Targeted offers without the prior cardholder exclusion are common:
In principle the application process should display a popup if you are ineligible for a bonus, but the mechanism is not 100% reliable:
I’ll keep my fingers crossed. I wasn’t paying much attention since I assumed I was excluded, but the pre-approved platinum offer I’m seeing now doesn’t include that language.
The customer service rep I spoke to seemed to think it was fine, but I couldn’t really figure out if she understood my situation or was just reading off the new cardmember bonus terms. I’ll try them again once I put a few charges on the card and see if I can get a definite answer.