The ever-popular American Express Shop Small promotion is back for another round, with offers available on mainline American Express cards.
If you have an Amex-issued American Express card, you can register for the offer and earn a $5 credit upon spending $10 (all figures in CAD) at Shop Small merchants, up to ten times, for a total of up to $50 in statement credits per card.
Amex Shop Small: Spend $10, Get $5
For Amex-issued American Express cards, you can earn up to $50 in statement credits with the newest Shop Small promotion, which is structured as “Spend $10, Get $5,” up to 10 times.
To register for Shop Small, sign in to your American Express account, and scroll down to the Amex Offers section.
If your card has the Shop Small offer available, simply click “Register your Card,” and you’re all set.
Once you’ve registered, you can take advantage of the “Spend $10, Get $5” offer up to 10 times at any participating Shop Small retailer in Canada, for a total of up to $50 in statement credits.
There’s a limit of 25,000 registrations for this offer, so it’s worth registering your cards as soon as possible before it fills up.
If you have the offer loaded on your card(s), you have until November 30, 2024, to earn up to 50% off ten transactions at Shop Small merchants.
How Does Amex Shop Small Work?
Once you’ve loaded up the Shop Small offer, you can use the Amex Shop Small Map to look up the participating retailers by filtering for the “Shop Small” icon.
You’ll find a list of participating locations in your city, which are all marked with a blue dot or location marker.
You can also browse a list of Shop Small retailers, which includes in-store and online locations.
The Shop Small promotion is intended to reward you for shopping 10 separate times at 10 different Shop Small retailers. To that end, the terms for Amex-issued cards state:
To be eligible for a $5 (CAD) statement credit, a qualifying purchase of at least $10 (CAD) in a single transaction, after taxes, must be charged to your registered Card at up to 10 different participating merchants during the offer period and subsequently posted to your account. A qualifying purchase of at least $10 (CAD) in a single transaction that is made directly at a different participating business or different location of the same participating business will qualify for one $5 (CAD) statement credit, up to a total of 10 statement credits or a maximum of $50 (CAD) in statement credits per registered Card during the offer period. One or more purchases made directly at the same business location or the same online business will only be eligible to qualify for one $5 (CAD) statement credit.
Therefore, you’ll most likely need to shop with 10 separate Shop Small merchants to get the full $50 in statement credits.
However, if you or your household members hold multiple Amex-issued American Express cards and have registered all of them, you could always split up a larger transaction into multiple payments on separate cards, thus triggering one of the 10 $5 credits for each card used.
If you happen to overburden your cashier or waiter during the process of splitting up a large bill, remember to leave a generous tip (perhaps using yet another American Express card from your pack)!
Conclusion
American Express Shop Small has returned yet again, allowing you to earn up to $50 in statement credits when shopping with one of your Amex-issued American Express cards.
This is an easy opportunity to earn $50 back when getting coffee and ice cream, and you can scale these earnings with other cardholders in your household.
Go forth and register all the eligible American Express cards you can get your hands on – and then get spending!