As a reminder, The Blue for Business® Credit Card from American Express recently announced a new, limited time, increased sign-up bonus that allows you to get up to 20,000 Membership Rewards (MR) points. The card normally provides a sign-up bonus of 10,000 points after making your first purchase on the card within the first three months. With the increased offer, you can also earn an additional 10,000 MR points after you spend $5,000 in purchases on the card within the first six months of having the card, making now a great time to apply for the card. There is no annual fee for this card which makes it very attractive. Expired

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Increased Offer Blue for Business® Credit Card From Amex

The Blue for Business® Credit Card from American Express gives the cardmember an annual 30% points bonus based on your past year’s purchases on the card. So, if you were to spend $30,000 in your prior cardmember year, your bonus would be an additional 9,000 Membership Rewards points. THE ANNUAL POINTS BONUS is provided in the form of Membership Rewards^® points.

Basically, with the 30% bonus you are getting 1.3 points per $1 spent on the card which is pretty good for a card that has no annual fee.

• The Blue for Business® Credit Card from American Express gives you benefits of OPEN Card Membership. You can get 2 additional Membership Rewards® points OR a 5% discount on eligible purchases with OPEN Savings partners when you use your Business Card from American Express OPEN. The card also comes with:

Purchase Protection^♦, Extended Warranty^♦, Travel Accident Insurance^♦, Car Rental Loss and Damage Insurance^♦, and other benefits and services.

Are you a Sole Proprietor?

If you have a small business, (for example, even if you sell on eBay or rent your house out on AirBnB) you don’t need an EIN to apply for a Business card, you can use your Social Security number instead and put down that that you are a sole proprietor.

Bottom Line

Now is a great time to apply for the The Blue for Business® Credit Card from American Express. The increased sign-up bonus allows you to get up to 20,000 Membership Rewards points instead of the usual sign-up bonus of 10,000 points after making your first purchase on the card within the first three months.

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