"Grey Market" For Amex RSVP Codes

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Aug 16, 2017, 10:32 am

#46

g8trgr8t

Join Date: May 2012

Posts: 728

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralphs

Yikes. Did they cite a reason when clawing back? Did you spend organically or using MS?

Using an offer that I was not targeted for. Previously held card.

Aug 16, 2017, 10:35 am

#47

mia

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Join Date: Jun 2003

Location: Miami, Mpls & London

Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold

Posts: 48,952

Quote:

Originally Posted by g8trgr8t

Using an offer that I was not targeted for.

Now mentioned in the application terms:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ed-offers.html

Aug 17, 2017, 10:48 pm

#48

randomdude

Join Date: Feb 2017

Posts: 271

Quote:

Originally Posted by g8trgr8t

AMEX clawed back 200k in bonus points that I received using grey market codes that I purchased for 100k personal platinum cards. Expensive lesson between the cost of the codes, the time that my points were frozen preventing me from taking advantage of bonus transfer options, and the annual fees that I paid.

Are there offers without the 1x per lifetime language out there any more?

I thought you couldn't tweak someone's RVSP offer for the personal plat. How long after you met the min spend did they claw the MR back? I bought a code for the biz version last month, getting nervous now...

Aug 17, 2017, 10:53 pm

#49

mhdena

Join Date: May 2015

Location: LAX, BUR

Programs: AS,AA,JB, HH Gold, Starriott Titanium Elite, Hyatt Explorist, Global Entry

Posts: 1,930

I could see using an incognito offer, but I would never buy one.

Aug 18, 2017, 9:20 am

#50

g8trgr8t

Join Date: May 2012

Posts: 728

Quote:

Originally Posted by randomdude

I was sent a link by a grey market seller that did not have anyone's info in it when I opened the link. Account was frozen several months after I completed the second personal platinum spend and it took over 6 months and multiple communications with CFPB to get the review completed. This was shortly after a widely publicized leaked link and I had accumulated appx 400k in total amex points within a 8 month window. If you have never had the biz before it will probably not be a problem for you but I had held the personal plat before. I was pointed to a loophole that allowed one to product change a card to a no fee card and then apply using the link provided and get approved for another of the same card. I got greedy and this hog got slaughtered for 200k points. Still have multiple cards with amex but alas I believe that the ED card that I just finished the min spend on for 25k mr points is the last amex bonus I could possibly get unless I get targeted for some no language offers. Like others who have been doing this a long time the rules are catching up and my opportunities for bonuses has all but disappeared. Looking at my spreadsheet I have received bonuses on 28 different amex cards in the last 42 months including business cards so I guess I can't complain.

Jan 2, 2018, 6:21 am

#51

Edgerfly

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Join Date: Jun 2003

Location: SEA, FLL, Martha’s Vineyard

Programs: AS MVPGold75K, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum, Pan Am million-miler

Posts: 2,019

Does anyone have an RSVP code for 100k bonus for Platinum personal? Or a link? I’d like to do better than 60k. This would be on the personal card as I already had the business one.

Thanks.

Jan 2, 2018, 10:09 am

#52

gpicur

Join Date: Dec 2008

Location: SRQ

Programs: UA Plat-Million Miler (1.6MM), IHG-Plat Amb; Amex Plat-P, Marriott-Gold;Hertz Gold; Hilton-Gold

Posts: 762

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edgerfly

Does anyone have an RSVP code for 100k bonus for Platinum personal? Or a link? I’d like to do better than 60k. This would be on the personal card as I already had the business one.

Thanks.

OK, I'll bite; What's an RSVP Code ?