calgarytennis

I got the amex aeroplan gold about a week ago for the 30k sign up bonus....used a referral from someone in this forums footer.

Can I now do the amex platinum or should I wait to receive the card in the mail? They have approved the first card.

How long does the amex platinum take? I want to get it so that I can use the Cathay status so I'm also wondering how long that takes to get processed after the card is received.

jerryhung

No harm to apply it now, they are BOTH charge cards (pay off each bill) and easier to get. If you have upcomoing $1000 to spend in the next 3 months, go ahead!

Sadly you cannot self-refer yourself for AMEX Platinum to get the 60K AMEX MR welcome bonus after $1000 spending, so you can use someone's signature link

Once you apply and get approved, the card takes only 3-5 business days to arrive

I believe MPC Gold should come about 7~8 weeks after approval. You can call AMEX once you get the card to enroll over the phone

Cana2013

To maximize the benefits, you should apply for amex gold from GCR to get 25k and $50, then refer yourself for the platinum.

Ancien Maestro

So self referral still works if you have the same family of Amex cards? I thought the self referral loophole has been closed?

OP can have SO apply for the Gold, and SO can refer OP the Platinum.

tryinginvain

My first statement was generated about 3 days after I got the card, I only had about $100 on it and I received 5k - which made no sense to me at the time.

I got my 2nd statement today, am well over $500 and did not receive any more sign-up bonus miles.

I sent them a message and if anything unusual comes back from them I'll post it here. But at this point after what I've been reading on this thread I don't expect them until the 3rd statement.

Cana2013

I am pretty sure it still works, although I haven't done self referral recently.

erik19283

So, anyone did it recently?

jerryhung

Self-referral only really works for AMEX MR family of cards (Gold/Plat/BizGold/BizPlat) and not for Aeroplan-family

Last week a friend self-referred from Plat to Business Gold and got his 15K referral AMEX MR right after approval. So yes it works

Cana2013

This is quite unusual for Amex. Hope this is just a system issue.

Ancien Maestro

Quite unusual. Any others with success?

Thanks for the heads up.

tng11

I self-referred from Gold to Platinum for myself and it worked back in August. I got the referral bonus almost immediately.

The 50K on the other hand, is still in limbo. I hit $1K spending even before the first statement was issued, and now I'm past my 2nd statement and still haven't got the bonus.

It's unusual for AMEX, since during every churn I've done with them, I got the bonus points immediately when I passed the spending threshold.

Ancien Maestro

AP gold is only Aeroplan. MR can be converted to many programs 1:1 and there are bonus offers throughout the year to convert ie Avios. There used to be bonus offers to convert to Aeroplan.

You're correct, the double miles for gas, groceries and travel makes the Gold Amex attractive. The Gold Amex is my favorite card because of the double miles feature.

When it comes to Platinum card, the features of Amex Platinum with the Marco Polo Gold is attractive. Again, various MR offers to transfer throughout the year, so the points even out except for transfer to Aeroplan which is no longer for the past few years. If an Aeroplan miles collector and minus the CX gold, I would say Aeroplan Platinum is the best.

Because I collect AE points, probably my next Platinum will be the AeroPlat once again. I'm indifferent collecting through Amex Plat, but if I can use Avios and book flights through OneWorld flexibly, then the Amex Plat would edge out.

erik19283

Well, not really "many" as there is only Aeroplan and Avios that will give you 1:1, and a third one would be Hilton if you included hotels. Other than those 3, there isn't any other program giving you 1:1 in Canada... sadly.

Ancien Maestro

Is this the regular gold to regular platinum, or Aeroplan Gold to Aeroplat that worked?

I guess there was US based programs that I never really looked closely at. Sounds like Avios wants to make waves. At least there is the option of transferring to Aeroplan and Avios. Process of deduction, sounds like Avios is the only program remaining to offer transfer bonuses.

erik19283

That was the case this year anyway... one can hope for 2014, but I don't really have high hopes for Aeroplan. I'll be watching out for the Avios bonus, though.