During a call to AX today on unrelated business I asked them about the referrals and the current 3months free promo and tgey said one could still get thr 3 months free while getting referred so that is a SUPER easy way to get three months of perks AND 25000amex points for you and the person whose referring you. A win win for sure �� even after the promotion is over its a decent deal as you can choose The monthly fee so very low cost to sign up for trips etc and earn a decent amount of points