Originally Posted by
cvfd1607
Any dangers of using the Amex card that had the 30,000 points promotion to buy $1,000 worth of these and then paying it off just to get the starwood points?
I personally don't think there's any immediate danger to this, although for $1000, I'm not going to bother. It's easy enough to rack up $1,000 in normal charges for most of us and to fly under the radar.
Systemically, I do think this poses a risk. The more people get a card, make a Mint charge, get the bonus, and cancel, the more problems we'll all having using the Mint coins in more creative, long-term ways.
Chase, for one, seems to have problems with many people doing this. Amex could be next.