Oct 4, 2018, 1:05 pm
Last edit by: roberto99
Faq amex: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/campaigns/gold-card/gold-update-faqs.html
For existing and new cardholders
For new cardholders (Oct 4 2018 and after)
For existing cardholders (Oct 3 2018 or before)
For existing and new cardholders
- Changes below are effective immediately
- 4x US grocery (25k/calendar year), 4x US dining* (*pervasive reports that many dining transactions are not coding as 4x, including but not limited to those from Square or Toast-based POS systems. Scroll down in thread for more reports and information.)
- $120 dining credit ($10 monthly in certain restaurants)
- No change
- $100 calendar year airline reimbursement
- Other
- $250 AF (see below for existing cardholders)
- No 2x gas (removed, see below for existing cardholders who have it till Oct 2019)
- Metal card (contactless)
- Rose gold card - limited edition until Jan 9 2019
- Regular gold card
For new cardholders (Oct 4 2018 and after)
- You may be able to find targeted/referal 50k/$2k, but first AF is not waived
- Signup bonus: You get 20% off restaurant up to $500 restaurant spend (3 month)
- You do not get 2x gas (only for existing cardholders, see below)
For existing cardholders (Oct 3 2018 or before)
- AF will change to $250 for anniversary dates after April 1 2019
- 2x gas will be removed after Oct 2019
- You can chat/call for the gold/rosegold metal card. AU card will get whatever primary cardholder is getting, cannot be different
Premier Rewards Gold refresh: 4x USA dining, groceries, $10/mon dining credit. $250.
Oct 4, 2018, 6:40 am
#226
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Manufactured Spending represents increased credit risk. It's not about fees or rewards cost, it's about people who are unable to pay their card balance without liquidating gift cards.
Oct 4, 2018, 6:43 am
#227
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: UA Gold, Krisflyer Elite Gold
Posts: 30
I just requested the rose gold card through chat. Person on chat says will take 7-10 business days (requested to expedite)
Oct 4, 2018, 7:14 am
#229
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: EK Platinum, AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,148
What happens if I get the Rose gold but don’t like the color? Can I request a regular gold?
Oct 4, 2018, 7:24 am
#231
Join Date: May 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 207
I agree. Unless this new Gold card brings in a new set of rules for us to live by, we should keep going by how Amex has behaved in the past. They don't want to see GCM or similar purchases, esp in meeting MSR. They also get L3 data from some places, but I don't think I've ever seen someone include grocery stores in that list. I'm still ramping up, so to me, $25k seems just within reach, esp if I'm trying to max out for 2018 before it resets for the new calendar year. But I know there's plenty of folks around here who can breeze through that in a week, and it's a super low cap for them.
Oct 4, 2018, 7:30 am
#232
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
The T&C is not 100% enforced. You can certainly test water. But I would not want to max the GC purchases. It is looking for trouble. But if you buy $200 GC here and there, I do not think AmEx can 100% detect that. You do not want to MS heavily on this card.
Oct 4, 2018, 7:41 am
#234
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: PHL, LHR
Posts: 219
Just requested Rose Gold via CSR...only a few minute wait...they were required to read a weird legalese statement. No expedited shipping available- "it's out of my hands" - i was told. 7-10 business days. Will use my $10 credit tomorrow at Shakeshack for my monthly fat friday gorging.
Oct 4, 2018, 7:48 am
#235
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Chatted with AmEx rep about the renewal AF. For the cards opened before 4/1/2018, you pay the old AF to renew. Starting from 4/1/2019, the new AF takes effective.
My anniversary is September (not billed yet). So I'll pay the old AF to renew and the first year is not subject to the new T&C. But we still earn the new benefits, including 4% and 3% etc....
My anniversary is September (not billed yet). So I'll pay the old AF to renew and the first year is not subject to the new T&C. But we still earn the new benefits, including 4% and 3% etc....
Oct 4, 2018, 7:49 am
#236
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: EWR/PHL/BWI
Posts: 4,412
Just requested Rose Gold via CSR...only a few minute wait...they were required to read a weird legalese statement. No expedited shipping available- "it's out of my hands" - i was told. 7-10 business days. Will use my $10 credit tomorrow at Shakeshack for my monthly fat friday gorging.
Oct 4, 2018, 7:57 am
#237
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NYC (LGA, JFK), CT
Programs: Delta Platinum, American Gold, JetBlue Mosaic 4, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond,
Posts: 4,895
Strong card. I don't currently have it but will be applying over the next few months. The dining credit is great for Grubhub/Seamless, the 20% rebate on US restaurants up to $100 is a good welcome bonus (I would go through that quickly), and 4x earnings on supermarkets and groceries is pretty unparalleled. Totally supercedes my strategy of using Hilton Ascend on $15,000 of dining/grocery spend to get the free night. In all honestly it makes the Platinum less competitive as well - I may actually swap out my AMEX PLatinum for a Delta Reserve, preserving SkyClub access while giving an extra EQM boost.
Amex has done well here - holding a couiple of charge cards, a Hilton card, a Marriott card and a Delta card is a pretty good strategy
Amex has done well here - holding a couiple of charge cards, a Hilton card, a Marriott card and a Delta card is a pretty good strategy
Oct 4, 2018, 7:59 am
#239
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,383
American Express cannot change the terms of the card in the first 12 months. This not only means they cannot impose a fee if your offer waived it, but it should also mean that they cannot remove the Gasoline bonus category or impose a cap on Supermarket spending where there was none when we applied.
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It's possible for them to change other benefits? Some require 45day notice, some cannot be changed in first year
Oct 4, 2018, 8:14 am
#240
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Had this be a real $10/month dining credit, like the Chase CSR $300 travel credit, then I'll be glad to use it. Just part of the promotion game, little substance.