[Revived] Amex Premier Rewards Gold Card 50k Points After $2,000 Spend
Jun 22, 2016, 2:36 pm
#886
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: FL, USA
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I couldn't handle the $2k spend so I bought a 50k/1k offer on the grey market for $30 lol. Its much cheaper to buy than the 100k plat or any of the other offers, probably because you can pull up the 2k offer pretty easily. Anyway the way I look at it I would have dropped at least $30 in fees (3% paypal etc.) so rather save the hassle
Jun 24, 2016, 9:10 am
#889
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Jun 24, 2016, 5:04 pm
#891
Join Date: Oct 2011
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Jun 29, 2016, 6:05 pm
#893
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Jun 30, 2016, 5:36 am
#894
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Jul 8, 2016, 2:03 pm
#895
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 506
I ended up pulling the trigger on a 40k 1st year/25k 2nd year offer.
If I decide I don't want to pay the AF next year but still want to take advantage of the 25k points, can I hurry up and spend $2k before the 30 days is up, get the points AND still get the AF refunded?
If I decide I don't want to pay the AF next year but still want to take advantage of the 25k points, can I hurry up and spend $2k before the 30 days is up, get the points AND still get the AF refunded?
Jul 8, 2016, 2:42 pm
#896
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: ORD
Posts: 132
I ended up pulling the trigger on a 40k 1st year/25k 2nd year offer.
If I decide I don't want to pay the AF next year but still want to take advantage of the 25k points, can I hurry up and spend $2k before the 30 days is up, get the points AND still get the AF refunded?
If I decide I don't want to pay the AF next year but still want to take advantage of the 25k points, can I hurry up and spend $2k before the 30 days is up, get the points AND still get the AF refunded?
On another topic, I'm on hold with Amex CSR right now to confirm the bonus on my newly received PRG. He initially said "you'll get 25K MR after $2000 spend in first 90 days of card." I told him that wasn't the offer I'd signed up for and I'd signed up for 40K + 25K. He said wait a second, there's some other codes here that I don't understand. He's on the other line with the marketing department while I've been on hold for about five minutes.
Jul 8, 2016, 2:59 pm
#897
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: ORD
Posts: 132
So this is slightly interesting: CSR came back on after speaking to marketing for several minutes, ostensibly to deduce codes he couldn't properly interpret. He sounded happy and said, "I just spoke to marketing..." Line went dead. Drat. I was on a landline so I assume it was his end.
Anyway, I called right back and this time got an American-based CSR. I said I was calling to confirm bonus. He said it was crazy that I would have to be put on hold and he could easily see that my bonus was for 65K MR for $2000 spend in 3 months. I said, woah, I think you've got it mixed up and explained 40K + 25K offer. He said well yes I can see they're in two separate buckets $2000 + $2000 (kind of revising his previous statement) but if you spend that amount you'll get the 65K. I explained that the offer was over two years. He was incredulous and said he'd never heard of any bonus offer of such a sort. Thanked him and hung up. Just seemed interesting and gives some insight into what reps see in the system on their end.
Anyway, I called right back and this time got an American-based CSR. I said I was calling to confirm bonus. He said it was crazy that I would have to be put on hold and he could easily see that my bonus was for 65K MR for $2000 spend in 3 months. I said, woah, I think you've got it mixed up and explained 40K + 25K offer. He said well yes I can see they're in two separate buckets $2000 + $2000 (kind of revising his previous statement) but if you spend that amount you'll get the 65K. I explained that the offer was over two years. He was incredulous and said he'd never heard of any bonus offer of such a sort. Thanked him and hung up. Just seemed interesting and gives some insight into what reps see in the system on their end.
Jul 8, 2016, 7:12 pm
#898
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 506
I would be flabbergasted if you would be able to do this, but others would know better than I would. The whole point of this two year bonus structure seems clearly designed to get you to keep the card past the first year.
On another topic, I'm on hold with Amex CSR right now to confirm the bonus on my newly received PRG. He initially said "you'll get 25K MR after $2000 spend in first 90 days of card." I told him that wasn't the offer I'd signed up for and I'd signed up for 40K + 25K. He said wait a second, there's some other codes here that I don't understand. He's on the other line with the marketing department while I've been on hold for about five minutes.
On another topic, I'm on hold with Amex CSR right now to confirm the bonus on my newly received PRG. He initially said "you'll get 25K MR after $2000 spend in first 90 days of card." I told him that wasn't the offer I'd signed up for and I'd signed up for 40K + 25K. He said wait a second, there's some other codes here that I don't understand. He's on the other line with the marketing department while I've been on hold for about five minutes.
So this is slightly interesting: CSR came back on after speaking to marketing for several minutes, ostensibly to deduce codes he couldn't properly interpret. He sounded happy and said, "I just spoke to marketing..." Line went dead. Drat. I was on a landline so I assume it was his end.
Anyway, I called right back and this time got an American-based CSR. I said I was calling to confirm bonus. He said it was crazy that I would have to be put on hold and he could easily see that my bonus was for 65K MR for $2000 spend in 3 months. I said, woah, I think you've got it mixed up and explained 40K + 25K offer. He said well yes I can see they're in two separate buckets $2000 + $2000 (kind of revising his previous statement) but if you spend that amount you'll get the 65K. I explained that the offer was over two years. He was incredulous and said he'd never heard of any bonus offer of such a sort. Thanked him and hung up. Just seemed interesting and gives some insight into what reps see in the system on their end.
Anyway, I called right back and this time got an American-based CSR. I said I was calling to confirm bonus. He said it was crazy that I would have to be put on hold and he could easily see that my bonus was for 65K MR for $2000 spend in 3 months. I said, woah, I think you've got it mixed up and explained 40K + 25K offer. He said well yes I can see they're in two separate buckets $2000 + $2000 (kind of revising his previous statement) but if you spend that amount you'll get the 65K. I explained that the offer was over two years. He was incredulous and said he'd never heard of any bonus offer of such a sort. Thanked him and hung up. Just seemed interesting and gives some insight into what reps see in the system on their end.
Jul 8, 2016, 10:36 pm
#899
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 28
I went in on the 40K/25K after $2K spend, and called in when I got the card in order to confirm my offer. The phone rep said that she saw no offer on file. I politely informed her of the offer that I signed up under, and she said that the offer had been added to my record.
Fast forward a few weeks to today and I've met the spending requirement. I get on chat to confirm my welcome offer, and they say that there isn't any! The rep says that they're going to submit an inquiry into whether I had an offer or not...
Double and triple checks may be necessary with these guys. Anybody have a similar experience?
Fast forward a few weeks to today and I've met the spending requirement. I get on chat to confirm my welcome offer, and they say that there isn't any! The rep says that they're going to submit an inquiry into whether I had an offer or not...
Double and triple checks may be necessary with these guys. Anybody have a similar experience?
Last edited by slickrick11; Jul 8, 2016 at 10:38 pm Reason: Corrected offer amounts
Jul 9, 2016, 7:56 am
#900
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Yes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
How did you receive the offer, through the mail, email, online in your americanexpress.com account, browsing americanexpress.com -or- did you "find" it elsewhere on the Internet?
How did you receive the offer, through the mail, email, online in your americanexpress.com account, browsing americanexpress.com -or- did you "find" it elsewhere on the Internet?