Originally Posted by
sameruval
You got 50K as a retention bonus for your Amex Plat after the first year? If so...how?
(I also have the Cobalt and Plat, and do the same, more spending on the Cobalt at restaurants if aiming for a redemption on a carrier that the Plat doesn't have direct transfers to.)
I would assume it all comes down to the annual spend amount. It's not uncommon if you visit the Amex Plat retention thread on FT. I got a first year retention bonus on my Amex Plat last year of 50k MR with no spend requirements. As a data point it had around 115k spend in 11 months.