Update 3/21/23: Saks has now increased the minimum order to $200 to get free shipping. As a reminder, we originally published this post about the change from free Shoprunner to free shopping on orders over $100 in early July 2023. Now, less than a year later, they have doubled the minimum order for free shipping to $200.
This is old news (and a reader originally reached out at the end of May to bring this to our attention), but in working through a backlog of stuff we’ve had on the docket to post, I realized that we never posted about it and since Platinum card credits have reset for the second half of the year it seemed like a good time to mention it: there is no longer free shipping on Saks.com orders under $100 $200.
It used to be that Saks was part of the Shoprunner shipping program and there have long been many ways to get Shoprunner for free. Shoprunner offered free 2-day shipping and free returns, which was a great benefit that probably mostly went unheralded….until it was gone.
Saks now offers a promo code (FREESHIP) for free shipping on orders of $100 $200 or more — but that means that if you’re just trying to spend $50 to use an Amex Platinum card credit, you’re likely to get hit with a ~$10 shipping charge. That reduces the value of the credit since it means you’ll get about $40 worth of “stuff” at most if you don’t want to spend out of pocket beyond the credit.
While you’ll probably have a hard time finding anything for $50 or less in-store at Saks, it is often possible to find a plethora of things for $50 or less online (See: Amex Platinum Saks credit: What can you get with $50?). This is of course relevant for those with a consumer Amex Platinum card since you can get up to $50 in statement credits for purchases between January and June and again between July and December (enrollment required).
This was an unfortunate change. Hopefully we’ll see a promotional deal for free shipping with smaller purchases around major shopping holidays, but at this point it looks like you may be stuck using some of the credit for shipping charges if you’re shopping online.
H/T: Reader Sarabjit.
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