[Targeted]No Fee 1st yr. American Express Gold Card 75,000 Bonus Reward Points Signup
Jun 13, 11, 6:26 pm
#586
Join Date: May 2011
Location: LAX
Programs: AA Plat, SPG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 333
The BA transfer offer is +50% bonus ^
Short answer, YES... but YMMV. I'm in the process of doing exactly that. So far, I've applied and gotten approved (on same day) for both PRGold and Plat. I met the $500 spending quota for the PRGold and got 75k miles reserved in my account pending statement cycle. Concurrently, in the process of meeting the $1000 spending quota for 100k MR points on the Plat.
Short answer, YES... but YMMV. I'm in the process of doing exactly that. So far, I've applied and gotten approved (on same day) for both PRGold and Plat. I met the $500 spending quota for the PRGold and got 75k miles reserved in my account pending statement cycle. Concurrently, in the process of meeting the $1000 spending quota for 100k MR points on the Plat.
Jun 13, 11, 7:23 pm
#587
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: PBI
Programs: DL FO
Posts: 388
Jun 13, 11, 8:33 pm
#588
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 28
The BA transfer offer is +50% bonus ^
Short answer, YES... but YMMV. I'm in the process of doing exactly that. So far, I've applied and gotten approved (on same day) for both PRGold and Plat. I met the $500 spending quota for the PRGold and got 75k miles reserved in my account pending statement cycle. Concurrently, in the process of meeting the $1000 spending quota for 100k MR points on the Plat.
Short answer, YES... but YMMV. I'm in the process of doing exactly that. So far, I've applied and gotten approved (on same day) for both PRGold and Plat. I met the $500 spending quota for the PRGold and got 75k miles reserved in my account pending statement cycle. Concurrently, in the process of meeting the $1000 spending quota for 100k MR points on the Plat.
Will reward gold for business work?
Jun 14, 11, 1:48 pm
#590
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,055
Third and Fourth time the Charm!
It took a while but I finally succeeded. I have an AmEx HHonors card and sent a secure message before applying and was told, "so sorry, targeted, blah, blah."
My wife and I applied (for 10K) and got the cards yesterday, called Member Services (1-800-297-3276), gave our accounts and asked if they could apply promotion I heard about, "Which one?" "5894." Put on hold, came back, "targeted, no 75K for you, not yours."
Activated cards, called back last night, wasn't even put on hold, helpful CSR said "it is targetted but I'll add a note to your account." I asked if my wife could get it as well, "are you an authorized user?" "Ooops." She had just gone to bed.
Sent a Secure Message this afternoon on her account requesting the promo, just got a response, "sure."
Thanks FT!! Now to get the Business cards . . .
- Ike
p.s. I may have paraphrased a little.
My wife and I applied (for 10K) and got the cards yesterday, called Member Services (1-800-297-3276), gave our accounts and asked if they could apply promotion I heard about, "Which one?" "5894." Put on hold, came back, "targeted, no 75K for you, not yours."
Activated cards, called back last night, wasn't even put on hold, helpful CSR said "it is targetted but I'll add a note to your account." I asked if my wife could get it as well, "are you an authorized user?" "Ooops." She had just gone to bed.
Sent a Secure Message this afternoon on her account requesting the promo, just got a response, "sure."
Thanks FT!! Now to get the Business cards . . .
- Ike
p.s. I may have paraphrased a little.
Jun 14, 11, 8:09 pm
#591
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: I was loyal to One Pass & Star Alliance before FT ... now I value all miles and programs
Posts: 219
I spoke to a CSR today and I think I was successful in getting the offer added to my account. She mentioned that although she is adding a note for the offer, I still have to call back 6-8 weeks after meeting my spending requirement so they can manually add the points.
Would someone know if this is true and if I can still be denied for the points in 6-8 weeks?
Would someone know if this is true and if I can still be denied for the points in 6-8 weeks?
Jun 14, 11, 8:18 pm
#592
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,055
I spoke to a CSR today and I think I was successful in getting the offer added to my account. She mentioned that although she is adding a note for the offer, I still have to call back 6-8 weeks after meeting my spending requirement so they can manually add the points.
Would someone know if this is true and if I can still be denied for the points in 6-8 weeks?
Would someone know if this is true and if I can still be denied for the points in 6-8 weeks?
Jun 14, 11, 8:54 pm
#593
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Near ORD
Programs: AA LT Gold, Hyatt Diamond, HH Gold, SPG Gold, PC Plat Ambassador
Posts: 739
I can only find the 15,000 pts when you spend $1000 in 3 months link on PointsGuy and FrugalTravelGuy. If anyone has an actual link for the 25,000 pts for $1000 spend for the Gold, I would appreciate it!
Jun 14, 11, 9:55 pm
#594
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,560
I dropped Amex in about 1999 and have had nothing to do with them since but am sorely tempted by this offer. It could resuscitate my BAEC account.
Couple of observations about their targeting:
1. This offer came to my LLC, not me personally. I've gone through some business changes this year and the business name has been out there for less than five months.
2. An identically designed piece of direct came to my home mailbox a couple of weeks ago, addressed to a company name I've never heard of before. (I threw it away not knowing what it was.) We've lived here more than 16 years and the prior occupant didn't have a business. Amex must be using some really, really old and ungroomed lists.
Jun 15, 11, 9:30 am
#595
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA Plt, BA, SPG Plt
Posts: 231
On another note, when do the MR points become available? I see that they were 'earned' May 1, along with spending points which are still 'pending.' But when I look at my MR balance, it's 0.
Jun 15, 11, 10:28 am
#596
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 563
Before you click on that you may want to clear all cookies. If it does come up with 25K, apply immediately because at least on my computers, when I attempted to go back to that offer, it reverted to the 10K although I had it bookmarked. I went to a different computer and typed it in and it came up correctly. I hope it works for you!
Jun 15, 11, 11:33 am
#597
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Near ORD
Programs: AA LT Gold, Hyatt Diamond, HH Gold, SPG Gold, PC Plat Ambassador
Posts: 739
http://www201.americanexpress.com/ge...op-Flyer/40141
Before you click on that you may want to clear all cookies. If it does come up with 25K, apply immediately because at least on my computers, when I attempted to go back to that offer, it reverted to the 10K although I had it bookmarked. I went to a different computer and typed it in and it came up correctly. I hope it works for you!
Before you click on that you may want to clear all cookies. If it does come up with 25K, apply immediately because at least on my computers, when I attempted to go back to that offer, it reverted to the 10K although I had it bookmarked. I went to a different computer and typed it in and it came up correctly. I hope it works for you!
Jun 15, 11, 2:46 pm
#598
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 28
Can my wife apply using the same RSVP code as a second employee of the business? And if she is approved, would she receive 75k MR points in addition to my 75k? Is there a limit to how many applications can be submitted under one targeted business (one RSVP)?
Jun 15, 11, 3:01 pm
#599
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,055
I got the same offer in the mail, applied and was approved for the card. My question is:
Can my wife apply using the same RSVP code as a second employee of the business? And if she is approved, would she receive 75k MR points in addition to my 75k? Is there a limit to how many applications can be submitted under one targeted business (one RSVP)?
Can my wife apply using the same RSVP code as a second employee of the business? And if she is approved, would she receive 75k MR points in addition to my 75k? Is there a limit to how many applications can be submitted under one targeted business (one RSVP)?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...offer-75k.html
Jun 15, 11, 8:04 pm
#600
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,467
http://www201.americanexpress.com/ge...op-Flyer/40141
Before you click on that you may want to clear all cookies. If it does come up with 25K, apply immediately because at least on my computers, when I attempted to go back to that offer, it reverted to the 10K although I had it bookmarked. I went to a different computer and typed it in and it came up correctly. I hope it works for you!
Before you click on that you may want to clear all cookies. If it does come up with 25K, apply immediately because at least on my computers, when I attempted to go back to that offer, it reverted to the 10K although I had it bookmarked. I went to a different computer and typed it in and it came up correctly. I hope it works for you!
