Considering we are a miles and points focused blog, one of the surprising credit cards that has been doing very well for our readers and us has been a card that earns you cashback. The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express offers an amazing 6% cashback at standalone grocery stores up to $6,000 spend per year. That is pretty tough, if not impossible returns to beat in this market.
We previously discussed:
How to Earn 6% Cashback on ALL Purchases with the American Express Blue Cash Preferred ® Card
and even compared the AMEX Blue Cash Preferred ® to the Blue Sky and Chase Sapphire Preferred Cards upon a reader request.
Our affiliate link had long been the best offer on the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express (affiliate link), offering $150 bonus after spending $1,000 in 3 months.
However, I wanted to make our readers aware that there is a possibility of a better offer lurking around through creditcards.com.
If you visit www.creditcards.com/cardmatch and enter in your name and address (DO NOT ENTER IN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AS THERE IS NO NEED TO AT THIS POINT), some exclusive offers will come up.
With any luck, you may see a $250 bonus offer after spending $1,000 in 3 months, which is better than our affiliate offer. There is also rumors of a $150 offer after only a $500 spend in 3 months, again better than our affiliate link.
I have no idea why one would be targeted for the higher bonus versus the lower based off of just your address, but so be it.
On a side note, we were also targeted with this same method with two other cards that may peak your interest.
First was a Blue Cash Everyday offer with a $150 bonus after $500 in purchases in 3 months. Our affiliate link only offers $100 after $1,000 spend in 3 months.
The third offer was a Delta Skymiles card offering 45,000 miles; 25,000 miles after first purchase and another 20,000 miles after $5,000 in purchases. Earning the extra 20,000 miles comes with a pretty hefty spend, so you may want to consider our lower 30,000 Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express (affiliate link) after only $500 in spend in 3 months. Before using our Delta AMEX link, please go to the Delta AMEX site, enter in your Skymiles number and last name, and see what offer is available directly through them, as occasionally they offer a better promotion.
what can be put on the blue cash preferred with american express in order to get the 250 cash credit after spending 1000 in 3 months? Can you put property tax bills, phone, utilities, etc. on it and will this qualify?
Any spend you are able to place onto the card will qualify towards the $1,000 spend. The bigger question is will your City/County, utilities, etc. accept credit card, or even American Express, as payment?