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Offer Extended for American Express Essential Credit Card - 10,000 Rewards Gateway Pts (after $750 Spend in First 3 Mths) @ CCC

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Offer Extended for American Express Essential Credit Card - 10,000 Rewards Gateway Pts (after $750 Spend in First 3 Mths) @ CCC
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Associatedcreditcardcompare on 24/01/2019 - 11:19 creditcardcompare.com.au (299 clicks)

American Express has extended a CREDIT CARD COMPARE EXCLUSIVE offer with a sign-up bonus of 10k Membership Rewards Points.

Card Members who currently hold or who have previously held any Card product issued by American Express Australia Limited in the preceding 18 month period are ineligible for this offer.

Offer ends 30th January 2019.

What's good about this offer?

  • Receive 10,000 Membership Rewards Points when you apply online by 30th January 2019, are approved and spend $750 within in the first three months.
  • $0 p.a. annual fee.
  • Smartphone Screen Insurance for up to $500 for screen repairs to your Smartphone when you pay for your phone or contract with your Essential Credit Card.
  • Eligible for use with Google Pay™, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.
  • Earn up to 1 Membership Rewards Gateway® point for every $1 spent.
  • Transfer your points to a choice of 8 airline rewards partner programs.
  • 0% p.a. for 12 months for balance transfers and a one-off credit plan establishment fee of 3%.
  • Enjoy a low-interest rate of 14.99% p.a. on purchases.

  • Complimentary insurances to cover shopping purchases.

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  • incipient on 24/01/2019 - 11:39

    A rewards card with no annual fee and a couple of perks?

    What's the catch?

    • spiff on 24/01/2019 - 12:08

      The catch is the relatively low amount of bonus points and the fact that it resets your 18 month Amex cc hiatus which hurts if you're a churner.

      If you wanted an ongoing Amex with no annual fee then this is decent. Also the fee free Amex Velocity Escape card is alright but not sure if that has a bonus at the moment.

      • gnoks on 24/01/2019 - 15:20

        but it’s 1 point per dollar spent which is as good as most other cards isn’t it?

        i was wondering the same things… sounds too good to be true here. no annual fee with rewards.

        • spiff on 24/01/2019 - 15:30

          There's nothing that's too good to be true. Bonus 10k points for this range of cards happens a few times a year so it's nothing special. I applied for the Amex Explorer card which gave 100k Amex Membership Reward points (different to Amex Gateway points which is what this card offers and is worth more than Gateway points), met the minimum spend, cancelled the card, and got the annual fee waived. Having a card like this excludes you from taking advantage of better Amex deals. So while this offer is decent in itself, the opportunity cost is too high for me personally.

          You can read about the different types of Amex points here, although you will need to verify what the transfer rates are currently since this article is more than a year old. But the gist is there are different Amex points and they're not all equal.

          https://www.pointhacks.com.au/amex-gateway-ascent-ascent-pre…

          • aseren on 24/01/2019 - 23:12

            @spiff: Spiff, would you share your tips?
            Did you transfer the point out before canceling the card? Where did you transfer the bonus point to? Thanks

            • spiff on 25/01/2019 - 10:06

              @aseren: Yes I transferred to Velocity before cancelling the card.

          • androhia on 28/01/2019 - 19:13

            @spiff: How did you get the annual fee waived?

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