American Express Green Card: Yay or Nay?

One of the better reward credit cards to consider in 2017 is the American Express Green Card. They are currently offering 25,000 bonus points after you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first three months. On top of that, you get 2x the points on each dollar spent on the American Express Travel Website and 1x the points on every purchase after that. Once you get enough points, you can use them with more than 500 leading brands. There are many different options to choose from, including travel, gift cards, entertainment, frequent flyer miles, and merchandise. You can work right within the American Express system to get some of their best rewards. They have relationships with many travel companies, making it one of the top choices amongst people who travel for work or pleasure.

For people who travel a lot, there are other protections as well, including roadside assistance, insurance for car rentals, and baggage protection. There is an annual fee of $95, but that is waived for the first year.

In order to get the Green Card 25,000 Bonus Points promotion, you have to follow a set of instructions very carefully:

  1. Go into incognito mode on your browser. Copy and paste the bonus link and hit enter. Link: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/green/25330
  2. If you don’t see the bonus points, repeat step 1. You may have to do this over a dozen times to get the promotion, but it will be worth it.
  3. If you still don’t get the bonus, try it in another browser (suggested browsers include Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox.) You may have to repeat the steps again in that browser.
  4. If that doesn’t work, you may have to use another computer.

This may seem complicated, but it isn’t that difficult to do and at the end of the day it is worth doing to get the bonus points.

This might just be one of the best promotions yet for the American Express Green Card. Spending $1,000 in the first three months shouldn’t be that difficult – it is actually harder to actually get the promotion on the website.

If you like to travel, there are no better offers because of the high amount of miles and perks you can get just for having the card. Remember that you do have to pay the card off and after the first year, there is an annual fee, however. You also don’t get as many rewards points back once the first 25,000 points, but they may make up for it.