Originally Posted by
Long Islander
Useful thread.
As one FT member said on that thread, "if you're going to buy GCs or something similar, don't do it directly from the CC issuer. Even if you get lucky and get the bonus, it's still a potential giant red flag down the road if your account ever gets reviewed."
Thanks for the link.
I just received my 75000 bonus - part of the meeting the minimum spend was buying a $1500 Amex GC directly from Amex. So it worked for me.