[Targeted]No Fee 1st yr. American Express Gold Card 75,000 Bonus Reward Points Signup
Sep 8, 11, 4:27 am
#1202
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BZN
Programs: AA:Lifetime Plat DL:Lifetime Silver UA:1P MAR:Lifetime Tit
Posts: 8,288
Are you a new Amex account holder, and if so, how would they know with certainty if you were targeted? Marketing list data is inherently subject to error... people move, names can vary slightly, etc. Unless they had a unique and reliable identifier for you, e.g., your SS#, I don't see how they'd be sure you weren't targeted.
Sep 8, 11, 3:50 pm
#1204
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Everywhere
Programs: Who cares... status is a Red Herring.
Posts: 733
Tried the other two and they said that I wasn't targeted.
Sep 8, 11, 4:13 pm
#1205
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: PDX, PVR, NHA
Programs: SPG plat 75, HH Gold
Posts: 262
Via referral I did the 10k personal gold app online, instant approval, with the intention of bumping with 6661. My question: If they won't bump, does it hurt my credit card rating if I (a) cancel before activation; (b) cancel after activation?
Sep 8, 11, 5:11 pm
#1206
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 5
Data point:
Applied for the card on the Sept 1st and received it today (Sept 8th).
I probably called Membership Rewards around 7-8 times, and was denied on all of them (i tried mentioning both 6661 and 6939.
On the last call, the lady said "i see here that you called many times today already", and we now have on this department specific instructions to only approve bonus ID's if you are targeted...
Applied for the card on the Sept 1st and received it today (Sept 8th).
I probably called Membership Rewards around 7-8 times, and was denied on all of them (i tried mentioning both 6661 and 6939.
On the last call, the lady said "i see here that you called many times today already", and we now have on this department specific instructions to only approve bonus ID's if you are targeted...
Sep 8, 11, 6:49 pm
#1207
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Tampa, Florida USA
Programs: Marriott, SW, United
Posts: 190
Toast
Any chance of improving them deal you signed up for is over...toast.
I had called two weeks ago and had the 75K added to my account, a call today to confirm after reaching 1K spending, went sour. First agent, another, and her supervisor all stick with the line "you get what you signed up for".
I paid my statement off, used my few points and closed the account. I would imagine this is the end of any changes to any AMX card into the future.
I had called two weeks ago and had the 75K added to my account, a call today to confirm after reaching 1K spending, went sour. First agent, another, and her supervisor all stick with the line "you get what you signed up for".
I paid my statement off, used my few points and closed the account. I would imagine this is the end of any changes to any AMX card into the future.
Sep 9, 11, 6:34 am
#1208
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 727
[QUOTE=mooper;17074333]No. Did you perhaps request other promos along the way, or refer a couple other people to sign up?
no, just the 6661 bonus and they said I'd get 75k 8 weeks after spending $1000
I used the link to sign up using the 25k bonus link
no, just the 6661 bonus and they said I'd get 75k 8 weeks after spending $1000
I used the link to sign up using the 25k bonus link
Sep 9, 11, 7:46 am
#1209
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 691
I think Amex bonus matching is dead as a doornail now.
I had my Business Gold notated on 7/4/11 for promo 6608, I met the spend and called back in 8 weeks like they asked, and they said even though I have the notes in my account for it and that a MANAGER told me I would get the bonus points, they will not give them to me.
The MR rep was very rude about it, and his supervisor was rude as hell about it too.
If Amex put in notes that they would give you something, they should.
I had my Business Gold notated on 7/4/11 for promo 6608, I met the spend and called back in 8 weeks like they asked, and they said even though I have the notes in my account for it and that a MANAGER told me I would get the bonus points, they will not give them to me.
The MR rep was very rude about it, and his supervisor was rude as hell about it too.
If Amex put in notes that they would give you something, they should.
Sep 9, 11, 8:38 am
#1211
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: IND
Programs: DL, AA
Posts: 144
good luck to all with their promotions applied
Sep 9, 11, 10:36 pm
#1212
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BZN
Programs: AA:Lifetime Plat DL:Lifetime Silver UA:1P MAR:Lifetime Tit
Posts: 8,288
Not true. I know of two people who had it approved in the past two days. (albeit 6939 for PRG, not the Biz Gold you reference).
It's not the notes that matter, it is what they tell you. Even if you don't qualify, aren't targeted, etc., but they *tell you* that they've made an exception and you'll receive the points, they are on the hook legally *but only if you rely on the information to your financial detriment*. If you took no action, then going back on their word might be bad business practice and will alienate customers, but isn't something they need to honor.
Sep 10, 11, 10:02 am
#1213
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,254
I am curious - did they get the notations to their accounts or did they get the bumps released? These are 2 very different things - get notated now no longer means get the extra bump eventually.
Sep 10, 11, 2:57 pm
#1215
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 691
From what I've been reading, if you have written confirmation in the form of an SM saying they will give it to you, then they will honor it.
It's the verbal agreements and notated accounts done over the phone that they are saying "NO DICE" to.
It's the verbal agreements and notated accounts done over the phone that they are saying "NO DICE" to.
