[Targeted]No Fee 1st yr. American Express Gold Card 75,000 Bonus Reward Points Signup
Jul 1, 2011, 7:32 pm
#751
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: I was loyal to One Pass & Star Alliance before FT ... now I value all miles and programs
Posts: 219
I signed up for the regular 10K bonus in the first week of June. I called MR and got the Bonus Offer ID of 5894 to be noted on my account. I met the spending requirements and even paid off the balance, but they aren't able to expedite the bonus points. I tried both calling them and secure messaging them.
Does anyone know if I need to call back in 6-8 weeks or should these points show up automatically?
Does anyone know if I need to call back in 6-8 weeks or should these points show up automatically?
Last edited by lrluis; Jul 2, 2011 at 3:25 am
Jul 1, 2011, 7:41 pm
#752
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Scenic Great Plains USA
Programs: AGR Starwood Whoever I can get points with :D
Posts: 677
award the points ASAP since I have immediate travel plans I had already met the minimum spend & paid off the bill, even though it had not closed yet.
Jul 1, 2011, 7:42 pm
#753
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Scenic Great Plains USA
Programs: AGR Starwood Whoever I can get points with :D
Posts: 677
award the points ASAP since I have immediate travel plans I had already met the minimum spend & paid off the bill, even though it had not closed yet. The points posted in a couple of days.
Jul 1, 2011, 8:46 pm
#754
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 85
So it looks like we can bump both the Platinum and the Gold.^
Jul 3, 2011, 8:42 am
#755
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: IAH, HOU
Programs: MileagePlus 1K, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Plat
Posts: 1,073
I originally signed up under the 50k promo, then called to match the 75k promo(ID 5984), they agreed to note my account. I just checked today and 10k bonus points posted, so I called in and told them I was matched to the 75k offer from the 50k offer so I have no idea where the 10k points came from. The CSR then put me on hold, and added 75k points to my account. Now I have 85k points in my account. I guess I got crazy lucky.
Is this offer dead? I got an offer in the mail for 50K Amex points after the initial $500 spend. I would like to apply for it but only if I can still call in and request the 5984 promo ID or did this expire July 1st? Any success in getting the offer matched after July 1?
Jul 3, 2011, 10:56 am
#756
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: United 2P, AA Gold, Hyatt Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 173
Yeah, all of my messages were sent at 10am or so PDT, and I didn't get my response messages until the following day at around 5am PDT. Definitely more than 10 hours...they should really change that message.
Jul 3, 2011, 11:52 am
#757
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Fairmont Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,041
I canceled wife's card today. The rep made a really strong push to keep us in the fold and even offered a $100 credit ($50 credit in next statement and another $50 credit after $1k spend). I thought about keeping it but still went ahead and canceled it. So...what is the consensus for wait time before the attempt to apply/churn it?
Jul 3, 2011, 12:56 pm
#758
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
I canceled wife's card today. The rep made a really strong push to keep us in the fold and even offered a $100 credit ($50 credit in next statement and another $50 credit after $1k spend). I thought about keeping it but still went ahead and canceled it. So...what is the consensus for wait time before the attempt to apply/churn it?
Jul 3, 2011, 2:38 pm
#759
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: BOS
Posts: 267
more success it seems :)
Applied for the 10k offer on June 30 and was instantly approved. I sent a secure message (I already had the SPG) yesterday evening and received a reply a few minutes ago saying that they have made a notation on my account and will manually issue the remaining 65000 points if I send another message after I have spent $500 and received my initial 10000 points. Signed with a south asian name.
Jul 3, 2011, 5:06 pm
#760
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: NYC, CLE
Programs: UA 1K, Starwood Platinum, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 108
As I've written previously on this threat, I got the 75k bump approved and expedited to my account upon reaching the $500 spend. Just wanted to let you know that I did the same for the Plat card - 100k approved and expedited to my account upon reaching $1000 spend.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-bonus-13.html post #519
Thanks FT and good luck
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-bonus-13.html post #519
Thanks FT and good luck
Jul 3, 2011, 6:10 pm
#761
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 756
Fellow FTers:
Is this offer dead? I got an offer in the mail for 50K Amex points after the initial $500 spend. I would like to apply for it but only if I can still call in and request the 5984 promo ID or did this expire July 1st? Any success in getting the offer matched after July 1?
Is this offer dead? I got an offer in the mail for 50K Amex points after the initial $500 spend. I would like to apply for it but only if I can still call in and request the 5984 promo ID or did this expire July 1st? Any success in getting the offer matched after July 1?
General consensus is that this may be over (if the July 1 deadline was correct and not extended). No further info as I have not heard from anyone applying after July 1?? Maybe some have and not yet reported in yet with their results. At this point I would not waste a hard pull for uncertainty.
Jul 3, 2011, 8:03 pm
#762
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: IAH, HOU
Programs: MileagePlus 1K, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Plat
Posts: 1,073
General consensus is that this may be over (if the July 1 deadline was correct and not extended). No further info as I have not heard from anyone applying after July 1?? Maybe some have and not yet reported in yet with their results. At this point I would not waste a hard pull for uncertainty.
Jul 3, 2011, 9:29 pm
#763
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 668
If they say yes for me, that doesn't mean much for those applying now. But if they say no it's too late, I think that means a definite no for anyone applying later.
Jul 4, 2011, 9:30 am
#765
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
I do not experiment with SPG cards. Only know that a friend last year was denied the full 30K bonus by AMEX citing she had a SPG a year+ ago. We got the 30K but our old ones were 2+ years go. Hence my conclusion.