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Amex OPEN Program
« on: August 02, 2013, 12:30:28 PM »
Can anybody tell me if I'm right.

Our company ships about $60K/year with FedEx, and was thinking of getting 3 Amex OPEN cards to get the 5% discount up to 20K per year on the OPEN card. So I called Amex and inquired about getting the OPEN discount on all the cards, and they said, YES. So I will be saving our business $3K/year with 3 biz OPEN cards.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2013, 01:15:13 PM »
Interesting because usually it works to you're disadvantage. For example if you spend 2.5k on one card with hertz then you get 10% back on future rentals, but if you use a different OPEN card, even same business you won't get anything, and you have to hit the 2.5k separatly on each card.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2013, 10:02:11 AM »
Just got my statement and the discounts are all being shuffled up Jan 1st. Though I wouldn't necessarily jump to call it a devaluation.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2013, 10:05:20 AM »
Just got my statement and the discounts are all being shuffled up Jan 1st. Though I wouldn't necessarily jump to call it a devaluation.
Namely?
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2013, 10:07:54 AM »
Namely?
Using Adobe to redact my info from statement right now and will post.
Though Goodbye officemax and epson.  >:(
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2013, 10:22:08 AM »
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2013, 10:27:05 AM »
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2013, 10:51:39 PM »
Open Biz program is really loosing all its perks.

They dropped MS Store a few months ago.

I was actually hoping that with the OM OD merge OM will be the dominate, and there will still be the Amex OPEN discounts

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2013, 11:59:35 AM »
They are closing the OM 10% back.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2014, 10:09:23 AM »
Changes for Hertz and HP next year.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2014, 11:32:24 AM »
Can anybody tell me if I'm right.

Our company ships about $60K/year with FedEx, and was thinking of getting 3 Amex OPEN cards to get the 5% discount up to 20K per year on the OPEN card. So I called Amex and inquired about getting the OPEN discount on all the cards, and they said, YES. So I will be saving our business $3K/year with 3 biz OPEN cards.

if you are under an incentive contract, do not tell your rep. the OPEN discount is meant for people who pay full retail.
If you are not under a contract, you should be.
PM me and I'll send you a NY based rep (who actually works for FedEx)

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2014, 12:13:34 PM »
if you are under an incentive contract, do not tell your rep. the OPEN discount is meant for people who pay full retail.
If you are not under a contract, you should be.
PM me and I'll send you a NY based rep (who actually works for FedEx)
I actually told my Fedex Rep that I get the extra 5% savings... He is cool with that.

If you are in the Lakewood area, PM I could send you a rep, I got really aggressive pricing from him.

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2014, 04:10:26 PM »
I actually told my Fedex Rep that I get the extra 5% savings... He is cool with that.

If you are in the Lakewood area, PM I could send you a rep, I got really aggressive pricing from him.
ups preferred and Brooklyn based but thanks for the offer

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2014, 09:24:17 AM »
Anyone know if you would get the 5% for a Hyatt purchase online?
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2014, 09:25:17 AM »
Anyone know if you would get the 5% for a Hyatt purchase online?
Youre buying a Hyatt online???
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2014, 09:31:13 AM »
Youre buying a Hyatt online???
Hyatt Gift Certificates...
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2014, 09:36:21 AM »
It qualifies.
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2014, 09:39:51 AM »
It qualifies.
Anything specific i should tell the rep? He was telling me something about "participating locations" and online was a no-go. Or, should i just wait a bit and see if it just shows up?
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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2014, 09:42:19 AM »
It qualifies.
So I've read. Bought a GC on the 5'th and the credit didn't post yet, according to the rep it's supposed to post 7-10 business days after the transaction. Waiting....

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Re: Amex OPEN Program
« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2014, 09:44:26 AM »
Does FedEx sell vgc? That might be fun