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
Sep 19, 2019, 3:04 pm
#526
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canadia
Programs: A loyal Amerisuites customer... oh wait
Posts: 2,033
If you have an Amex card, the points are pushed to your Marriott Bonvoy account.
Marriott won't do anything if you cancel an Amex card.
You can cancel an Amex Bonvoy card without it affecting your Marriott Bonvoy account.
Marriott won't do anything if you cancel an Amex card.
You can cancel an Amex Bonvoy card without it affecting your Marriott Bonvoy account.
Sep 25, 2019, 6:07 am
#527
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 117
We presently have an AMEX SPG card which we got after Chase cancelled their Marriott card program. Now that Marriott has it's own AMEX again, I am wondering if I would be able to self refer to that card to get the 50 000 welcome bonus points? Thanks for your help!
Sep 25, 2019, 1:13 pm
#528
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2015
Location: BOS, YVR, ZRH
Programs: *G
Posts: 17,410
If you held the Amex SPG card you're ineligible for the signup bonus for the Bonvoy card, sadly. YMMV.
Oct 6, 2019, 10:42 am
#529
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
MR transfer bonus to Avios?
I recall reading that there was a bonus for Amex Canada MR to Avios this month, but now I can't find the details. Can anyone confirm having gotten that bonus?
Oct 6, 2019, 10:51 am
#530
Join Date: May 2018
Location: YYZ
Programs: AA Plat, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Golden Circle Jade
Posts: 126
Oct 6, 2019, 10:58 am
#531
Join Date: May 2018
Location: YYZ
Programs: AA Plat, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Golden Circle Jade
Posts: 126
Any datapoints on receiving bonvoy night certificate on spouses account? I.e. all of our bonvoy cards are linked to my bonvoy account. After 1 year and renewal, will I get 4 night certs for 2 personal and 2 business cards?
Oct 6, 2019, 12:53 pm
#532
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,959
Do you mean that your spouse is an Authorized User on your American Express card accounts -or- do you mean that your spouse opened separate American Express Bonvoy accounts, and used your Bonvoy account number?
Oct 6, 2019, 1:44 pm
#533
Join Date: May 2018
Location: YYZ
Programs: AA Plat, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Golden Circle Jade
Posts: 126
The latter, no supplementary cards involved here, 4 primary cards (i.e. two pers, two biz)
Oct 12, 2019, 10:28 am
#535
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: Aeroplan, Amex AeroPlat
Posts: 977
I’m debating which card to keep — personal or business, currently have both. I like business for 3x dining and gas.
Do we know which one is easier to churn?
Oct 13, 2019, 9:20 pm
#536
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,784
IMO, I think Biz is easier to churn, but I'd gamble churning Personal as well, if there's enough time gap or try P1/P2 alternating
Oct 26, 2019, 8:17 am
#537
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,519
I haven't been following on FT or RFD for AMEX stuff for a long time, but with an upcoming big purchase, thinking to get the Platinum Card again (own it before, last a few years ago)
I was debating between the street offer vs. a referral, then I found the following RFD post while doing some Googling:
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/amer...tinum-2317973/
I am not 100% sure if the AMEX link is a referral link or if some kind of referral offer, hence I didn't want to copy and paste those info here (and get in trouble
) but here is a summary from the AMEX link:
Will most likely applying this as referral offer need $5K spend for the same 60K bonus while without the other inventive.
I didn't see it mentioning in this thread. A quick search on FT and didn't find a dedicated thread for this offer. If it is already mentioned somewhere on FT, please let me know and I will alert the mod to delete or merge it. Thanks.
I was debating between the street offer vs. a referral, then I found the following RFD post while doing some Googling:
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/amer...tinum-2317973/
I am not 100% sure if the AMEX link is a referral link or if some kind of referral offer, hence I didn't want to copy and paste those info here (and get in trouble
) but here is a summary from the AMEX link:- 60K with $3 spend in three months
- The same $699 annual fee BUT it state you will get 1 free Supplementary Plat card (and footnotes does seems to indicate it is a forever deal)
- If you spend 60K annually, you get a 5K MR bonus
Will most likely applying this as referral offer need $5K spend for the same 60K bonus while without the other inventive.
I didn't see it mentioning in this thread. A quick search on FT and didn't find a dedicated thread for this offer. If it is already mentioned somewhere on FT, please let me know and I will alert the mod to delete or merge it. Thanks.
Last edited by alc; Oct 26, 2019 at 8:36 am
Oct 26, 2019, 9:00 am
#538
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Canada
Programs: *void
Posts: 2,408
I haven't been following on FT or RFD for AMEX stuff for a long time, but with an upcoming big purchase, thinking to get the Platinum Card again (own it before, last a few years ago)
I was debating between the street offer vs. a referral, then I found the following RFD post while doing some Googling:
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/amer...tinum-2317973/
I am not 100% sure if the AMEX link is a referral link or if some kind of referral offer, hence I didn't want to copy and paste those info here (and get in trouble) but here is a summary from the AMEX link:
Will most likely applying this as referral offer need $5K spend for the same 60K bonus while without the other inventive.
I didn't see it mentioning in this thread. A quick search on FT and didn't find a dedicated thread for this offer. If it is already mentioned somewhere on FT, please let me know and I will alert the mod to delete or merge it. Thanks.
I was debating between the street offer vs. a referral, then I found the following RFD post while doing some Googling:
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/amer...tinum-2317973/
I am not 100% sure if the AMEX link is a referral link or if some kind of referral offer, hence I didn't want to copy and paste those info here (and get in trouble
) but here is a summary from the AMEX link:- 60K with $3 spend in three months
- The same $699 annual fee BUT it state you will get 1 free Supplementary Plat card (and footnotes does seems to indicate it is a forever deal)
- If you spend 60K annually, you get a 5K MR bonus
Will most likely applying this as referral offer need $5K spend for the same 60K bonus while without the other inventive.
I didn't see it mentioning in this thread. A quick search on FT and didn't find a dedicated thread for this offer. If it is already mentioned somewhere on FT, please let me know and I will alert the mod to delete or merge it. Thanks.
I'm not sure, but I think the free supplementary card will be in perpetuity, as long as you remain an active primary cardholder, and so the free Priority Pass benefits will be doubled, for you and your partner, so that's a good deal for a couple/team who travel a lot, and separately, but don't have status. Guide your decision also on possibility that you may or may not get the offer if the deal is expired, but you can manage to fiddle the signup to continue anyways. Probably a good chance it will come through though if you get approved...just a gut feeling on my part.
Oct 27, 2019, 1:14 pm
#540
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: TK Gold, Alitalia Gold, AB Gold, MPC, SPG Gold, IHG, Marriott Silvr, BW Plat, AA, BA, JP
Posts: 244