Originally Posted by
DaveInLA
The AF on my Plat just posted and I’m planning on canceling it. I want this card now. I have 5 AMEX credit cards and the Plat charge card. Should I cancel my Plat first, then apply for Gold? Or get Gold first, then cancel Plat?
Originally Posted by
Mict
Call to downgrade the Plat, they might offer you a bunch of miles, someone said they got 50k by calling and saying they want to downgrade to Gold in the retention thread.
I would say the downgrade, if available to you and has a similar bonus, is by far the safest, and applying before closing is the second safest, because of this:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ne-2018-a.html