Originally Posted by
RedElmo
I know someone who did that and got approved. Same situation as me. Actually worse. They don’t spend as much on Hilton hotels on the card. I spend more. So why them and not me?
A better question might be "why either?" When did the other person get approved, vs your attempt? If yours was later, perhaps Amex has improved their algorithm. From the reports here, it definitely seems that there has been some fairly recent tweaking of the criteria used to generate the "no bonus for you" pop-up, and that it's not nearly as simplistic as it used to be.