AmEx Statement Credit: Spend $550, Get $100 Back at Microsoft Store Online (E.g. Xbox Series X $699, Bundles from $709)

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ts13 on 15/12/2023 - 19:12 americanexpress.com (497 clicks)
Last edited 15/12/2023 - 19:30 by 1 other user

Similar to this recent deal, except that has been marked as expired, and this offer is currently live for me. I assume it is targeted.

Similar credit was offered at the same time last year.

Microsoft has some sales ($100 - $140 discounts) on Xbox consoles / bundles.

Notably, applying the $100 credit, the following consoles / bundles come come down to the below prices, delivered, possibly in time for Christmas (Microsoft suggests deliveries as early as 19 December):

• Xbox Series X, was $799, now $599
• Xbox Series X – Diablo® IV Bundle, was $849, now $609
• Xbox Series X – Forza Horizon 5 Bundle, was $849, now $609

Shopback / CR rates are 0% for Xbox.

Title prices adjusted, title price should not include cashback amount — Mod

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  revivor on 15/12/2023 - 19:22

  I got an Xbox Series X last year using this same deal using Amex.

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  spackbace on 15/12/2023 - 19:23

  Or $399 for the S and spend $151 more but then get the $100 off

  Edit wow, $47.25 trade in value for a Halo Guardians Xbox One console…woo! /s

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  Jstrrrr on 15/12/2023 - 21:23

  Been scratching my head to see if there is a way to use this to prepay for a few years of Office 365?

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    ts13 on 15/12/2023 - 21:45

    Not sure but this is probably significantly more cost effective.

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  FeZZa21 on 16/12/2023 - 12:39

  This was such a pain to use last year, MS kept blocking the transaction for "fraud"

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  proudwanderer on 17/12/2023 - 09:24

  Is the Diablo bundle or the Forza bundle a better buy?

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    halil23 on 17/12/2023 - 19:33

    -5

    Neither, anything from xblock is useless. Just get the real consoles like PS5 or switch

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      proudwanderer on 17/12/2023 - 21:04

      Maybe. But there’s no $100 Cashback.

      I assume it was you who gave me a neg for my question?

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  JonnieFandango on 18/12/2023 - 10:07

  What would be the cheapest way to use this deal to get a Series S and three years of Game Pass Ultimate?

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    proudwanderer on 18/12/2023 - 10:17

    +1

    Series S plus an extra game or 2, or an extra controller?

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  ozmaxz on 25/12/2023 - 18:30

  Does microsoft offer work for gift card purchase?

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    ts13 on 25/12/2023 - 19:31

    Unsure. But if you want to buy an xbox, they will price match the recent JB deal.
    Usually, Amex doesn’t discriminate for GCs, etc. notwithstanding T&Cs, but it’s usually explicitly excluded so ymmv.

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      proudwanderer on 25/12/2023 - 20:34

      How do you get them to price match?

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        ts13 on 25/12/2023 - 22:43

        Live chat on Microsoft website. If you scrutinise other recent Amex Microsoft deals in the past five years, there is some discussion about it. I price matched yday but didn’t complete the purchase (intentionally). Still thinking about it.

        It’s a bit weird. You pay for it in full first, and then they refund the difference from the matched price within 5-10 days from memory.

        Then the Amex credit should also come. I haven’t tried to price match the HN 10% GC credit - I doubt that would fly, but you could try.

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  luztra on 27/12/2023 - 15:25

  +1

  Just a heads up for those (like me) who made their purchase before the Boxing Day sale. I contact Microsoft on live chat this morning and they refunded the difference between my purchase price and sale price ($50). If you purchased Xbox series X, you are still eligible for AMEX credit of $100 (which I have already received).

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    alsingh on 04/01/2024 - 16:02

    I also got the price match done by Microsoft. They sent the refund separately. Surprisingly Amex did not process the cashback stating that the transaction was done one day before saving the offer to the card, although this was not the case.
    It seems Microsoft transactions show up with GMT/UTC instead of AEST hence the confusion.

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  proudwanderer on 27/12/2023 - 20:37

  I’m experiencing payment processing error when trying to purchase using the AMEX card.

  Anyone experienced that?

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    emptypocket on 30/12/2023 - 13:09

    Were you able to resolve it?

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      proudwanderer on 30/12/2023 - 14:32

      Nope. Still can’t get it working.

      And no point trying with a different credit card - since the whole point of using the AMEX is to get the $100 Cashback.

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  emptypocket on 30/12/2023 - 13:04

  This would be good if Microsoft gift card purchase actually would go through. Have tried two different cards with the offer on two different accounts and it won't go through.

  Spoken to MS and they lifted whatever block they initially put on the card, and still no success.

  Terrible customer experience trying to make a purchase with them.

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    proudwanderer on 30/12/2023 - 14:34

    Same thing - but trying to purchase the Xbox itself rather than gift cards - see my comments above.

    Called Microsoft and apparently they “lifted the block” but my AMEX still won’t work - processing error.

    Called AMEX and they said there’s no block on their end.