Originally Posted by amanuensis

When you get any credit card, you are told that everything about the card is subject to change. I feel like Amex did the fair thing with me when I dropped Ascend. They gave me a pro-rated refund, they let me keep Honors gold for the rest of the year (or maybe that was Hilton's sole decision), and they did nothing to try to claw back the Honors points I had been given as a sign-up bonus.

I don't see how a person can reasonably ask Amex to reimburse them for damages when the change hasn't even taken effect yet. And Amex provided advance notification.