$25 Sign Up Bonus From Costco and American Express
I keep the Best Cash Rewards Credit Cards updated regularly. One of the cards added after it was first published was the TrueEarnings® Card from Costco and American Express.
What caught my eye, was the free money available right now! You can earn a $25 statement credit with your first purchase.
$25 From Costco and American Express
All you have to do is apply for your TrueEarnings® Card from Costco and American Express and make a purchase. You should see your $25 statement credit soon after.
Details of the card:
- Earn 3% cash back for gasoline.
- Earn 3% cash back for restaurants.
- Earn 2% cash back for travel.
- Earn 1% cash back everywhere else, including Costco.
- No minimum on how much you have to spend.
- No limit on what you can earn with the TrueEarnings® Card.
Costco Membership
In order to get the card, you must be a member at Costco. You’ll need need your Costco membership number to apply for the card. The card then works as both your credit card and your Costco Membership Card.
If you aren’t a member yet, you can sign up for a membership (or Business membership) online. Your membership number will be emailed within 48 hours.
Costco Business Card
If you plan to use the card for gas, you might want to consider the TrueEarnings® Business Card from Costco and American Express. It offers 5% for buying gas. Although, there is not a free money sign up bonus with the business card.
OH boy… just typed in a response and lost the whole thing by pressing “subscribe” below. Oh well. I wanted to tell you there is a pretty good ethical discussion going on over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity about “stealing” gas using an AMEX card when Costco clearly states you must have an account in order to buy gas from them.
We actually do quite well at Costco - meaning we don’t do impulse buying there at all. There are a few set items that we buy that are cheapest there, and we know we’ll use them in the quantity available. I understand prescriptions can be much less expensive if your insurance doesn’t cover them. Anyway, I had gone into a bit of detail about what we do buy there and the prices, but since I lost it… well, maybe I’ll do a post over on my blog one of these days.
Will they let you in on a guest pass or anything like that, so you can see for yourself if you would save money?
Also, thanks for the tip on the $25 rebate from AMEX and Costco. I applied for that.
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