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Amex Platinum Offers — May 26, 2026
No new Amex Offers dropped today (sixth consecutive dry day), but two things changed: IHG Hotels & Resorts ($50 back on $250+) expires tonight — the single hardest deadline of the week — and the community-discovered Amazon MR offer has been confirmed by both Frequent Miler and Doctor of Credit with an expiry of July 19. The May 31 batch (Sixt, Turo, Viator, Air France/KLM, adidas) is now five days out.
No new Amex Offers dropped today — the sixth consecutive day without a fresh release from the tracked aggregators. 1 2 Two things are worth your attention this morning: IHG expires tonight, and the Amazon MR offer — first spotted by the community last week — has now been confirmed by both Frequent Miler and Doctor of Credit, upgrading it from community rumor to aggregator-verified.
LAST CALL: IHG — $50 back on $250+ expires tonight
Tonight is the final day. The IHG Hotels & Resorts Amex Offer — spend $250 or more, earn a $50 statement credit — expires at the end of May 26, 2026. 3 It is still listed as active on the Frequent Miler Last Chance page as of this morning. 1
IHG Hotels & Resorts (InterContinental Hotels Group) operates InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Kimpton, EVEN Hotels, and others. The $250 minimum is cumulative across multiple stays — you do not need to hit it in a single booking.
What counts toward the $250:
- Paid room rate and room charges (meals, drinks, spa, parking, pet fees billed to the room) at eligible properties
- Room charges billed during award stays also count
- Split payments across multiple Platinum cards in the same household are accepted
What does not count:
- Gift card purchases
- Reservations using IHG One Rewards points (partial or full)
- Stays at IHG Army Hotels or the 140+ excluded properties (full list at americanexpress.com/us/ihgamexoffer)
How to book: IHG.com, the IHG One Rewards app, or by calling 1-877-424-2449. Reservations must be made directly through IHG — third-party booking sites do not qualify.
Covered regions: US, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, UK, Japan, Germany.
Stephen Pepper at Frequent Miler notes: "Saving $50 on $250+ of stays is a pretty good deal, especially seeing as you could ask hotels to split the payment across two or more cards if you have this IHG Amex Offer on more than one card in your household." 3 If you can prepay a future IHG booking that posts to your card by end of day today, this window still applies.
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IHG Hotels & Resorts Amex Offer — expires tonight 3
Amazon MR offer — now aggregator-confirmed, expires July 19
Yesterday's community-spotted Amazon Amex Offer has been independently confirmed by both Frequent Miler and Doctor of Credit (a credit card deal aggregator blog), moving it from informal community report to verified status. 4 5 Expiry is confirmed as July 19, 2026 — aligning with Amazon's typical Prime Day window in mid-July.
The offer is targeted and multi-variant — three versions have been confirmed across cardholders:
| Variant | Spend | Bonus MR | Max uses | Max total MR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best | $40+ | 1,000 pts | 3× | 3,000 pts |
| Mid | $50+ | 500 pts | 3× | 1,500 pts |
| Lower | $150+ | 1,200 pts | 3× | 3,600 pts |
The $150→1,200 MR variant is worth noting on a per-dollar basis: it amounts to an extra 8 MR per dollar, which Pepper notes outperforms Chase Freedom/Flex's 5× at Amazon this quarter. 4 That said, the $40→1,000 MR variant requires the lowest minimum and delivers the best MR-per-dollar rate across the three confirmed versions.
Eligible purchases: Amazon.com and the Amazon app, including third-party gift cards and Amazon gift cards. Excluded: corporate gift cards, custom-designed gift cards, Prime memberships, and auto-renewing subscriptions.
One open question flagged by Frequent Miler: whether a single transaction of $300 or more triggers two bonus credits in one shot (2,000 MR) or only one. 4 To avoid ambiguity, placing three separate qualifying orders is the safer path to the full 3,000 MR cap.
A new comment on the r/AmexPlatinum community thread from u/Oakay-TP confirms the offer is not universally available: "I don't have anything in my account unfortunately." 6 Check your Amex Offers page — if the offer is present, you have until July 19 to use it.
Full active offer tracker — May 26, 2026
No new offers were added in the past 24 hours. Homes & Villas by Marriott ($250/$1,000) expired May 24 and has been removed from this table. 1
| Offer | Credit | Min spend | Expires | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | $50 | $250 cumulative | May 26 ⚠️ | EXPIRES TONIGHT |
| Sixt Car Rental | $100 | $500 | May 31 | 5 days left |
| Turo | $30 (20% back) | None (up to $150) | May 31 | 5 days left |
| Viator | $35 × 2 ($70 max) | $350 per transaction | May 31 | 5 days left |
| Air France / KLM ($250 tier) | $250 | $1,250 cumulative | May 31 | 5 days left |
| Air France / KLM ($400 tier) | $400 | $2,000 cumulative | May 31 | 5 days left |
| adidas.com | +6 MR/$ (max 5,000 pts) | — | May 31 | MR only; 5 days left |
| Amazon | Variant-dependent MR | $40 / $50 / $150 | July 19 | Targeted; aggregator-confirmed |
| SlingTV | $15 × 2 ($30 max) | $19.99 per transaction | June 23 | Targeted |
All offers are targeted. Verify each appears on your specific card before spending.
Expiring May 31 — five days out
Five offers share the May 31 deadline. None changed terms since their first tracked appearance.
Sixt — $100 back on $500+
Sixt (an international car rental company with US locations at sixt.com) pays $100 back as a statement credit on $500 or more charged to the enrolled card. 1 Online booking only; USD charges only; enrollment required. Expiry: May 31, 2026.
Stacking opportunity: Frequent Miler has noted targeted Capital One Shopping offers of 30–45% cashback at Sixt appearing alongside this Amex Offer for some cardholders. 7 Check your Capital One Shopping dashboard before booking.
Turo — 20% back, up to $30
Turo (a peer-to-peer car rental marketplace) pays 20% back on up to $150 in spend — $30 maximum, with no minimum spend. 1 Short, cheaper rentals benefit more from this structure than from a minimum-spend version. Book through turo.com or the Turo app; applies to US and Canada rentals. Expiry: May 31, 2026.
Note: Amex Platinum's Car Rental Theft and Damage Insurance explicitly excludes peer-to-peer rentals — do not rely on card coverage for Turo bookings.
Viator — $35 back × 2 on $350+ each
Viator (TripAdvisor's tours and activities booking platform) pays $35 back per $350+ transaction, usable twice for a maximum of $70. 1 The $350 threshold applies per transaction, not cumulatively. Each use requires its own qualifying charge. Online only at viator.com or the Viator app, in USD. Expiry: May 31, 2026.
Air France / KLM — $250 or $400 back
Two tiers, both expiring May 31, 2026: 1
- $250 back on $1,250+ in cumulative spend
- $400 back on $2,000+ in cumulative spend
Book through AirFrance.us or KLM.com (US sites or mobile apps). Flights must originate in the US and be charged in USD. Travel can occur after May 31 — only the payment needs to post by the deadline. Flying Blue award ticket taxes and fees originating in the US count toward the spend threshold. The Platinum card's 5× MR on airfare charged directly with the airline stacks with this offer.
adidas — +6 MR per dollar, up to 5,000 points
The adidas.com offer earns +6 bonus Membership Rewards points per dollar spent, capped at 5,000 bonus points. 2 This is a points-earning offer, not a statement credit. Online only at adidas.com US; excludes Hype sales and gift cards. To maximize the cap, $834 in spend hits 5,000 bonus points. Expiry: May 31, 2026.
Community radar
FHR + Universal Express Passes: one of the better stacks surfaced this week
A post on r/AmexPlatinum by u/Old-Asparagus4733 gained 161 points and 24 comments — among the highest engagement in the subreddit this week — describing a Fine Hotels & Resorts (Amex Travel's luxury hotel program) booking at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel (a Universal Orlando premier-tier FHR property). 8
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The math: room rate $750, minus the $300 FHR credit, minus $200 from 20,000 MR points redeemed — $250 out of pocket. What came with it: Unlimited Express Passes for 5 people for both check-in and check-out days (standalone market price: $1,375), free breakfast for 2 ($60 value via $30×2 vouchers), and a $100 FHR dining credit.
u/Old-Asparagus4733 noted: "I booked a night at the Portofino which was $750 — minus $300 Amex Platinum FHR credit, and I redeemed 20,000 points to take an additional $200 off the room. Total I paid $250 out of pocket for fast passes for 5 people for two days." 8
The Express Passes are a Universal premier hotel perk — all registered guests at Portofino Bay, Hard Rock Hotel, and Royal Pacific Resort receive them. This is not an FHR-specific benefit; the FHR credit is the mechanism that reduces the room cost, making the Express Pass value accessible at a much lower net outlay.
Worth comparing against the negative FHR data point from the same week: a separate r/AmexPlatinum post reported that Loews Philadelphia downgraded the booked room class and attributed the booking to "third-party" status. 9 FHR execution varies by property.
Saks replacement: 207 comments, no new information
The r/AmexPlatinum thread asking what will replace the Saks $50 semi-annual credit (ending July 1, 2026) grew from 109 to 207 comments. 10 No official Amex statement or credible replacement merchant has appeared in the new comments.
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Community sentiment has shifted toward acceptance rather than expectation. u/Ok-Warning7939 noted: "The merchant paid the credit. Unless someone is looking to jump on that train, it's dead." 10 u/robertw477 articulated the underlying model: "The idea was not that you could get gift card to stack later to gifts or bags or sell them... They want higher income customers to go in store and buy a ton of stuff." 10
Six weeks remain to use existing Saks credit before July 1.
What to act on today
Priority order by deadline:
- IHG Hotels & Resorts — $50 back on $250+. Expires tonight. If you have a paid IHG stay tonight, or can prepay a qualifying booking that posts before midnight May 26, use this window. Check americanexpress.com/us/ihgamexoffer for the excluded properties list before booking.
- Amazon — 1,000 MR × 3 (or whichever variant you have). Expires July 19. Check your Amex Offers page now that aggregators have confirmed this. If the $40→1,000 MR version is there, three qualifying Amazon purchases covers the full cap. Place separate orders rather than one large transaction to avoid the unresolved multi-use-in-one-transaction question.
- May 31 batch — Sixt, Turo, Viator, Air France/KLM, adidas. Five days remaining. None require immediate spend today, but enrollment is free — add all five so they're active if plans materialize this week. Sixt and Air France/KLM require meaningful minimum spend; confirm you have qualifying purchases planned before treating those as certain.
- Saks $50 credit. Ends July 1. If you have remaining semi-annual credit, six weeks remain to use it in-store or online at Saks.
Cover image: IHG Hotels & Resorts Amex Offer promotional graphic via Frequent Miler
References
- 1Frequent Miler: Last Chance Deals
- 2Frequent Miler: Current Amex Offers
- 3Frequent Miler: Get $50 back on $250+ IHG stays with a targeted Amex Offer
- 4Frequent Miler: Amazon Amex Offer: Spend $150 & earn 1,200 Membership Rewards points (use up to 3 times)
- 5Doctor of Credit: AmEx Offers: Amazon, Spend $40, Get 1,000 Membership Rewards Points (3x)
- 6r/AmexPlatinum: Amazon offer on MR earning cards
- 7Frequent Miler: $100 back on $500 at Sixt with targeted Amex Offer
- 8r/AmexPlatinum: Amex Platinum FHR with Universal Express Passes
- 9r/AmexPlatinum: Disappointing FHR Experience at Loews Philadelphia
- 10r/AmexPlatinum: What merchant is going to replace Saks credit?
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