Yeah, without some context as to OP's spend and length of cardmembership, not sure how this is of benefit to anyone else.

Though I'm sure after being flooded with hundreds of requests now, AMEX won't be doing it again anytime soon:p

well after seeing this message last night I decided to send a secure message to Amex and ask for 10,000 points per year I have been with them (10 years). This morning I signed into an additional 100,000MR! Thanks OP!

I charge about 10k to 20 k a month,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hope that helps

Thank you amex for the first class ticket!

Not so soon! April is long way to go :D ...

Very loyal.... hahaha
 

After spending over 150k last year on Amex (renovated a house)... this was my response on some loyalty (LOL)....

"Thank you for emailing us.

I'd like to inform you that we are not authorized to issue goodwill bonus points or waive the Annual Membership Fee on the Cards.

With your Platinum Card, you receive several benefits as mentioned below:

- $200 Airline fee credit benefit
- Complimentary upgrade to Gold Starwood Preferred Status
- Automatic removal of foreign transaction fee
- Priority Pass Select
- Global Entry
- Double points on reservations via our Online Travel Website (www.americanexpress.com/travel)
- Bonus points on our Bonus Points Mall website purchases (www.bonuspointsmall.com)

In addition to this, you are also eligible to earn 5,000 bonus points by referring your Card to your friends, colleagues and family members. For each approved member, you receive 5,000 bonus points.

I hope you find this information useful.

Wish you a great day!"

if i were you i would give them a call,,i did about 3 month ago and got 25,000 points
retention bonus with a $50,000 a year spend

So, my annual fee is due on my Amex plat. I've never played the retention game, and have what's probably a silly question.

How do I start the conversation? I want to keep the card. If I call and threaten to cancel, might they just not call my bluff and say, "ok"? I just don't get how this all works. If I say, "I'm thinking about cancelling my card," won't they just say, "ok, let us know what you decide"?

Or is the answer just that I need to be prepared to have them call my bluff and cancel the card?

Christmas came early :)

If you are close to the spend, you can ask for an audit. This means a human actually looks at your spend and will give you your bonus points if you are close to the amount required. Only account retention can authorize an audit in my experience.

I got a 25k point retention bonus for the Business Gold. I gotta pay the $125 fee though.

What was your spend may I ask? My annual fee is coming up soon in Aug. This was the old Business Gold gotten during last summer's 100k bonanza I assume?

That's the thing, I don't use it. I got the card two years ago for the 50k bonus.

In the last year, I only spent $500 on it total since I mainly use the SPG Amex. But the customer service rep said that I had been an AMEX customer since 2004. I also know that my average FICO score is about 800, so that probably helps too.

Thanks for the info. I will try my luck then. I barely use mine either. I'm a member since 2007. The fact that you paid the annual fee last year probably helped?

They waived the annual fee last year. When I asked her to waive it again, she said it was a one-time loyalty thing. She couldn't waive the fee this year so she offerred the points instead.

This will be my first year paying the fee.