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AMEX user? Have reward points? Get your iPad for 40% off!

CAWjr

CAWjr

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I just went to my AMEX rewards site & saw that there is an across the board sale of 40% off on all items including Apple products. They have all versions of the iPad 2 and iPad 1 in there for the same price as retail. I ended up ordering the 64GB 3g AT&T version which regularly cost 165,800 points, but was on sale for only 99,401 points. I had just over 100,000 points, so my iPad 2 was free.

I'm going to take the $300 Apple Store gift card I had to use on this & go get my wife a first gen 16GB WiFi model.

So I assume that many of you have an AMEX & use their reward points, go get yourself a free, or discounted, iPad today!
 
BTW, the fulfillment is done directly through Apple, so there are no worries about the item not coming from a reputable source.
 
I was planning to buy mine at a local Apple Authorized Retailer. Called them for stocking (they have plenty) but sadly discovered that they don't accept Amex anymore :-(. Best Buy it is then...nearest Apple Store is ~50 miles away.
 
Good grief....

100000 pts? Jesus... You spent 100000 dollars with amex? JESUS BUDDA OMG !
 
wow actually thanks for this information i can get the 32gb wifi for only $80 after using all my points.
 
Hey, thanks for the heads up on this. I only had about 11700 points left, but that was enough to get me a $100 Apple Store gift card for about $20. Cheers!
 
I just checked, for mine I have a 20% discount on all apple products, including the brand new ipad2.

Great way to get an iPad discount if you have bunches of reward points just sitting there.
 
hcho3 said:
Good grief....

100000 pts? Jesus... You spent 100000 dollars with amex? JESUS BUDDA OMG !
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We charge EVERYTHING to the AMEX, and as someone said, you get 2x, 3x, even 5x points for some purchases. Add in the fact that my wife uses hers for a ton of business purchases & you can accumulate 100k points pretty quick.
 
100,000 points is really worth $1000.

So Amex's redemption system for iPad is horrible.

So Amex charges 119800 points for a 32GB wifi model, 145000 points for 32GB 3g.

Even with 40% off points, it's still not a good deal I'll rather just cash out, get gift cards worth $100 per 10000 points and redeem ipad that way.

You gotta know the point system and play the game.
 
Pballer110 said:
Wish i could do that i have just over 75k points
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The way it works is they charge your card the full amount, but then they take all your points & issue a credit. If you don;t have the full amount of the device, they credit as many points as you have. So depending on the model you get, with 75k points, you will at least get a good chunk of it paid for.
 
CAWjr said:
I just went to my AMEX rewards site & saw that there is an across the board sale of 40% off on all items including Apple products. They have all versions of the iPad 2 and iPad 1 in there for the same price as retail. I ended up ordering the 64GB 3g AT&T version which regularly cost 165,800 points, but was on sale for only 99,401 points. I had just over 100,000 points, so my iPad 2 was free.

I'm going to take the $300 Apple Store gift card I had to use on this & go get my wife a first gen 16GB WiFi model.

So I assume that many of you have an AMEX & use their reward points, go get yourself a free, or discounted, iPad today!
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I must be missing something because I only see 1st Gen iPads.
 
Amex points

@ CAWJR

Thanks for the info. I just ordred my white 3G 32GB IPAD, and with a 30% discount which cost me 108,076 points!!

I didn't even think about that!
 
aneftp said:
100,000 points is really worth $1000.

So Amex's redemption system for iPad is horrible.

So Amex charges 119800 points for a 32GB wifi model, 145000 points for 32GB 3g.

Even with 40% off points, it's still not a good deal I'll rather just cash out, get gift cards worth $100 per 10000 points and redeem ipad that way.

You gotta know the point system and play the game.
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Not sure where your math is coming from, but on my site a dollar for a gift card costs the same as a dollar for an iPad:

$100 GC = 11,990 points
64GB 3G = 99401 points

That means that a $100 GC translates to 119.9 points per dollar and the $829 iPad translates to 119.9 points per dollar
 
CAWjr said:
Not sure where your math is coming from, but on my site a dollar for a gift card costs the same as a dollar for an iPad:

$100 GC = 11,990 points
64GB 3G = 99401 points

That means that a $100 GC translates to 119.9 points per dollar and the $829 iPad translates to 119.9 points per dollar
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Some of Amex rewards redemption is horrible as I stated. I am a rewards person and love shopping around. I have Delta Plat Amex, Costco Amex Business, my wife has the Amex Premiere Reward Amex cards. So each Amex is a little different in terms of redemption points.

But traditionally I always look for 1000 points per $100 rewards redemption. If I don't get that, you are better off using those points for other things.


Like I just redeem my Chase Visa 50000 points for $500 straight cash.
 
aneftp said:
Some of Amex rewards redemption is horrible as I stated. I am a rewards person and love shopping around. I have Delta Plat Amex, Costco Amex Business, my wife has the Amex Premiere Reward Amex cards. So each Amex is a little different in terms of redemption points.

But traditionally I always look for 1000 points per $100 rewards redemption. If I don't get that, you are better off using those points for other things.


Like I just redeem my Chase Visa 50000 points for $500 straight cash.
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I hear you & it certainly pays to shop around. If I had to pay the full 165,800 points that they wanted for the 64GB 3G, that would have been 200 points per dollar. No way I would pay that much, even in points!

But the way I saw it is that there is nothing else in the Reward store that I want or need right now, and I am going to get this anyway, may as well get it for free.

I do wish that AMEX would let me get straight cash for points!
 
CAWjr said:
Not sure where your math is coming from, but on my site a dollar for a gift card costs the same as a dollar for an iPad:

$100 GC = 11,990 points
64GB 3G = 99401 points

That means that a $100 GC translates to 119.9 points per dollar and the $829 iPad translates to 119.9 points per dollar
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Hmm. Something fishy about the Rewards program... I get a different (and much worse) ratio:

$100 GC = 20,000 points (200 points per dollar)

I do have the 20% offer including the ability to order an iPad2
 
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