Spend $50 at WF get 1K MR points Amex Offer

[Matt S NYC]

Just saw this on several of my AMEX PRG and Plat cards. I've got 8.9K MR points coming in for $400 spend on 3 Plats and 5 PRGs. Not too shabby.

Whole Foods Market
Spend $50+, get 1,000 bonus points
Expires:
10/31/2015

Details
Get a 1X bonus of 1,000 Membership Rewards® points by using your enrolled Card to spend a total of $50 or more in-store at Whole Foods Market by 10/31/2015.
Terms
Valid in-store only. Offer valid for purchases made from 9/1/2015 to 10/31/2015. Enrollment limited. Orders that are placed through the website for pickup at the physical locations are included. Payment must be made in store. Valid at any participating location in the US. Phone orders for gift cards are excluded. Excludes Food Trucks, Instacart, Wine Club. Whole Journeys (Travel) is excluded. Charity Organizations and Foundations are excluded. Local Producer Loan Program is excluded. Must add offer to Card and use same Card to redeem. Only U.S.-issued American Express® Cards that are enrolled in the Membership Rewards® program at the time of purchase are eligible. Your enrollment of an eligible American Express Card for this offer extends only to that Card. Your enrollment does not extend to any other Cards that may be linked to the same Membership Rewards program account (such as Additional Cards). Limit 1 enrolled Card per American Express online account and limit of 1,000 bonus Membership Rewards points per Card. These bonus points are in addition to any points you would normally receive for purchases on your Card under the terms of your Cardmember Agreement and the Membership Rewards program. When we calculate the extra points benefit for Amex EveryDay® Card products, points awarded under this offer will not be included. Bonus points may be reversed if a qualifying purchase is returned or cancelled. Bonus points will be credited to your Membership Rewards program account within 90 days after charges appear on your billing statement. If American Express does not receive information that identifies your transaction as qualifying for the offer, you will not receive the bonus points. For example, your transaction will not qualify if it is not made directly with the merchant. In addition, in most cases, you will not receive the bonus points if your transaction is made with an electronic wallet or through a third party. Terms and conditions for the Membership Rewards program apply. Visit membershiprewards.com/terms or call 1-800-AXP-EARN (297-3276) for more information. Bonus ID: A7SL POID: BVVC:0001

 

[pier11]

If only I shopped at WF with that passion

 

[tung_twista]

Even if you don't shop at Whole Foods, this is a good deal since it will be triggered by buying Whole Foods gift cards.
And you can choose the amount you want on the gift card.
For instance, you could get $15 worth of groceries and get a $35 gift card.
Then you could go to gift card resellers who would accept 87~88% of the value.
In the end, the most conservative estimate says you spend $50, get back $43($50*0.87-$0.5 for postage) and 1,050 MR points at least.
Sure. It is not a lot of profit. But it certainly is a no-lose deal.

 

[dboston1]

Also worth mentioning that Whole Foods sells beer- and good beer, at that. Took advantage of this on all my cards.

 

[spamman808]

Thanks for this Matt. Unfortunately I didn't get it on my SPG card, but it worked on my PRG. Dboston1 is right about the beer selection. I live in an area where good booze isn't sold at many places, so Whole Foods is the place to stock up (although expensive!). Getting a few miles for buying makes me feel better about paying premium prices.

 

[Matt S NYC]

Thanks for this Matt. Unfortunately I didn't get it on my SPG card, but it worked on my PRG. Dboston1 is right about the beer selection. I live in an area where good booze isn't sold at many places, so Whole Foods is the place to stock up (although expensive!). Getting a few miles for buying makes me feel better about paying premium prices.

You can only get the offer on MR cards because the bonus is 1k MR points. So basically, you should look for it on Amex Plat, Amex PRG, Amex Everyday Pref. and Amex Everday. It wouldn't be on anything else.

Edit: There are a couple other MR cards out there (Green for instance), but the moral of the story is that the card has to be a MR earning card in order to get this offer.

 

[spamman808]

True, guess it was wishful thinking on my part . 1000 spg points for that would've been quite nice.