$25 Amex Statement Credit on Small Business Saturday- 11/24/12 Register starting on 11/18/12

As in years past, American Express is offering a $25 statement credit for local small businesses for purchases $25 or great on Small Business Saturday, which is on 11/24/12. You must register for this promotion to be eligible for the $25 statement credit.

Registration is limited and begins on November 18:

http://www.shopsmall.com

Offer terms:

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/Shop-Small/offerterms

Thanks for the reminder, last year I got the $25 on each of my Amex cards (3). I look forward to supporting small business Saturday again this year.

All of my 7 Amex Cards are on standby. Thanks for sharing. Awaiting 11/18/12 so I can register.

Only registered small business locations qualify.

"Qualifying small business locations are those identified on the Shop Small® Map, available

at ShopSmall.com. In addition, small business locations that accept American Express through

Square also qualify and can be found on the Square Directory

at https://squareup.com/directory/?cmpId=amex or from your mobile phone using the Square

Wallet app. Small business locations that do not appear on the Shop Small® Map or that do not

accept American Express through Square will not qualify for the $25 statement credit offer."

Is this new?

I was coming here to post this very thing. Just stumbled across it looking for confirmation that the $25 credit deal was repeating this year.

I'm giddy as a schoolgirl! Time to set my alarm for midnight Mountain Time, Nov. 18.

None of the gaming stores that I frequent often are on the Small Business Saturday site. I guess nerds don't use American Express...*sad trombone*

Looks like I'll be racking up the $25 gift cards to our local movie theater and baby boutique store this year!

Not new to 2012. It was that way last year as well. I can't speak for prior to that.

I found my local Chinese food take out place listed. Funny because they always say they don't accept AMEX, and always request a VISA or MC.
I think I'll be demanding they take Amex from now on.

I would check back on November 18th and see if that changes.

Hopefully it will.

Remember that you can also buy "gift cards" at many small business'. We will buy number gift cards at a garden shop / restaurant we go to regularly. Can then use the cards later in the year.

Got mine last year at a restaurant that was on iDine. Points posted then the $25 Statement Credit. Miles for Free!

And I have registered my Business again this year. And will be promoting Small Biz Saturday throughout the store.

Funny you should mention that...as a way to procrastinate writing about this upcoming storm, I went to look at the SBS website again...and the map was disabled! I'm assuming that they pulled it to add Facebook OpenGraph functionality to it...but here's to hoping they are instead rebuilding the database to show all accepting participants.

There is hope for me yet! I hope.

Hope you are right. Although it seems like they are compressing the time period for registration this year (compared to last year)

My favorite little beer store is a participant. This makes me happy.

Registration is officially up an hour early!

Just registered all 4 of my AMEX cards, but it doesn't accept the bluebird card.

Regsiter now https://enroll.amexnetwork.com/US/en/SBS2012/ just registered 3 cards, good luck!

Registered all of my cards and have received confirmations.

Bluebird can not be registered because it is a prepaid card.

I just did all my cards...can confirm BB and PP are rejected by the enrollment page (not just in T&C). G'night everyone.

Thanks for the tip, I just registered. Seems that the Map is working for me. Looking forward..

Yes, accepted my card through their company as well as my AMEX card through CitiBank/AA. Already have a meal planned at a locally owned restaurant, and a deluxe car wash at a locally owned company, planned for Saturday.

From the way the small print reads, you can register two (or more) cards that are on the same billing account, As long as they have different card numbers. I note that on the HHonors cards, the numbers are different. A nice double dip, I think.

I did the math on this last year -- if I recall after they gave an estimate on the number of participating "cardmembers," though my memory is foggy on that part -- and the numbers boggled my mind. I mean it came to well, well, into the millions of dollars out of American Express Co.'s pocket. I realize part of it is advertising and promotion, and that costs money. I also realize there is perhaps some good citizenship toward small business, as well as the company hoping small businesses will stick with them throughout the year even though the per-transaction fees to the small businesses may be lower with other credit card companies. But even trying to think all that through, the numbers still boggled my little mind. Anyway, thanks for this, American Express Co.!