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How to Save Money at American Eagle & Get FREE Jeans!
hey everyone so today I'm going to be
doing a super exciting video so in my
last American inkle haul I asked you
guys if you'd be interested in a video
kind of all about how to save money in
American Eagle whenever I posted it
might make a hole I always get a lot of
comments about a lot of you guys are
saying like you love the brand you love
American Eagle you love their clothes
but they're just so expensive that you
feel like you can't ever shop there and
for those of you guys who are new to
this video or new to my channel and you
might not know I do work at American
Eagle Outfitters I've worked there for
four years now and I'm a manager so I
know a lot about the brand the pricing
the loyalty programs and just generally
how to save money just from doing about
two transactions and working there so I
thought I would share some of the
secrets from inside and kind of fill you
in on how you can save money on American
Eagle just so you guys know I am all
about saving money just like in general
not even American Eagle I'm all about
using those rewards in writer where I
shop but American Eagle I know way more
about it than the average person the
first thing we're going to talk about is
the rewards card the reward and credit
card that American Eagle offers and that
honestly truly is the best way to save
money even as an employee who gets
employee discounts and everything all of
us employees it can still like get the
benefits of having the rewards in credit
card so I'm all about it as well like
that's the best way other than my
employees temp for me to save all my
family's part of it like it really is
the best way like American Eagle doesn't
just I mean how are they gonna mail you
a coupon if you're not part of the roars
program they are just gonna be like hey
thanks for shopping with us say you get
40 percent off like you have to be a
part of their or it's programs in credit
card you know and all that kind of stuff
in order to get coupons okay so we have
our rewards program and it used to
actually be called like the a give
rewards program and now it's actually
called aeo connected and it used to be
like the rewards card and the credit
card kind of separate and now it's a eeo
connected is like kind of one thing and
there's like more of the rewards portion
and more of the credit card portion but
it's kind of all under one thing so it's
a lot different than it used to be and
we changed it in September now with the
rewards card you get it's so weird
because this is like my job and I like
talking about it with you guys the
rewards card you basically get $10 for
every 250 you spend so I believe it's
ten points for every dollar and then
once you spend 2,000 once you get 2500
points then you'll get your $10 offer a
reward you can become an extra
this number if you spent three hundred
and fifty dollars more a year there and
then once you spend what is it once you
spend the two two hundred and fifty
dollars you've got a fifteen dollar
coupon instead of a $10 coupon if you
like end up spending more a year and if
you're extra access you can get free
shipping and like some other things as
well with like the basic or words card
you get that the two dollars ten or
fifteen dollars but every 250 spending I
don't you spit it in ear and then you
also and this is the thing that's like
super super helpful and like new and
just really nice you get a free pair of
jeans for every five jeans you buy so
that's really awesome if you go with
your friends and they don't have a
rewards card and your friend uses your
rewards card and they buy two pairs of
jeans and you buy two pairs of jeans
you're almost there and you don't get it
instantly you can't just buy like five
at once and then get that six month free
at that like in that transaction it does
take about a week or two for you to get
your coupon for the free pairs of jeans
and obviously that's just because people
are gonna return things and order things
and it's not an instant thing so you do
have to wait a couple weeks to actually
get that cute pop definitely make sure
you have that rewards card sometimes
we'll do rewards cards events and this
is kind of also new like I said it
started in September they reel out to
the program so I know for like oh I
don't even remember when it was I think
it was like in January we did double
points on gene purchases so if you spent
you know eighty dollars on jeans instead
of just getting eight hundred points you
would get sixteen hundred points before
Black Friday I think it was on Wednesday
we were basically running all of our
Black Friday promotions for people who
have their rewards cards so on Wednesday
obviously it's not gonna be as crazy as
Black Friday if you came in Wednesday
and had a rewards card you could get a
lot of the Holly deals we were doing so
I think flannels were $25 certain
sweatshirts for only $20 everything else
was 40% off but there were like
certainly kind of random price points
there were these seventy dollar hoodies
for men that were only twenty-five
dollars so just lots of really good
sales with flannel sweaters and
sweatshirts that were only twenty and
twenty-five dollars and obviously those
that pricing didn't go effective until
Black Friday but if you had a rewards
card and you used your own words card
which is literally just the points card
you could get those deals on Wednesday
you don't even have to get on the
craziness on Friday I could list off a
whole bunch of different examples but
we've been doing more and more stuff
like that I think we even did yeah like
a week
there's probably actually maybe I want
to go I don't even know I can't even
keep track anymore we were doing an
event where if you have the credit card
II got 30% off or if you applied for the
credit card you got 30% off and I'll
talk about the credit card later but for
having the points card you got 20% off
so just for using the points card you
got 20% off your purchase but just crazy
and we did that some other random
weekend's we get like 10% off for using
your rewards card all that kind of stuff
so like I mean think about it like buy
one get one half jeans plus an extra 20%
off just for using your points card and
you're gonna get double points on jeans
like why would you not have a
that's literally craziness there's like
some other like random benefits like you
get a 15% off birthday discount and all
those other kind of stuff like that make
sure that you have a rewards card
basically I should say 8yo connected
because it's not really called her words
anymore but I like to say rewards
because I feel like that just makes
sense in the customers mind like you
guys are probably like what's a eyo
connected like rewards card makes sense
to you so I'm just gonna say a rewards
card even though it is technically a Oh
connected so that's our it's card
everybody shopping or it's card if you
shop there especially if you buy jeans
but next moving on is the credit card
which is personally okay so a lot of
associates Adam Eric Engel don't really
like asking customers for their for the
credit card a lot of customers are gonna
be anti credit card the credit card is
just like this I feel like it's almost
like just like a dark cloud and a retail
like people don't like to talk about it
they don't like to ask about it they
don't like to be asked about it but I
think it's a wonderful thing and I
understand that like people will apply
for in-store credit cards and they'll
charge up a whole bunch of stuff and
like have interest and I was like oh
that's kind of crazy stuff that can
happen with credit cards but as long as
you're responsible with it credit cards
are a really great way to save
especially at American Eagle I think
ours is probably one of the best
in-store cards because of the benefits
that you have and it's so so easy to use
so with the American Eagle credit card
on your first purchase like if you're in
the store let's just say you're swimming
300 dollars you could apply for the
in-store credit card right there and get
15 to 20% or 30% depending on the time
off your transaction just for applying
and using the card for a long long time
like for I mean the first three years I
worked there it was 15% if you applied
with a credit card you get 15% of your
transaction this August I think it was
they switched it to 20% off and they
said it was it's like supposed to be a
limited time like all of our signage
says it's a limited time but it has a
20% off since August so it's been like
seven months down it's still 20% off so
yeah I think some stores might
fifteen percent and obviously Canada
stores are gonna be a little bit
different with some of those do Canada
stores some of you guys who work at the
Canada stores you guys have the credit
card because whenever we do events and
everything they're like Canada offer for
the rewards card u.s. stores offer with
the credit card so I'm not sure if you
guys live in Canada or even like the UK
as an American Engel store some of the
things I'm saying are probably gonna
work differently because this may only
be for the US stores so if you're
spending $300 and we're doing 20% off
that's $60 that you can save just for
applying for the credit card and using
it you can go home go on a e.com set up
an account and pay it off actually I
don't know a hundred percent if you can
actually pay it off right then I think
you have to wait for the actual physical
card to come in the mail because I think
in order to set up your account you have
to have the CVC which you won't have
until you have actual credit card but
either way even if it's seven days later
you can very quickly go online pay off
the card there's no monthly or annual
fees so you don't worry about it
so a lot of people you could just apply
for the card get your percentage off use
the card that day go home
pay it off and you won't have to worry
about it there's no fees or anything as
long as you don't charge on it again you
don't have to worry about it again well
people come and spend like $800 and if
it's 20% off I mean that's a hundred and
sixty dollars just for putting it on a
credit card you can go home and pay it
off and you get more benefits and
rewards which I'll talk about in a
second so honestly I think if you're
going to go bulk shopping for like
Friday or Christmas or tax free weekend
inter back-to-school or whatever and
you're gonna spend a large amount apply
for the credit card and get that
percentage off it's honestly the best
thing obviously if the 18 years or older
but but it really is a good thing like I
tell my friends my family and like apply
for credit card like you're gonna save
so much more like it really is the best
way to save and my mom had our credit
card in rewards programs before I even
worked there and that's how I was able
to constantly go there and shop so much
and buy so many clothes for me go before
I even had an apply discount cuz my mom
would always you know usually credit
card in rewards cards and wait for the
right time to go and you can save those
big amounts that's like a really good
way to instantly save if you don't
already have the credit card to apply
for it if you already have the credit
card there are a lot of perks which is
the reason why you should get one so how
I talked about earlier with the rewards
program you get $10 for every 250 or $15
for every 250 depending on how much you
spend a year with the credit card you
get a $15.00 word for only spending
hundred and sixty-seven so you're gonna
get 15 points for every dollar instead
of 10 points for every dollar so you'll
hit 2500
out like 167 dollars instead of 250 and
you'll get a fifteen dollar reward so
you're basically getting a bigger reward
for spending less because it's going on
the credit card that's a huge benefit if
you think about it like 167 dollars or
250 might sound like a lot but let me
tell you it adds up I get my stuff cheap
and it adds up so it definitely adds up
quick and you'll get those 15 and 10 and
you know sometimes they'll combine em so
you'll have like one giant 30 or 45
dollar reward and you'll get them up
very frequently and like I said they ran
on my do double point so that's a good
way to save with a credit card another
way is the credit events so a lot of
times and this technically I think it's
six times a year but I feel like
sometimes it's more than that
so about every month or two we'll do a
credit event where like the last one we
did a couple of weekends ago was 30% off
so I think this one was actually only
for new card members so if you applied
for a credit card that week and you got
30% off instead of the usual 20 which is
awesome that 30% off goes on top the
better and get one half off on jeans it
goes on top of the 60% off clearance it
goes on the top of everything which is
really cool a frequent one that we do is
25% off credit event so if you have the
American Eagle credit card already or if
you apply for one you get 25% off your
entire purchase so my mom already has
the credit card so if she came in
shopped that weekend while we were doing
that she could get a whole bunch of
jeans some shirts off of clearance and
then she'd get an extra 25% per purchase
just for having them Eric Engel card I'm
using it which is great I mean think
about it let's say the average jean is
$40 so you do buy one get one half
that's $60 for two pairs of jeans plus
you get 25% off so that's $45 for two
pairs of jeans that's crazy that's like
that's so crazy so that's when a lot of
people are like you know American Girl
jeans are so expensive if I would get
one half isn't a great deal but if you
come during the right times and you sign
up for the right things it can be a
great deal because two pairs of American
Eagle jeans for $45 it's it's crazy good
and another thing is our jeans will go
to the sale a lot and you know like we
did $20 sale jeans we do that like
sometimes they're $20 and up so you have
to really pay attention to that sign and
it'll just be like random ticketed
prices normally at $29.99
um but sometimes we'll do specials where
like all the sale jeans are $20 like no
matter what there's just all $20 and
then see how that true 25% off that's
$15 for a pair of jeans I mean that is
like crazy cheap another thing is
another great
save is go shopping on Black Friday
honestly we usually the last few years
have been 40% off on Black Friday that's
crazy
and usually it's excluded jeans but this
year it actually included jeans so you
could get a $40 pair of jean for like
$24 with the 40% off I think that was
quick math so I don't know if that was
right so if you shop on those like big
shopping events so that's when we run a
lot of really good promotion so you just
have to think about that kind of stuff
like Black Friday all that kind of stuff
that's when you want to go and shop
because that's when the stores are gonna
do the best deals Memorial weekend Labor
Day weekend all those kind of Mark you
know Presidents Day we did a cool thing
with if you tried on jeans you could win
every pair of jeans or get a coupon like
all that kind of stuff you want to go
shopping on those days another thing
with the credit card you get a 20% off
birthday coupon and then you get to pick
one other day a year to get 20% off so
like I said it's kinda like your own
personal credit event like so if you
know you're gonna come shopping around
Christmas pick your day your extra day
to get 20% off to be here on Christmas
or if you know you back-to-school is a
big time for you that's when you buy all
your jeans have your you know 20% off
day be in Nevada store something or
beginning of August or whatever like
that's when that's like another really
good perk it's a credit card to have
your any day that you want to be 20% off
for me I think those are the best ways
relate to save money is the rewards card
and credit card clearance I feel like a
lot of people overlook American Eagles
clearance our clearance is and it's not
always because I'm line at sometimes 50%
off sometimes different stores or on
different promotions in different areas
but usually American Eagles clearance is
almost always and I can literally say
almost always 60% off 60% off and
sometimes it's already even marked down
so if there's a shirt that's $24 for
literally just a plain t-shirt you can
get it for like $10 $10 on clearance
that's really cheap like that's super
cheap the clearance is honestly probably
the best way to save money at American
Eagle because there are so many shirts
that are on there that are only like 8
or 10 dollars literally our clearance
gets new we get new product on our
clearance like every single month and
another thing online will run a lot of
really good discounts and sales and
promotions that the stores don't run and
sometimes the stores are better
promotions and sometimes online runs
better promotions but it's really good
to check because sometimes online will
you only run a lot better promotion so
what we do in store sometimes the stores
can honor there are certain promotions
online that source can honor and there
are certain promotions that the stores
cannot honors so that's always worth
asking about and another thing you can
do if you see a really good price online
and you're like oh my gosh like this is
so good I wonder if they have it in the
store you can do this awesome thing
called reserve try and buy so if you see
a twenty dollar shirt on sale online for
like fourteen dollars or something
random
you can go to like the bottom right hand
portion of the screen and it'll say find
in store and you can like type in your
zip code and it'll pull up stores that
are close to you and like obviously you
probably know the stores that are close
to you you can click on it and click on
the size you want and it'll tell you if
that store has it available and if it is
you can reserve it and I think they'll
hold it for like like a day or two kind
of just depends on what time and what
day you reserve and everything but they
can hold it for you and usually most
stores will give you that price that
they're showing you online I think that
is like pretty much like the majority of
my tips and tricks so most was just kind
of like there or it's in credit card so
hopefully I didn't bore you on that they
really are good also I know a lot of
people don't really want to sign up and
get all their information and do that
kind of stuff but it really is an
American Eagle divest and kind of only
weighed it saved I hope this video was
helpful and you guys learned some ways
to save at American Eagle and you
learned about our loyalty programs
definitely ask about it next time you're
in an American Eagle they can give you I
mean I would say more information than I
gave you but I gave you like pretty much
everything but yeah I hope you guys
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