geaux_tigers

I think it's actually $45 TOTAL, not $225.

But I'm not sure that it doesn't count as a credit pull since they're using real names and SSN's -- seen posts of people claiming it doesn't, but I'm not sure I'll place my implicit trust in that. Credit pull for the new cardholder is absolutely NOT worth it for only 10k MR points (at least not to me or the people I'd add).

ekartash

I just called MR about my premier gold card. no problem to add 4 additional cards (at no cost). they did not ask for SS numbers. only name, dob, address. each person just has to make one purchase to receive the 10k. awasome! thanks op

and i just did the same for my business gold card. 80k total. i love it!!

loudgonzo

What minimum age to add kids?

NC_Girl

I will most certainly get verbal assurance that they do NOT do a hard pull before giving anyone's SSN. Can do DO a hard pull on someone without their permission anyway?

fedechat

I haven't tried yet but for Premier Gold is free for the first 5, then $35 for each additional.

First/Last name and birth date is required, SS is not required, you can check it online but you have to call in order to get the bonus ^

tassojunior

On first call CSR could not find promo 5721. Phoned back.

2nd CSR added 5721 to my personal premier gold, took two names of AU, repeated 10K bonus for each, and said no fee for up to 5 on gold premier.

As a few others have mentioned, my CSR said that only birth dates were necessary to issue card- SSN could be supplied later. I wonder about this though as I've previously had trouble with incorrect SSN on an SPG AU.

This CSR said the promo was only for the personal card not biz but I'm phoning back on that one too.

update: I phoned back with my business gold card and CSR also added promo 5721 to the biz card !!

geaux_tigers

Good luck and let us know what you hear back!

encierro98

I believe I saw 15 and older

cdmoye

Here is my story (persistence pays off):

Call 1: CSR who put me on hold for a while to see if she could get a "supervisor" to approve the promotion... I guessing she just needed a potty break. When she came back after about 10 minutes, she said she could not apply the promotion because my wife's card was not new.

Call 2: I called right back and got a much more bubbly. Her "system had frozen" so she couldn't access my account. Apparently she’s bit hit by today’s solar flare. She asked me to wait 30 minutes and call back.

Call 3: On my third call (I called right back again), I got another rep that placed me on hold to research (I really hate the AmEx hold music. It's only about 10 seconds long and plays on a loop). 8 minutes later she credited my account 10,000 points. Woo!

flyaaah

My interest exactly! When I'd get those offer and fill the spending conditions I would call them up and ask for those points just like I did call for the extra 50K for the Gold MR. That'll before Sept. 30th

flyaaah

Thanks to the OP and thanks to ekarthash for the first success stories for the Gold MR accounts!!!!! This is good for our community^

dshides

Now my question is: Could I theoretically sign up everyone in my family for an additional card, make a purchase on each card, then cancel that card in one fell swoop? Obviously this would be within a month time frame or so. Does anyone see any negative credit implications of doing such a thing? Just a thought.

joediver

Best to use the 1-800-AXP-EARN number. I tried the number on the back of the card and they couldn't find it. The Amex Rewards people had no problems finding the promo. They are having some computer issues this morning but they took care of me right away.

tassojunior

updated OP to show up to 5 AU's free on Gold card and promo 5721 also good on business gold card.

Just added promo to my personal and biz cards- 100K bonus points !

greek2me

Will signing up my wife as an authorized user on my Amex PRG card prevent her from getting a future signup bonus if she applies for her own card in the future?

Any other downsides anyone can possibly see from adding someone as an authorized user?