NOTE: If you pre-load the card when ordering you can still get the FREE $25 Gift card!! Allow up to 45 days after loading your card to get the free gift card! As long as $25 is loaded by the 30th of April you are good!
So if you have’t already — you need to sign up and do this while you have a chance!!
Here is what you do:
Go here and sign up for the card, when you are checking out enter the promo code AEPC25.
You will get the empty American Express prepaid card in the mail within a couple of weeks.
Then load $25 on it (and use it!!)
Within 45 days of loading the $25 on your card, you will get a $25 American Express gift card in the mail!
What do you do when a freebie requires a credit card?
I get this question often as many don’t want to put bank information into a website to get a freebie — I don’t blame you as you really can’t err on the side of precaution when it comes to your money.
There is a solution to this though! I actually have two prepaid cards, one that I use regularly (including having direct deposits on it) and one that I just leave empty so that I have a card to enter for those freebies that will “verify my identity” but I don’t need to worry about any oddball charge. I have never actually had anyone try to charge anything to that card but I like having the reassurance that even if they did, they wouldn’t get a penny!
If you want to get one of these, you can sign up here FREE and you will get the card in the mail — this is an official American Express Pre-paid card! You can use it for just freebies and keep it empty or add cash to it and use it as a debit card!
Either way, I recommend having one of these on hand! Sign up here and it comes in the mail within a week or two.
The nice thing about this one is that there are NO monthly fees!! This is a FREE pre-paid card and it comes with many of the American Express cardholder benefits too!
Note: Card cannot be sent to Arkansas or Vermont.
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I ordered one for me and my husband!!
Did you have to give your SS#?? I don’t like doing that! Thanks!
Yes, you have to give your SS# – their reasoning….
“We are required by law to obtain personal information, including Social Security Number, to verify the identity of our customers.
The Card adheres to the privacy standards of American Express. You can be assured that your personal information will be protected and secured.
There is no credit check when ordering the Card and the use of the Card will have no impact on your or your card user’s credit history.”
I had planned on putting $25 cash on this card, but I see if you do that you have to pay $4.95.
Is there a way you don’t have to pay to add money? I’d appreciate any help as I’ve never had one before. Thanks
How many can you get?
Up to three per household — but they do need to be different people.
I haven’t received my free gift card yet
I’m a little confused about this deal. I signed up for my card / loaded it and used it at a few stores then called American Express about my free gift card/money and they said it was “a special promo only sent to a certain demographic via email!” I told them I signed up through a link online and they said I will “not be getting any special promotional offer of any kind”. It’s been clise to 2mo and I don’t have anything 🙁 Were they correct??
For some reason the CS reps have said that to several people, I recommend not calling about it as that could potentially place a “flag” on it. A few readers have already received their cards though — hopefully your’s shows up soon too!