Increasing reports that AMEX 5x on MPX is dead
Feb 18, 2018, 8:24 pm
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Increasing reports that AMEX 5x on MPX is dead
AMEX Plat 5x (and PRG 3x) may be over. RIP date is estimated at 11 February. A couple of DPs on r/churning including a statement screenshot that shows 1x for MPX purchase using AMEX Plat.
Then there's this not so cryptic post on 15 February:
https://twitter.com/milesperday?lang=en
Then there's this not so cryptic post on 15 February:
https://twitter.com/milesperday?lang=en
Feb 19, 2018, 10:16 am
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Has your statement closed for February and the statement is showing only 1x? Or is your comment based upon not seeing the 5x icon in your "recent activity" of the online account?
Another DP from today's daily discussion thread at r/churning:
"Platinum MPX trouble? My statement closed February 16. A February 6 Airbnb MPX gift card transaction coded as Travel - Airline and received 5x. February 11 transaction for Chipotle coded as Travel - Airline and did not receive 5x.
I am looking at my online statement and the individual transaction info."
Another DP from today's daily discussion thread at r/churning:
"Platinum MPX trouble? My statement closed February 16. A February 6 Airbnb MPX gift card transaction coded as Travel - Airline and received 5x. February 11 transaction for Chipotle coded as Travel - Airline and did not receive 5x.
I am looking at my online statement and the individual transaction info."
Feb 19, 2018, 11:43 am
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Feb 19, 2018, 11:47 am
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Has your statement closed for February and the statement is showing only 1x? Or is your comment based upon not seeing the 5x icon in your "recent activity" of the online account?
Another DP from today's daily discussion thread at r/churning:
"Platinum MPX trouble? My statement closed February 16. A February 6 Airbnb MPX gift card transaction coded as Travel - Airline and received 5x. February 11 transaction for Chipotle coded as Travel - Airline and did not receive 5x.
I am looking at my online statement and the individual transaction info."
Another DP from today's daily discussion thread at r/churning:
"Platinum MPX trouble? My statement closed February 16. A February 6 Airbnb MPX gift card transaction coded as Travel - Airline and received 5x. February 11 transaction for Chipotle coded as Travel - Airline and did not receive 5x.
I am looking at my online statement and the individual transaction info."
Feb 19, 2018, 12:02 pm
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Feb 19, 2018, 2:19 pm
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Feb 19, 2018, 2:33 pm
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Any chance the 5X will post retro? I seem to recall a similar scare of this being dead, but then seeing that it ultimately posted at 5X at a much later time (weeks later).
Feb 19, 2018, 2:38 pm
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Sad day. Had just thought of a pretty solid MS scheme that relied on the 5x MR via MPX. In just a few weeks, managed to pull in few hundred thousand points with minimal effort. So it really stings to have something good taken away so fast. But I guess its my fault for getting into this game late, now that all the good stuff is quickly going away.