As I've said before, if you're one of those who likes to take the money and run, I hope you get penalized or blacklisted. You're ruining this hobby for the rest of us. I got the 100K offer, but I also paid the AF, and still hold the card today.

I will say though that it was Amex's fault that a reusable link was even generated in the first place. If they're worried about abuse, make all non-public links usable one-time only.

Keeping an eye out for the inevitable r/churning meltdown thread.