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Old Sep 9, 2016, 4:11 pm
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beltway
 
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Originally Posted by beltway
FWIW, I applied on 8/21 for a Gold card. Never had one before (so OK under the prior "no bonus if you opened or closed same card in past 24 mos" rule), but have had multiple other personal (Plat) cards opened and/or closed in the last 2 years.

Approved on 9/2; approval ltr explicitly states the bonus. So:
  • App date, not decision date, is what matters. (Nothing new there.)
  • New stricter policy wasn't yet in effect as of 8/21.
Followup: DW, whose previous AA Gold card was closed > 24 months earlier, applied for a new Gold card on 8/24. Opened latest Citi AA Plat card earlier this year.

Result: denied. Letter in the mail, but my money is on "card-family restriction had gone into effect by 8/24." Rats.
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