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Blue Cash Preferred: Possible secret $300 welcome offer available

Recently, I stumbled across an increased bonus offer for the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express. This hidden welcome offer gives you $300 back after spending $3,000 on purchases within the first six months of having the card. That’s $50 more than the standard offer. This welcome offer beats all of the public offers we know about. But you may need to do some work to find it. There is no direct link to this offer we know about. If we find one, we’ll update this post.

Welcome offer for $300 after spending $3,000 on purchases within six months for a new Blue Cash Preferred card.

The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is simultaneously one of the best cards for groceries, the best cards for gas, and one of the best cards to use for purchases of durable goods because of its extended warranty, purchase protection, and return protection benefits.

How we found the $300 welcome offer

We found this offer by visiting the direct link to the Amex website for the Blue Cash Preferred card in Incognito mode in Chrome. Here’s the link directly to the Amex website. You can usually right-click on this link in your web browser to open it in an incognito or private browsing window.

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/credit-cards/card/blue-cash-preferred/

Although we found this offer on January 9, 2024 shortly before publishing this post, we have been unable to find the offer again. Hopefully you have better luck than we have. You can also try one of our other methods for finding increased Amex welcome offers.

About the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express

Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express card art
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express

The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is the upgraded version of the Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express, offering increased rewards on purchases at U.S. supermarkets, select U.S. streaming subscriptions, and U.S. gas stations. It comes with a $0 introductory fee for the first year, then $95/year. (See Rates and Fees)

The card offers 6% cash back at U.S. supermarkets on up to $6,000 in purchases per year, plus 6% back on a long list of streaming providers. The card earns unlimited 3% cash back on U.S. gas stations and on transit. Other eligible purchases earn 1% cash back.

The Blue Cash Preferred® can be a great choice to use for retail purchases, as it offers the trifecta of retail insurance benefits: Purchase protection, return protection, and extended warranty. Terms apply to all benefits.

You can learn more about the benefits and rewards of this card in our overview of the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express.

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