Tricks to become "targeted" by AMEX
May 8, 2015, 1:23 pm
#212
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Not in my experience. American Express may call you later, after you have had the card for awhile, to see if you are familiar with the features, but they don't quiz you about your business unless your spending exceeds your known financial resources.
May 9, 2015, 12:52 pm
#213
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Amex is offering the 75,000 Sign Up Bonus after $5k spend for the Business Gold Card. The landing page is publicly available here but their website is not working right now.
5/11: tried logging in to apply. "System is down" message.
Last edited by jrjcopp; May 12, 2015 at 6:03 am Reason: application update
May 14, 2015, 5:43 pm
#214
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Amex is offering the 75,000 Sign Up Bonus after $5k spend for the Business Gold Card. The landing page is publicly available here but their website is not working right now.
After calling, they offered me a 100,000 sign up bonus after 10k spend for the Business Platinum even though I already had that card. The rep was not able to match this 75k offer. I believe the 100k offer is targeted.
Check out the details on my blog.
After calling, they offered me a 100,000 sign up bonus after 10k spend for the Business Platinum even though I already had that card. The rep was not able to match this 75k offer. I believe the 100k offer is targeted.
Check out the details on my blog.
May 14, 2015, 6:54 pm
#216
Join Date: May 2015
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Has anyone actually gotten this to work? I tried calling and they couldn't find this offer without an offer code and didn't offer me anything similar. The rep was very apologetic and suggested that customer service might be able to honor the bonus but that he couldn't do it.
BUT -- I'm glad it didn't work because I just signed up for a better Gold card offer - 100k points after $10k spend. Its not yet clear to me if this is targeted but worth a phone call to find out. It expires TOMORROW.
Jul 3, 2015, 10:51 pm
#218
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Has anyone actually gotten this to work? I tried calling and they couldn't find this offer without an offer code and didn't offer me anything similar. The rep was very apologetic and suggested that customer service might be able to honor the bonus but that he couldn't do it.
neither day time, nor night time nor anytime at all... no it does not work.
it seems like blogs with nothing to talk about keep repeating it because there are fewer and fewer things to talk about since they ruined most of them.
Aug 3, 2015, 9:29 pm
#219
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
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I concur, just tried it (just mentioned I didn't have my RSVP code but wondered he he could help) and the rep tried looking up via my name and address. He tried one other thing and then directed me to the OPEN web site (open.com) where I could visit https://www.americanexpress.com/us/s...argecreditcard and scroll to the bottom to basically do the same thing—put my address in and hit the Hope button.
40K pts for the Platinum and 25K for the Gold. (Each requiring $5K in 3 mo.)
40K pts for the Platinum and 25K for the Gold. (Each requiring $5K in 3 mo.)
Sep 16, 2015, 4:12 pm
#221
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
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upgrade for 50k
I called in today to upgrade my BRG to Plat. I was offered 50k MR with $10k in 5 mos. I accepted. I last had a biz plat open about 14 months ago.