Originally Posted by nomiiiii

Question about 50% grandfathered rebate .... lets say your card annual fee on November 1st, so your grandfathers 50% rebate drops down to 35% after that.

Now, do you have to just book before November 1st to get the grandfathered points, do do you have to leave enough time (31 days) so that the points actually post before November 1st also (effectively making your grandfathered clause ~10 months instead of a full year).

I'm nearing my annual date and need to know, and when calling different amex agents are giving different answers (or simply don't even know about the 50% grandfathered clause, or are clearly reading standard boilerplate off a screen about the 35% bonus).

Has anyone already gone over their grandfathered timeframe and has datapoints?

Btw, to the person asking about cancelling card before rebate posts - you won't get the rebate if you cancel the card for sure. T&C say that card must be active.