Hot on the heels of yesterday’s burnt toast comes the following:
If there’s a chance you want the AmEx Personal Gold card in 2021, apply for it now because the airline benefit goes away for new cards tomorrow (but remember AmEx’s one charge card every 90 days rule). Assuming you do sign up for it, in 2021 you’ll get:
- Sign-up bonus (60k Membership Rewards or more)
- Referral bonus (15k-30k, make sure to refer from a P2 or friend account)
- $110 in Uber Eats credits for 2021 and beyond
- $100 in Airline Fee credits for 2021 only (goes away tomorrow)
- $110 in GrubHub/Shake Shack dining for 2021 and beyond
- 4x at grocery stores, up to $25,000 spend per year
I have two of these cards and I also have a charge card approved in the last 90 days (the Unicorn Platinum), so I’m skipping this one even though I would definitely get more. (For me, the $25,000 4x at grocery store is easy to knock out with BBY or Visa Gift Cards, so even that is worth the annual fee, the rest is gravy.) The annual fee of this card is $250, so it’s easy to recoup that fee and then some. If you can go for it, now is the time!
