Amazon Prime Day 2019 is here! The highly anticipated two days of shopping via one of the world’s largest retailers offers deals on thousands of items so it is no wonder that many other companies look to capitalize on it! This includes online shopping portals, credit card companies and even competitors! All of this benefits you, the collector, as you can earn a slew of points and miles for all those Amazon deals you are looking to score.
If you are planning to shop via Amazon.ca today or tomorrow you’ll want to initiate each purchase via an online shopping portal as most, if not all of them are offering have a bonus for Amazon. Here are the offers from the four most popular online shopping portal:
Aeroplan’s eStore is offering 5x Aeroplan Miles on all Amazon.ca purchases for Prime Day. Find out more about this offer here.
airmilesshops.ca is also offering 5x miles for Amazon Prime Day purchases for today and tomorrow. Click here to find out more about this offer.
You can also choose to go via a cash back online shopping portal. Both ebates.ca and Great Canadian Rebates are offering up to 10% cash back for Amazon purchases over the next two days. Personally I prefer the mileage earning sites, not only to build up my balances but mainly because ebates and GCR’s bonuses are limited to select categories and not all Amazon purchases like we see from Aeroplan & AIR MILES.
If you have an American Express card that earns Membership Rewards or Membership Rewards Select points, you’ll want to make your Amazon purchases on those cards. As we detailed last week you can earn 5x points on up to $500 of Amazon purchases on the American Express Cobalt Card or earn 3 bonus points per dollar spent up to $2,000 in purchases on either the American Express Gold Rewards Card or The Platinum Card. You need to register for these offers via the emails sent by American Express, if you didn’t receive the email call the customer service number on the back of your card and ask them to register you for the offer) Of course, don’t go straight to Amazon after registering your card, go via one of the shopping portals listed above and then use your Amex card to complete the purchase and double dip on your miles and points!