site is verified, unless you want to take a risk.  

You can register now, but you need to spend the money from 9/29-10/07

American Expres is calling it the Big Break for Small Businesses.  

Registration is limited so sign up all of your American Express cards now!  In the past, this has worked for every card you have and even for authorized users as well.

You need to register for each city separately for each card.

The cities are:

• Staten Island and some of Brooklyn, NY
• Zip codes - 10301, 10302, 10303, 10304, 10305, 10306, 10307, 10308, 10309, 10310, 10311, 10312, 10314; select Brooklyn neighborhoods 11209, 11214, 11219, 11220, 11228; and Bayonne, NJ 07002
• Anaheim, CA
• Zip codes - 92801, 92802, 92803, 92804, 92805, 92806, 92807, 92808, 92809, 92812, 92814, 92815, 92816, 92817, 92821, 92822, 92823, 92825, 92831, 92832, 92833, 92834, 92835, 92836, 92837, 92838, 92840, 92841, 92843, 92844, 92845, 92846, 92870, 92885, 92886, 92887
• Carol Stream, Il
• Zip codes - 60068, 60101, 60103, 60106, 60108, 60110, 60116, 60125, 60126, 60128, 60132, 60133, 60137, 60138, 60139, 60148, 60159, 60168, 60172, 60173, 60174, 60175, 60179, 60181, 60185, 60186, 60187, 60188, 60189, 60190, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60195, 60196, 60197, 60515, 60516, 60517, 60532, and 60555
• Cumming, GA
• Zip codes - 30004, 30005, 30009, 30022, 30023, 30024, 30028, 30040, 30041, 30075, 30076, 30077, 30096, 30097
• Raleigh-Durham, NC
• Zip codes - 27601, 27602, 27603, 27604, 27605, 27606, 27607, 27608, 27609, 27610, 27611, 27612, 27613, 27614, 27615, 27616, 27617, 27619, 27620, 27622, 27623, 27624, 27626, 27627, 27628, 27629, 27636, 27658, 27675, 27695, 27699, 27701, 27702, 27703, 27704, 27705, 27706, 27707, 27708, 27709, 27710, 27712, 27713, 27715, 27722

Also, Small Business Saturday is coming up on November 24th.  American Express hasn't announced what they will do this year, but last year they gave a $25 credit for spending $25 at any small business anywhere on that day.

You can buy gift cards to any store you want (including local grocery and gas stations) and use them throughout the year.