News You Can Use: The Business Gold Rewards Card From American Express OPEN 50,000 Point Offer [Expired], 10,000 American Airlines Miles for Dining & Starwood Hotel 20% Transfer Bonus

1.   The Business Gold Rewards Card From American Express OPEN 50,000 Point Offer

Via View From the Wing, American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN to 50,000 points after you spend $5,000 in the 1st 3 months (expired).  But you must be approved by July 30, 2014 to get the increased bonus.

Usually, the sign-up bonus is 25,000 points after meeting the same minimum spending requirement.  So this is double the regular offer!  This is a much better deal than my link for 25,000 points, but I’ll tell you about a better offer even if it doesn’t earn us a commission. 🙂

Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have had this product or any other Business Gold, Green or Platinum Card® account within the last 12 months.

The terms ALSO state that you have to apply from the targeted email so it is unclear if everyone who applies will get the bonus, or only those folks who receive the offer via email.

2.   10,000 American Airlines Miles & 5,000 United Airlines Miles for Dining

Via Rapid Travel Chai, you can get 10,000 American Airlines miles after eating out 10 times and spending more than $40 on each occasion.

You may get similar offers in other dining programs as well.  And you may be able to combine this with the new member bonus if you haven’t yet signed up for a dining program.

I didn’t see the offer in my Southwest dining account.  If you do see the offer, note that points from dining do count towards the Southwest Companion Pass, but the BONUS points for new members do NOT count towards the Southwest Companion Pass.  But you can use those points for flights on Southwest!

3.   20% Bonus For Transferring Starwood Hotel Points

Via View From the Wing, you can get 20% extra American Airlines miles when you transfer Starwood hotel points to American Airlines miles.  This offer is valid up to July 31, 2014.

This means that transferring 20,000 Starwood hotel points will get you 30,000 American Airlines miles.  I personally won’t be transferring any Starwood hotel points to American Airlines because I find it harder to earn Starwood hotel points than American Airlines miles.

But this could be useful for folks with a lot of Starwood Hotel points or those who were going to transfer points from Starwood hotels to American Airlines!

Note that Starwood hotel points do not post instantly to American Airlines, so budget ~1 week for the transfer.