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Old Apr 7, 2017, 5:32 am
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infy9001
 
Join Date: May 2004
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Originally Posted by JJonahJ
Personal Gold churning datapoint.

  • Feb 2017 - exceeded $1500 spending within 3 weeks, but did not get 25K welcome points
  • Apr 2017 - 25K welcome points appeared (12 weeks after approval, 8 weeks after minimum spending)
Interesting.. now that you mention it..

This is the first time ever (that I can remember) after churning multiple Amex cards that when I passed the threshold I didn't get the welcome bonus immediately (overnight).
Also the first time that I've had the Biz Plat.
Also the first time they merged Amex Rewards accounts (from a previous Personal Plat I cancelled).
Too many variables to narrow down what is triggering what if any, but an anecdotal anomaly for me.
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