[OFFER DEAD, MR accounts frozen, some bonuses clawed back] 100k Amex Plat (USA)
May 17, 2016, 7:38 pm
#106
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,269
Amex almost never matches bonuses for new applicants — e.g., person applies for 50k offer and then a 60k offer goes public the next day — so it seems unlikely it would encourage churning by giving the difference to a person who closes and then reapplies.
Might have been true in the past, but it's almost assuredly dead now.
Might have been true in the past, but it's almost assuredly dead now.
Edited to add: After reviewing the comments, I think DoC was wrong when he first made that post on July 13, 2015. One of the comments is from a guy who got the SPG card in 1999 without any bonus, then applied for another SPG in 2014 and was denied the bonus because he had the card previously.
mbh says:
November 14, 2015 at 11:47 am
My very recent experience was quite different than what is stated here. I applied for the personal SPG card in 2014. After meeting 5k spend, I called about why bonus didn’t post. I was told “no clue, I’ll issue a ticket.” Fast forward 6 months, 3 more calks, and I decide I’m going to get to the bottom of this. I finally get a supervisor who calmly states that I had this same card in 1999, so was not eligible for a bonus. I didn’t even remember having had it until she reminded me. I pointed out that I had not received ANY bonus back then and she was quite insistent that it didn’t matter. According to her, if you ever had the card, no bonus for second card, regardless of previous bonus (or lack thereof ).
Needless to say, I was a very unhappy camper, and was so pissed to have wasted that 5k+ of spend!
November 14, 2015 at 11:47 am
My very recent experience was quite different than what is stated here. I applied for the personal SPG card in 2014. After meeting 5k spend, I called about why bonus didn’t post. I was told “no clue, I’ll issue a ticket.” Fast forward 6 months, 3 more calks, and I decide I’m going to get to the bottom of this. I finally get a supervisor who calmly states that I had this same card in 1999, so was not eligible for a bonus. I didn’t even remember having had it until she reminded me. I pointed out that I had not received ANY bonus back then and she was quite insistent that it didn’t matter. According to her, if you ever had the card, no bonus for second card, regardless of previous bonus (or lack thereof ).
Needless to say, I was a very unhappy camper, and was so pissed to have wasted that 5k+ of spend!
Last edited by LWT3; May 17, 2016 at 8:01 pm
May 18, 2016, 12:56 pm
#108
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 24
My spouse applied for the 100k offer. The points posted 2 days after the $3000 spend. Airlines reimbursement also posted 2 days after the charges appeared online. FYI, Ameriprise Platinum is still open, so definitely it's a different product from Regular Platinum.
May 19, 2016, 5:04 pm
#110
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
Mine looks fine, and the agent I talked to today about a travel notification didn't say anything about a freeze or shutdown.
May 19, 2016, 5:08 pm
#111
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BAY AREA
Posts: 1,125
Amex new wave of CC shutdowns
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=62525
May 19, 2016, 5:08 pm
#112
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,072
No idea if it's true, but wouldn't be surprised. Judging by the way some of FT's churners operate, a lot of people were probably spending $3,000 on Day 1 and then trying to use the points the same day they posted, with the intention of cancelling the card ASAP to get the annual fee refunded. Hard to blame Amex for cracking down on such people.
May 19, 2016, 6:08 pm
#113
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Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
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No idea if it's true, but wouldn't be surprised. Judging by the way some of FT's churners operate, a lot of people were probably spending $3,000 on Day 1 and then trying to use the points the same day they posted, with the intention of cancelling the card ASAP to get the annual fee refunded. Hard to blame Amex for cracking down on such people.
May 19, 2016, 6:24 pm
#114
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: North America
Posts: 2,265
This is where I read it. Unless I read it wrong.
Amex new wave of CC shutdowns
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=62525
Amex new wave of CC shutdowns
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=62525
That DDF thread is an eye opener. Sounds like a ill-intended crack down by AmEx but they seem to be using poor tactics (IMO)
May 19, 2016, 7:16 pm
#115
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Nebraska
Programs: Marriott Ambassador/LTT AA PLT
Posts: 89
I open my 100k platinum when I saw that offer, website gave card numbers, and I finished spending 5 min after approval. 100k bonus posted even before I received the card. So far no shut down. I won't cancel until next year, does not worth the risk to play it that hard. Back to the days I had 4 AA Exc finished spending within 90days but never ''ask citi to pay me $200 and 100k to open their card'. All were real spending.
May 19, 2016, 7:27 pm
#116
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Posts: 3,072
The linked thread above was started on May 6 and the first post claims the shutdowns started "48 hours" before that, but the Platinum 100k offer was only available to the public on May 9. Whatever triggered the rumored shutdowns, it appears they started ~5 days before the Platinum 100k offer was available to the public.
May 19, 2016, 7:57 pm
#117
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
No idea if it's true, but wouldn't be surprised. Judging by the way some of FT's churners operate, a lot of people were probably spending $3,000 on Day 1 and then trying to use the points the same day they posted, with the intention of cancelling the card ASAP to get the annual fee refunded. Hard to blame Amex for cracking down on such people.
I on the other hand intend to keep the card for the foreseeable future. Was just waiting for the 100K offer to come back around before I signed up.
May 19, 2016, 8:16 pm
#118
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I haven't spent a dollar on the new Plat card yet, nor have I ever churned a credit card, so I assume I'd pass any internal review they might be conducting. (If Amex wasn't going to honor the offer as a general matter, it seems like it would have just said so.) Time will tell, I guess.
May 19, 2016, 8:31 pm
#119
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
Same here; it was the last card I wanted and I had been waiting for many months. I thought the May 9 thing was Amex's occasional "public offer" that people have talked about, but it looks like it might have been a mistake by Amex or something nefarious by someone with a referral code, etc.
I haven't spent a dollar on the new Plat card yet, nor have I ever churned a credit card, so I assume I'd pass any internal review they might be conducting. (If Amex wasn't going to honor the offer as a general matter, it seems like it would have just said so.) Time will tell, I guess.
I haven't spent a dollar on the new Plat card yet, nor have I ever churned a credit card, so I assume I'd pass any internal review they might be conducting. (If Amex wasn't going to honor the offer as a general matter, it seems like it would have just said so.) Time will tell, I guess.