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I've been a vocal advocate of the Wells Fargo Propel American Express® card for several reasons. First is the ability to earn 3X points in an all-encompassing travel category (eating out and ordering in; gas, rideshares, and transit; flights, hotels, homestays, and car rentals) and streaming services. Points earned can be worth up to 1.75 cents each towards paid airfare if you also have the Wells Fargo Visa Signature® Card, and you get all of this for an annual fee of $0. Using points for paid airfare means no worries about award-seat availability, and these cards give a possible higher return than the Chase Sapphire Reserve® or the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card.
One of the unsung benefits of the Wells Fargo Propel Amex is the Go Far Rewards Earn More Mall which is giving me huge earning rates at select retailers for in-store purchases. This month, for example, I can earn 40X points on my first purchase at a CVS with a cap of 2,500 bonus points, or 40X on $62.50 on my first purchase after activating the offer.
CVS has an excellent gift-card selection (often found on multiple display racks throughout the store). Based on previous gift-card purchases, I can confirm that these purchases will earn bonus points. The CVS gift-card rack has pretty much any gift card you'd like and can use. The $62.50 cap means a variable-load gift card was my best bet. With Uber Eats having launched at our address just a few weeks ago (and given how much I am on the road), an Uber gift card seemed like a great selection.
My Go Far Rewards are currently worth 1.5 cents each towards paid airfare booked through the Go Far Rewards travel portal, meaning my $62.50 purchase today will earn the max 2,500 points, worth $37.50 in airfare. That equates to a cool 60% discount on the Uber gift card or 60% off my next Uber ride or Uber Eats meal. In my experience, it has taken two business days after making the in-store purchase to receive an e-mail confirming I used the Earn More Mall offer.
Increase Your Savings
Believe it or not, there are two ways to increase your 60% discount. The first is taking advantage of CVS ExtraBucks promotions where you essentially earn CVS credit for buying a certain amount of select gift cards. Last week at CVS, you could earn $10 in ExtraBucks if you bought at least $50 of Chilis, Spotify or Hulu gift cards. This means a $62.50 purchase with your enrolled Wells Fargo Propel Amex would earn you $37.50 in flight credit plus $10 in CVS rewards equating to a total discount of 76% off your Chili's, Spotify or Hulu gift card purchase.
The second way to increase your savings is by spending $50,000 in a calendar year on the Wells Fargo Visa Signature card. This makes all your Go Far Rewards worth 1.75 cents each towards paid airfare booked through the Go Far Rewards travel portal. A $62.50 purchase at 40X points would yield $43.75 worth of airfare or a 70% discount on your CVS purchase. If you bought the targeted gift cards offering $10 in CVS ExtraBucks and are getting the maximum 1.75 cents per point, your total discount on those select cards would be an astounding 86%. Not bad when you pay $0 in annual fees.
Earn More Mall Caveats
The 40X earning rate at CVS appears to be targeted—not all Wells Fargo Propel Amex members have the same offer. But all cardholders seem to have significant earning rates of 15X-25X. There isn't yet a rhyme or reason to decipher why some members (like me) are always targeted for the highest offers, so fingers crossed that you're one of the lucky ones. In addition to CVS, for February I can also earn 40X points on my first in-store purchase at P.F. Changs, Bloomingdale's, AMC Theaters, and Massage Envy.
These earn rates have been fairly standard for the last 6 months with new offers loading to my Earn More Mall at the beginning of each month. Caps on bonus points for each participating merchant are different and rather arbitrary. You can earn up to 7,500 points at Bloomingdale's (a first purchase of $187.50) or up to 4,000 points at AMC theaters (a first purchase of $100). You MUST activate the offers online before making your purchase by clicking on the individual offer for your card.
Bottom Line
60% off at any of the participating monthly merchants has been fantastic for me, and today's score of over $60 in Uber credit for $25 is icing on the cake. The fact that this technique is available paying $0 in annual fees with the Wells Fargo Propel Amex and Wells Fargo Visa Signature card makes this something everyone should be taking advantage of on a monthly basis. I actually get really excited towards the end of every month when it's time to see what is going to pop up on the Earn More Mall that offers a minimum of 60% savings. If you've found great deals with the Earn More Mall, we'd love to hear from you in the comments.
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I like getting an Uber discount with my Amex credits.
Did not know about this. Thanks for the info. Def seems to be worth looking into.
Interesting combination, thanks for the tip.
you can’t beat 60% off, i’ll take that any day
I hope Wells Fargo keeps these offers coming :D!
Same here, closed my WF last year… but possibly time to open one and use this crazy deals
This sounds like a really good deal. Maybe I need to get in with WF for this.
Take advantage of this while it lasts. This won’t hang around long.
Too bad I closed my last WF card last year.
Any thoughts of a side by side comparison of this card and CSR. I’m questioning which way to go when the AF comes through
Wow, I didn’t know this card was that good. Thanks!
Great post, useful info esp as a frequent Uber rider.
Thanks for letting is know about their Earn More Mall. That was new to me.
I’ve heard of the WF Propel card but didn’t know about this perk. I’ll look into possibly getting this card. Thanks!
Perfect timing for this post. I was looking for a card like this and your tips sweetens the pot! Thank you!
I like the CVS part but the Wells Fargo part… I prefer to avoid them 100% even for a great deal like this.
Sounds like a great deal. Thanks for the info
This blog gets better everyday! Thanks for the info!
The “caveat” is kinda bummer.
Very good. What an ingenious way to save money.
This is a great tip for those who are looking to save some money!
Thanks! I love Uber.
Nice outline of steps to make this work
Very interesting…thanks for the post!
Were the Reese Puffs because you were hungry, or to allow use of a credit card to make the purchase?
So it is like buying Uber credit for taking the Uber taxi? Interesting.
Was unaware of these options. Thanks for the info.
The fact that they’re both no annual fee cards, makes them valuable cards to have.
I was familiar with the Chase Sapphire/Freedom combo. I had never heard about the Wells Fargo card combo before. Something I plan on looking into!
Has always been a big supporter of Wells Fargo
Great deal!
I keep hearing more and more about this card, but wow 60%! Wells Fargo is making itself known on the scene.
I use Uber all the time. This is great news!
60% discount is awesome. I’m amazed how many great deals slip through my fingers. Can’t complain though as I do seem to find a lot of them too!
Have you received any pushback from CVS for trying to do too much volume? Thanks.
Great deal especially there’s no annual fee! I also just found out there’s no foreign transaction fee on the Wells Fargo Propel American Express® Card. As a frequent international traveler this is key. Will probably apply for this card and add my family members as authorized users for trips abroad. Wondering if the visa card also has no foreign transaction fee since visa is probably more widely accepted in EU than Amex?
I have a CVS card and shop there. How do I find out about the offers such as $50 Chili’s gift card? Does that information come strictly from the credit card offers? Does this mean that I have to have that credit card in order to access the offer… Or can I utilize that ogfer with another credit card?
I hope we continue to see no annual fee cards get more competitive… especially looking at Discover!
That’s great. But Uber doesn’t serve my area.
CVS is my go-to drugstore, but I avoid Wells Fargo like the plague.
I just cannot get past the whole issue they had a few years ago. I do not trust them. I hear that it’s a good card but I don’t know if I’d feel comfortable getting anything with them.
Since I am a WellsFargo customer, I should look into this. Thanks for the article!
Wow. Great tips. Till now I used to do the 10% at times on Uber
Any other great offers on the WFC cards ?
Good news for customers of Wells Fargo Card.
Some rare good news for WF customers. 😉
hey!! nice deal!!1 Thanks for sharing the process you were able to use.
Wow – what a great tip. Seems to be a lot of hidden value in the WF program with these.
These are pretty good benefits for being no annual fee cards.
I usually only use Uber when I have great deals or Freebies, so thanks.
Wow that’s a great tip, I don’t think I’ve seen a better deal on Uber.. that’s great for anyone that uses Uber at all
Wow….I have one of these cards and had no idea! Great info, thanks so much for this.
Thank you for the information. I am going to look into getting onboard with Wells Fargo.
Thanks for the Uber tips!
No annual fees for the technique are fantastic.
I believe this is the key point. Yes, there are a few hoops to jump through here to achieve the meaningful discount, but they’re minor for a no fee card.
Some people just want it hassle free, I guess.
Good info. Hope to be approved.
This is great for wells fargo propel card owners!
Uber eats is where it’s at, about my only use for uber at home it’s more of a travel abroad service for me
Wow. 60% off is great
I had not heard much about this combination of cards but it seems like their points could be used to “buy” tickets at a pretty decent rate. SInce I prefer to buy tickets using credit card points rather than airline miles (to achieve status) this could be very useful for me.
That’s a good point. Especially in this day and age where airline loyalty isn’t always worth it unless you’re super elite.
Good CVS offer with Wells Fargo