Amex US: Refer a friend & earn rewards? Experiences and problems.
Sep 20, 2018, 10:32 am
#121
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: USA
Programs: AA Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 310
My agent also opened a ticket but then when I called back a week later, they didn't seem to have a clue about the previous ticket. So I feel like they just told that to me to shut me up lol. In my situation they couldn't see the upgrade offer so that's concerning.
Sep 24, 2018, 7:45 pm
#122
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 1,973
Called today again, still no points, but CSR opened a case. Will follow up soon.
Sep 29, 2018, 1:42 am
#124
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: SEA, or BOS, or MUC, or other places (probably connecting). "Detroit, Michigan is in the Eastern time zone."
Programs: DL PM/1MM, AS 100K, NEXUS/GE, CLEAR, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,201
I referred a friend for the SPG Luxury card after having applied for my own only a few days before; the 20K bonus is already in my Marriott account even though I haven't received my first statement!
Jan 13, 2020, 8:22 am
#126
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Between MGM & ATL
Programs: Primarily Hilton & Delta
Posts: 137
I happened to notice the Refer a Friend link was missing from the landing page on my AMEX account. When I finally found a way to get to the link from my account, it says "You are not eligible to access this referral offer at this time". I have probably referred maybe one person in the past year and have never done any "gaming the system", like referring to myself, etc.. Just wondering why they would take away the referral capabilities on my account? Anyone else have this happen? I hold 2 AMEX cards and have never closed an AMEX account or done any churning.
Jan 13, 2020, 8:39 pm
#127
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: FB Platinum, AA Plat/2MM, SPG Plat/LT Gold
Posts: 379
I happened to notice the Refer a Friend link was missing from the landing page on my AMEX account. When I finally found a way to get to the link from my account, it says "You are not eligible to access this referral offer at this time". I have probably referred maybe one person in the past year and have never done any "gaming the system", like referring to myself, etc.. Just wondering why they would take away the referral capabilities on my account? Anyone else have this happen? I hold 2 AMEX cards and have never closed an AMEX account or done any churning.
Jan 14, 2020, 8:43 am
#128
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Between MGM & ATL
Programs: Primarily Hilton & Delta
Posts: 137
Can a referral offer (or public new card offer) be used to upgrade an existing card? For instance, I know someone who has a Delta Gold AMEX and would like to upgrade to Delta Platinum AMEX. Their current offer to upgrade from AMEX is 0 bonus points, so not really worth it right now. Obviously they could apply for a new card and get the referral offer bonus points, but they would prefer to keep their existing account if possible.
Jan 14, 2020, 7:02 pm
#130
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 1M
Posts: 31,474
I"ve seen some referral offers say that the referred person can apply for any card and the referrer will get the bonus. I've referred my wife and I cannot find a way for her to apply for a card that I did not refer for. Does it really work that way?
Jan 14, 2020, 8:01 pm
#131
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton Damond, Amex
Posts: 41
I have a question.
If my friend used my referral link to open a new Amex card in December 2019, and the referral bonus is posted to my account in January 2020,
in which calendar year is this bonus counted? 2019 or 2020? If 2019, I still can earn full max yearly bonus for 2020 by referring more friends.
Does anyone know?
If my friend used my referral link to open a new Amex card in December 2019, and the referral bonus is posted to my account in January 2020,
in which calendar year is this bonus counted? 2019 or 2020? If 2019, I still can earn full max yearly bonus for 2020 by referring more friends.
Does anyone know?
Jan 16, 2020, 10:13 am
#132
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 422
Open the referral link and near the top it'll show "View all Cards with a Referral Offer" then you can select "personal cards" or "business cards"
Feb 6, 2020, 1:34 pm
#133
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Between MGM & ATL
Programs: Primarily Hilton & Delta
Posts: 137
I happened to notice the Refer a Friend link was missing from the landing page on my AMEX account. When I finally found a way to get to the link from my account, it says "You are not eligible to access this referral offer at this time". I have probably referred maybe one person in the past year and have never done any "gaming the system", like referring to myself, etc.. Just wondering why they would take away the referral capabilities on my account? Anyone else have this happen? I hold 2 AMEX cards and have never closed an AMEX account or done any churning.