Originally Posted by
Diplomatico
I'm inclined to chalk it up to the fact that the offer in question was a NLL offer (no lifetime language.) Plenty of reports of people obtaining multiple bonuses on a given card when using offers that do not contain the "once in a lifetime" bonus exclusion terms.
I think we all agree that I got the bonus because it was an NLL offer -- question is whether I was sent the targeted NLL offer because I had tried to apply and gotten the "you've already had this card" message and gave up, or if it was just a coincidence that Amex sent me the NLL offer shortly after I did that.