Big Offer for Amex Gold Card, 60K Points Plus Up to $250 Back at Restaurants
Earlier today mark covered an amazing new offer for the Amex Platinum Card. But there is also an offer for Amex Gold Card brought to you by Resy and Amex. Whether dining in, carrying out or ordering delivery, you can earn up to $250 back, plus the current welcome bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points. Let’s take a look at this Amex Gold Card Resy offer and see how it stacks up to other options that are currently available.
The Offer
Receive 20% back as a statement credit on purchases made at restaurants with The American Express® Gold Card within the first 12 months of Card Membership, up to $250 back.
Plus, earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $4,000 on eligible purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership.
Card Details
- Earn:
- 4X Membership Rewards points at U.S. Restaurants
- 4X Membership Rewards points at U.S. Supermarkets (on up to $25,000 in purchases annually)
- 3X Membership Rewards points on flights booked directly with airlines and amextravel.com
- 1X Membership Rewards point for all other purchases.
- $120 dining credit which gives enrolled Card Members up to $10 per month in statement credits when they use their Card at eligible dining partners including participating Shake Shack locations, The Cheesecake Factory, Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Grubhub/Seamless
- $100 airline fee credit: See Complete Guide to Maximizing Your Travel Credits
- The Hotel Collection: Gold Card Members get a $75 hotel credit on qualifying charges, plus a room upgrade upon check-in, when available, when they book a stay of at least two consecutive nights at hotels in the collection
Analysis
Currently the Amex Gold card has a public bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points. That offer is also available through referrals, which makes every Amex bonus much better.
This offer from Resy comes with the same 60,000 Membership Rewards points, but also earns you up to $250. That comes in the form of 20% back as a statement credit on purchases made at restaurants. This is capped at $1,250 in spend over 12 months. So it should be easy to maximize for most people as you only need to spend about $104 per month.
Considering that your Amex Gold card is probably your go to card for restaurant spend anyway, then we can count this as a full $250 value.
So whether you should go with the Resy offer, or use a friend’s or family member’s referral, really depends on what kind of referral bonus you would get. Even a 20K referral bonus would be a better option for most people than $250 in cash. Some people also see referral bonuses as high as 30K sometimes, which would definitely make it the way to go.
Conclusion
This is a great offer for the Amex Gold Card. If you have never had the card in the past this is the best time to apply. If you can get a big referral bonus, then that is probably the best route. But you are also getting a great deal with 60K Membership rewards points and up to $250 back at restaurants.
Let me know in the comments if you think it’s worth using one of your 5/24 sports on this card.
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Thanks Danny. Your post prompted me to use my 30k referral bonus to apply for a Gold card for my wife. She was approved with the 60k bonus. My 30k is worth $375 via the Schwab route. Double dipping on the airline credit is worth another $100 along with the monthly dining credit and the upcoming Uber credits this is an all-round great deal.