Originally Posted by
Mancolt
I think what they meant was that those T&Cs are on most if not all credit card T&Cs, not just AmEx, and not just the minimum spend offers. No one has ever disputed the T&Cs prohibit such actions. It's always been a question of whether or not it's enforced, and if so, what conditions lead to them enforcing it.
From what I've read, it appears to be primarily restricted to those that signed up through links that they shouldn't have. If there are DPs of people having sign up bonuses clawed back, and they didn't do any crazy MS (no transactions of $5k+ to get the 1.5x bonus), then I'd be very interested in seeing them.
I think, like most other things in life, common sense provides a good guideline. For example, if you get a new Platinum Amex that has a 10k spend for bonus, and then you proceed to have your first two transactions each be $5,039.50 at Simon, then you should expect a higher level of scrutiny from Amex if (when?) it comes to their attention.
