Originally Posted by
wco81
Have you opened American Express cards, made the minimum spend for the bonus, then set the card aside or closed it?
Isn't that what most of the FTers in these credit card forums are doing?
Not those who want want more Amex cards with signup bonuses in the future and who've been paying attention to these threads:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...ne-2018-a.html
Amex USA terms now penalize:abuse,misuse,gaming;1st yr downgrade/close;leaked offers.
Amex has of late been giving popups saying "no signup bonus for you, do you want to proceed with this application anyway?" to people who have closed too many cards and/or "sock drawered" too many cards.
In case you haven't noticed, bank after bank is increasing their methods of weeding out "churners". You increasingly have to "not look like" a churner if you want to churn.