susiesan

Savannah-please let us know here what your resolution is. Sounds like you are having the same problem I am. As I faxed my letter and screen shots requesting the promo 3 days ago, I am going to call today to verify they got it. If I am turned down and you are too I want to know if we are both given the same reason or different ones.
Susie

Savannah2000

Yes, I will!

mikeef

I called to activate card and confirm the offer and had no problem. I'm in the camp that Susiean's issue is related to her existing card but will get solved. Good for you for switching cards until it is solved!

Mike

susiesan

Mike; did you have an existing business Gold card? or was this your first ever under any business name?
I sent another secure email to AX informing them I have put over $6000 on the VISA card since Monday 3/5, revenue they are not getting until this is resolved.

Budget_Traveller_OR

I applied on Feb 29th following the link for 75K bonus, got the card yesterday and activated. But the customer service said the bonus is not attached to my account. I chose the short route and used my amex login info to apply for this card. Unfortunately I didn't save the screen shot for 75K.

I would appreciate if you can send me the screen shot.

Thanks in advance.

vortix

Maybe you can use the screenshot at http://thepointsguy.com/2012/02/toda...-rewards-gold/ . There are probably more detailed screenshots on other blogs.

The issue wasn't that you used the short option by using your amex login info to apply, as I did the same and have the bonus attached to my account.

mikeef

No, I never have. In fact, until last week, I never had a business!

Mike

Budget_Traveller_OR

susiesan and vortix

Thanks for the screenshots. When I activated the card yesterday, the agnet who activated, couldn't find this offer with my card and when connected to customer service rep, she could not also find this offer attached to my card.

I called the customer service again this morning and the agent confirmed me that the offer is attached to my account and he gave the offer code as "A2AA".

So, hopefully I am OK to get 75K MR points after $10K spend in 4 months. Now I need to figure out how to spend $10K with minimum loss.

Is there any thread that discusses the cheapest way of charging the cards, meaning get something like travellers check for a fee and deposit to bank, etc etc. I know that TC with credit card offer is not there any more. All I know now is paying Fed TAX with 2.29% fee. But that is a bit expensive. Any cheaper way?

mnscout

I have a different issue. When I tried to confirm the bonus, the agent awssured me the bonus was attached to the application, but she could not confirm the amount. She also said the spend period was until Aug 6, which is 6 months instead of four. Something is defintely not right here, I guess I'll try to SM them and get something in writing.

MJLouise

Here are some ideas. You can also add authorized users to help you meet the minimum spend.

mnscout

Decided to call again and got a knowlegable agent who immediately found the bonus, confirmed the validity and the code itself. In contrast, the first CSR kept me on hold for about 10 minutes and still gave me a wrong answer.

So, it might be that their system is too complicated or agents are not well-trained. In any case it may make sense to try and call again.

Now actually spending 10 grands in four months on a business card is going to be an advanture all in itself, even though I actually do run small business.

josephstern

Well, for accounting reasons you might want to use the card as strictly a business card, but on a practical level, there's no reason you can't put personal expenses on it.

My wife and I each got one, and I'll be using one as a strictly business and one as strictly personal to get each over $10K, just because that works best in my situation.

Hint: Summer camp!

andyfarrimond

Received the card yesterday, called this morning to activate and was told that the offer was on my account. This is my first AmEx business card although I do have the personal PRG card from a 100k offer last year....now to get spending!

travel.flier

does anyone know what the offer code is for this? i signed up through the links and emailed them to find out exactly when i have to spend the $10k by, and they said they don't have a record of a promotion and need the offer code number.

vortix

It's listed throughout the thread. Offer code was A2AA.