Originally Posted by singlemalt
Some people have had luck freeing up their credit by making mid-cycle payments. Suppposedly this isn't possble for this card according to the people at Amex, but others report differently (I've done it once in the past year).
Works for me, month after month.
(I've never pushed the envelope for higher levels of credit with my SPG Amex, charges > $100k go on the plain vanilla Amex Plat)