Blue Cash AMEX

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I just got the old Blue Cash card from AMEX and I can't find out how the rewards are set up, does anyone know?

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You get 0.5% back on all other purchases and 1% on gas, grocery, and drug store purchaes for the first $6,500 in spend per year. 

After that, you get 1% on all other purchases and 5% cash back on gas, grocery, and drug store purchases. 

The 5% categories get reduced after you spend $50,000 a year on the card. 

I personally don't bother with the Blue cards anymore. The fact that I have to wait until the second statement after the purchase for cash to post, plus the $25 increments in redemption is annoying. At least with the Everyday and Everyday Preferred, there's no point redemption increments or minimums. 

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$25 cash increments are a problem, but plane ticket increments aren't?

And if not redeeming for plane tickets, why use ED/EDP?

[Anonymous]

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I just got the old Blue Cash card from AMEX and I can't find out how the rewards are set up, does anyone know?

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You get 0.5% back on all other purchases and 1% on gas, grocery, and drug store purchaes for the first $6,500 in spend per year. 

After that, you get 1% on all other purchases and 5% cash back on gas, grocery, and drug store purchases. 

The 5% categories get reduced after you spend $50,000 a year on the card. 

I personally don't bother with the Blue cards anymore. The fact that I have to wait until the second statement after the purchase for cash to post, plus the $25 increments in redemption is annoying. At least with the Everyday and Everyday Preferred, there's no point redemption increments or minimums. 

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$25 cash increments are a problem, but plane ticket increments aren't?

And if not redeeming for plane tickets, why use ED/EDP?

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Hotels such as MR >> SPG >> Marriott >> (potentially Ritz Carlton). 

I was just looking up Marriott hotels and it was 512/night over five nights or 180,000 points in the Bahamas. 

[wasCB14]

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$25 cash increments are a problem, but plane ticket increments aren't?

And if not redeeming for plane tickets, why use ED/EDP?

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Hotels such as MR >> SPG >> Marriott >> (potentially Ritz Carlton). 

I was just looking up Marriott hotels and it was 512/night over five nights or 180,000 points in the Bahamas.

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$512/night * 5 nights * maybe an extra 15% for taxes and fees = $2,944 cash

$2,944 / 180,000 = 1.6 cpp. Nothing amazing for MRs. Good for Marriott points, though! My last Cat 9 stay was in 2015, but it was only like $180/night with tax.

(For people unfamiliar with Marriott, the fifth night on an award stay is free).

If someone wants 180,000 Marriott points, there are better options:

Starwood: At 3x/6x, you earn much faster. EDP wins on grocery spend, but that's capped at $6k per year (27000 MRs).

Marriott/Ritz: 1x is nothing special, but good for 2x/5x categories and credit towards Platinum.

And the point remains that (apart from occasional "topping off" mile transfers) small MR redemptions are inefficient.

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@simplynoir wrote:

I didn't realize you could still app for it. I was considering getting this card myself but all link seems to redirect to the BCE now unless there's some unknown method to get app to populate.

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According to DoC TODAY, they finally closed apps for this card after not marketing it for months (years?):

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/old-blue-cash-card-application-link-no-longer-working/

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When i'm logged in, it still shows and the app button is for that card when i click it.    not sure why DoC thinks its not working

[Anonymous]

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$25 cash increments are a problem, but plane ticket increments aren't?

And if not redeeming for plane tickets, why use ED/EDP?

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Hotels such as MR >> SPG >> Marriott >> (potentially Ritz Carlton). 

I was just looking up Marriott hotels and it was 512/night over five nights or 180,000 points in the Bahamas.

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$512/night * 5 nights * maybe an extra 15% for taxes and fees = $2,944 cash

$2,944 / 180,000 = 1.6 cpp. Nothing amazing for MRs. Good for Marriott points, though! My last Cat 9 stay was in 2015, but it was only like $180/night with tax.

(For people unfamiliar with Marriott, the fifth night on an award stay is free).

If someone wants 180,000 Marriott points, there are better options:

Starwood: At 3x/6x, you earn much faster. EDP wins on grocery spend, but that's capped at $6k per year (27000 MRs).

Marriott/Ritz: 1x is nothing special, but good for 2x/5x categories and credit towards Platinum.

And the point remains that (apart from occasional "topping off" mile transfers) small MR redemptions are inefficient.

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The total included taxes and fees. I fast forwarded to the "total price" page before typing up the total. 

If you spend $60,000 on the SPG card, you get $2,800 in rewards or whatever I said earlier, which is 4.6 cpp. 

If you transfer 3:1 to SPG and then 1:3 to Marriott, the deal isn't terrible as long as you're using the EDP for only groceries and gas and then perhaps a PRG for restaurants and flights (to keep the annual fee reasonable). 

[simplynoir]

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@simplynoir wrote:

I didn't realize you could still app for it. I was considering getting this card myself but all link seems to redirect to the BCE now unless there's some unknown method to get app to populate.

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According to DoC TODAY, they finally closed apps for this card after not marketing it for months (years?):

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/old-blue-cash-card-application-link-no-longer-working/

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When i'm logged in, it still shows and the app button is for that card when i click it.    not sure why DoC thinks its not working

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You sure it's not the Blue Cash Everday you're seeing? Because any trick I try to get the (Old) Blue Cash to work redirects to the BCE.

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You sure it's not the Blue Cash Everday you're seeing? Because any trick I try to get the (Old) Blue Cash to work redirects to the BCE.

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Me too.  And no-one on Flyertalk has said that they have found a working one.

[simplynoir]

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You sure it's not the Blue Cash Everday you're seeing? Because any trick I try to get the (Old) Blue Cash to work redirects to the BCE.

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Me too.  And no-one on Flyertalk has said that they have found a working one.

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Yeah. I'm wondering if referrals are a way around it assuming they even provided links for a product like the OBC.

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@simplynoir wrote:

I didn't realize you could still app for it. I was considering getting this card myself but all link seems to redirect to the BCE now unless there's some unknown method to get app to populate.

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According to DoC TODAY, they finally closed apps for this card after not marketing it for months (years?):

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/old-blue-cash-card-application-link-no-longer-working/

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When i'm logged in, it still shows and the app button is for that card when i click it.    not sure why DoC thinks its not working

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You sure it's not the Blue Cash Everday you're seeing? Because any trick I try to get the (Old) Blue Cash to work redirects to the BCE.

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1000% sure its the OBC as i dont have BCE or BCP in my cards page.  The only way i can see BCE/BCP, is if i open another browser that i have never logged into amex before and it will show.   not sure why, but its funny the only card i actually wanted wont show.  

Looking at the rewards structure on the website for the OBC, and it doesnt seem all that great..  why would anyone want one?

So what i'm showing is no sign up bonus and 1x points per spend.   it just says blue, not blue cash..  different one maybe

[simplynoir]

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@simplynoir wrote:

I didn't realize you could still app for it. I was considering getting this card myself but all link seems to redirect to the BCE now unless there's some unknown method to get app to populate.

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According to DoC TODAY, they finally closed apps for this card after not marketing it for months (years?):

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/old-blue-cash-card-application-link-no-longer-working/

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When i'm logged in, it still shows and the app button is for that card when i click it.    not sure why DoC thinks its not working

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You sure it's not the Blue Cash Everday you're seeing? Because any trick I try to get the (Old) Blue Cash to work redirects to the BCE.

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1000% sure its the OBC as i dont have BCE or BCP in my cards page.  The only way i can see BCE/BCP, is if i open another browser that i have never logged into amex before and it will show.   not sure why, but its funny the only card i actually wanted wont show.  

Looking at the rewards structure on the website for the OBC, and it doesnt seem all that great..  why would anyone want one?

So what i'm showing is no sign up bonus and 1x points per spend.   it just says blue, not blue cash..  different one maybe

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Ah, that's a different one the generic Blue card is nothing at all really IMO. The OBC is a 5% gas/grocery/drugstore card after an initial $6500 spend with $50k cap. That card I can see as well logged in or not I really don't know why they still have that card when the OBC at least offers something for high spenders.