Jan 7, 2018, 10:23 am
Last edit by: MasterGeek
Referrals and self-referrals are an important part of maximizing rewards from Canadian-issued American Express cards. It is appropriate to discuss how the referral process works in this thread. However, please do not offer or request referrals here. Use only this thread and do read the Wikipost carefully before posting: Referral Offers (post only in this thread, no referral links, read Wiki post first).
This thread is a continuation of: Churning Amex in Canada (2017). All the listed offers below are still valid as of January 2018.
AMEX Business Gold Rewards - $250/year,FYF, 40K MR (by referral, else only 30K) after $5000 spending
(no longer FYF as of Jun 26, 2018)
Updated as of Jan 22, 2018
AMEX Gold Rewards - $150/year,FYF, 25K MR after $1500 spending + $50/$60 cashback from GCR. New as of Jan 15, 2017, on a referred signup: and an additional 5,000 Membership Rewards points for one approved Supplementary Card added to your account at time of online application. That’s a total of 30,000 Membership Rewards points.
AMEX SPG - $120/year, 25K SPG after $1500 spending + $30 GCR cashback
New card as of Sep 25 2017
AMEX Cobalt CREDIT card - $10/month ($120 annually)
Apply through GCR for $50 Rebate https://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/...s/Amex-Cobalt/
This thread is a continuation of: Churning Amex in Canada (2017). All the listed offers below are still valid as of January 2018.
AMEX Business Gold Rewards - $250/year,
(no longer FYF as of Jun 26, 2018)
Updated as of Jan 22, 2018
AMEX Gold Rewards - $150/year,
- July 11, 2017, Amex Gold MR will no longer earn referral points.
- July 21, 2017, no other Amex MR card can refer to Gold MR
- Jan 22, 2018, as of Sep 14, 2017 the Amex Gold MR is no longer FYF. $150/yr applies on first statement. Only another Gold or Cobalt card can refer to Gold (and vice versa) for a 5,000 MR bonus. The Personal Gold cannot refer to Business Gold, Personal Platinum nor Business Platinum.
AMEX SPG - $120/year, 25K SPG after $1500 spending + $30 GCR cashback
New card as of Sep 25 2017
AMEX Cobalt CREDIT card - $10/month ($120 annually)
Apply through GCR for $50 Rebate https://www.greatcanadianrebates.ca/...s/Amex-Cobalt/
- Earn 2,500 Membership Tiered Rewards points for each month where you spend $500 (up to 30,000/year).
- Limited Time Offer: Apply by Jan 30, 2018 and you can earn a Welcome Bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards® points after spending $3K in 3 months.
- See discussion thread for more details: 2017 American Express Cobalt (Canada)
American Express Canada application and reward strategies
May 13, 2018, 4:53 am
#271
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 227
Does anyone have a guess whether Amex will offer 15 elite night credits for 2019 on either a business or a personal credit card (new Marriott cards or old spg cards if for some reason they continue to call them that )?
thus is important for me more than anything else related to the card. I am considering dumping a spg personal card that is almost brand new as it has already met the 40k weekend free night, and at I possibly have enough Starwood points given the deficiencies of the new program. Another sign up bonus would be sweet, but the 15 night credits is essential. I don’t have enough time nor health to stay 59 nights a year to get meaningful elite benefits,but 35 is possible, for the next two or three years with any luck.
thus is important for me more than anything else related to the card. I am considering dumping a spg personal card that is almost brand new as it has already met the 40k weekend free night, and at I possibly have enough Starwood points given the deficiencies of the new program. Another sign up bonus would be sweet, but the 15 night credits is essential. I don’t have enough time nor health to stay 59 nights a year to get meaningful elite benefits,but 35 is possible, for the next two or three years with any luck.
May 13, 2018, 4:55 am
#272
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 227
There is also the opinion, on reddit, that the category 4 weekend free night at spg hotels will lose their weekend only restriction, and be good st Marriott (at 25000 points, at 35000poimts) come August . Anyone brainy or bold enough to speculate on this for me please? Thank you
May 14, 2018, 10:02 am
#274
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
I just got an email offer of a free companion card for my SPG personal account. There was no mention of any bonus SPG points for signing up a companion.
So how do I evaluate the upside of this offer? Especially with the future of SPG and Amex in limbo?
So how do I evaluate the upside of this offer? Especially with the future of SPG and Amex in limbo?
May 14, 2018, 5:32 pm
#275
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 73
May 16, 2018, 10:22 am
#276
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
There's no upside, just easier for spouse to spend for points. It's free for everyone now it seems https://www.americanexpress.com/canada/en/starwood-preferred-guest.html
I think I'll wait and see what, if any new card for Marriott is offered by Amex Canada in the coming weeks.
May 21, 2018, 4:41 am
#277
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: AC
Posts: 2,167
Has anyone had transactions post on a long weekend or weekend? I've been waiting for several refunds and charges to post since Friday last week, and it's now been 3 days with no transactions posted on any of my cards. I have never bothered to see if transactions post on a non business day. Thoughts?
May 21, 2018, 8:22 pm
#278
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 822
Has anyone had transactions post on a long weekend or weekend? I've been waiting for several refunds and charges to post since Friday last week, and it's now been 3 days with no transactions posted on any of my cards. I have never bothered to see if transactions post on a non business day. Thoughts?
May 22, 2018, 3:29 pm
#283
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: BAEC, Mileage Plus, Aeroplan, SPG
Posts: 62
Hi all - just stumbled upon this forum. I recently got the SPG Amex Personal & Business for the first times (literally applied 2 days before it all changed).
Once I've spent the min requirement, I'm going to cancel one of them and keep the other one around till it dies.
My question though is that I'm interested in applying for personal/ biz platinum and also personal/biz golds in due time, but am not familiar with about the number of credit cards/ charge cards we can hold/ apply at once in Canada. Wondering if any of you could shed some light?
Once I've spent the min requirement, I'm going to cancel one of them and keep the other one around till it dies.
My question though is that I'm interested in applying for personal/ biz platinum and also personal/biz golds in due time, but am not familiar with about the number of credit cards/ charge cards we can hold/ apply at once in Canada. Wondering if any of you could shed some light?
May 22, 2018, 3:29 pm
#284
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
Nowadays (past year) there's no way to know for sure, you just have to go with what others have been reporting, and the general impression I have is that the chances are good, and if I had to put a number to it I'd say 75% certainty. Canadian Amex has been no where near as stringent with their enforcement on the once per lifetime policy, compared to USA Amex.
May 22, 2018, 3:32 pm
#285
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
Hi all - just stumbled upon this forum. I recently got the SPG Amex Personal & Business for the first times (literally applied 2 days before it all changed).
Once I've spent the min requirement, I'm going to cancel one of them and keep the other one around till it dies.
My question though is that I'm interested in applying for personal/ biz platinum and also personal/biz golds in due time, but am not familiar with about the number of credit cards/ charge cards we can hold/ apply at once in Canada. Wondering if any of you could shed some light?
Once I've spent the min requirement, I'm going to cancel one of them and keep the other one around till it dies.
My question though is that I'm interested in applying for personal/ biz platinum and also personal/biz golds in due time, but am not familiar with about the number of credit cards/ charge cards we can hold/ apply at once in Canada. Wondering if any of you could shed some light?