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.
#421
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Boston
Posts: 249
With these metal cards how do you destroy them when they expire? You can't cut them up. I thought we could send them back to AmEx for them to dispose of securely, but a AmEx rep said they don't dispose the metal cards for us.
#423
Chase always sends an unmarked return envelope for you to safely return an expired CSR/CSP card when they send new cards out.
#424
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,463
The contactless operation might be rather tricky as the metal in the card is opaque to microwaves. I guess one side of the gold card must always face the contactless receiver, and any other position won't work.
#426
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: BAY AREA
Posts: 1,124
They do send you an envelope to destroy them. My friend had plat card but downgraded back to PRG and they sent him an envelope to send back plat
#428
Got the email this morning telling me my card has shipped.
However, there is no tracking number, and it says 7-10 BUSINESS days.
I guess I am not important enough to get overnight or even express shipping. Haha.
#429
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 47
They aren't expediting any of the newly requested cards. New applications are, though. I have my metal Gold card from my new app and it's the same as the Platinum contactless card.
#430
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: UA gold; WN A; PC plat; Marriott Gold
Posts: 425
I got approved for the PRG on oct 3 evening. On Oct 5 5:30am got the same email as you. Received the card Oct 5 afternoon. It was shipped UPS Next Day from Florida on Oct 4 and arrived in California on Oct 5.
#431
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards
Posts: 191
REQUESTED ON
October 5, 2018
SHIPPING ADDRESS
Pending
SHIPPING METHOD
UPS
#433
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,731
New applications rec'd card in 2 days IIRC when I got mine in late May thru a targeted offer.
#434
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,731
IMO, AMEX still has a long way to go before it can level with Chase - for the starter, WHY many category bonuses are limited inside US? That just does not make sense at all.
I suppose many just automatically assume the Plat card provides the most coverage until they find out the reality.
#435
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: LAN
Programs: DL Skymiles, AF/KL Flying Blue
Posts: 304
Yep. Pretty remarkable for a card with such a significant annual fee. In fact, it's mind-blowing when you consider that the Chase Sapphire Preferred has Trip Delay and Trip Interruption coverage, along with primary CDW for rental cars.
If I were to purchase standalone travel insurance to cover the lack of such a benefit with the PRG, it would cost me more to use my PRG and purchase travel insurance than it would to just use my CSR and get the free insurance. That would hold true even for the Amex Plat, for which the flights would net 5 points per dollar instead of the 3 for the CSR.
The omission is glaring, to say the least.
If I were to purchase standalone travel insurance to cover the lack of such a benefit with the PRG, it would cost me more to use my PRG and purchase travel insurance than it would to just use my CSR and get the free insurance. That would hold true even for the Amex Plat, for which the flights would net 5 points per dollar instead of the 3 for the CSR.
The omission is glaring, to say the least.