Bonus awarded based on "gross" vs "net" spending.
Oct 20, 2011, 8:11 am
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Bonus awarded based on "gross" vs "net" spending.
I have the Premier Rewards Gold, which gives a 15K point bonus for $30K annual spend.
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
Oct 20, 2011, 8:27 am
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If you received your card in 2010 this may simply be a difference in the way American Express treated some transactions made in December.
Oct 20, 2011, 8:48 am
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I have the Premier Rewards Gold, which gives a 15K point bonus for $30K annual spend.
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
Oct 20, 2011, 12:26 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 12:30 pm
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These types of inconsistencies annoy me, even if in my favor. I do not have this card, but we have others with threshold bonuses based on the calendar or account anniversary year. It's frustrating that the card issuers don't provide a running total on each statement. I keep my own records, but as the deadline approaches I ask the issuer to verify. Chase is helpful, Bank of America doesn't even understand the question 
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Oct 20, 2011, 2:51 pm
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These types of inconsistencies annoy me, even if in my favor. I do not have this card, but we have others with threshold bonuses based on the calendar or account anniversary year. It's frustrating that the card issuers don't provide a running total on each statement. I keep my own records, but as the deadline approaches I ask the issuer to verify. Chase is helpful, Bank of America doesn't even understand the question .
.Last edited by lkar; Oct 20, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Oct 26, 2011, 9:16 am
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Feb 8, 2012, 12:31 pm
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Interesting item for the Bus Gold MR Card
I signed up for the one day (which ended up being like a week) 75K bus gold MR card. I was watching my charges and knew I was getting pretty close to the $10K spend threshold. Well, today, I logged into my account and saw that the 75K had posted. I checked my spending and it still showed less than $10K in spending, and that's when I realized that while I was still under for net spending, I had several things credited back over the last few months and I was over the $10k in total spending. We are only talking about $300 here, but some good food for thought on how Amex does their bonus posting and the spend requirements.
Feb 8, 2012, 12:43 pm
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I have added Mrgolfer21's report to a thread started last Autumn about this phenomenon. Title updated now that it applies to more than one type of card.
Feb 8, 2012, 2:50 pm
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Feb 8, 2012, 3:10 pm
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I have the Premier Rewards Gold, which gives a 15K point bonus for $30K annual spend.
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
I got my bonus last night, even though my YTD spend is just a hair under $29K.
I guess they trust that I won't ratchet down my charges so much that in the last 2 1/2 months of the year, I charge less than $1000. I wonder what would happen if I did. (Which could happen, since I might start using a different card.)
. There have been reports that Amex has sent out notices about mistakenly awarding customers the 15k bonus, even though they were close to the actual $30k threshold but never reached the goal, it was pretty much a mistake! I say transfer, transfer! LOL.
