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mrx900 Oct 3, 2011 10:09 am


Originally Posted by ironfist99 (Post 17210513)
Why not also add the AMEX gold rewards and the AMEX business gold rewards cards to your list. You can get them to match targeted promos for 175K amex points.

If this question was geared towards me, I have the AmEx Gold Business Rewards card--I got it back in like March I think when they were offering 50K pts after a 10,000 spend within 4 mths. I also currently have the AmEx Premier Rewards Gold Card---got it with a 50K sign up bonus after $1000/3. ...also bumped it up to 75K after secure emailing them :D

PETERPNYC Oct 3, 2011 11:06 am


Originally Posted by ironfist99 (Post 17210513)
Why not also add the AMEX gold rewards and the AMEX business gold rewards cards to your list. You can get them to match targeted promos for 175K amex points.

Not so sure that is an accurate statement. Seems like AMEX has stopped honoring match/bumps a few weeks ago so it's definitely YMMV if at all viable .

I am still waiting 2 months or more for a match .

diclemeg Oct 3, 2011 1:29 pm

Question for the experts out there. I was wondering if I can do a churn now..
Here is my history in this churn game.

was approved in March:
Amex Platinum
Citi AA Amex
CapOneVentureVisa
Chase CO MC
Barclays UsAir MC

mid-May: rejected for Amex Premier Gold and rejected for Citi AA Biz Visa.

So, it has been over six months. I was thinking of doing my second run of applications next week, say five or so. my credit scores are roughly 740 across the board with approx 11 enquiries which includes those above. Anybody have any advice/suggestions?????

robyng Oct 3, 2011 4:00 pm

Just FWIW - that Chase United Explorer card 60k offer seems to have been at least postponed until November (think the current offer is 40k). Robyn

bpo26c Oct 3, 2011 5:07 pm


Originally Posted by mrx900 (Post 17183487)
With the news of the Chase United Explorer card available to everyone with the bonus 60K bonus, I have marked these for the churn:

USAir MasterCard World Elite (barclays)..........40,000 miles after 1st use
CHase INK Business VISA (chase)...................50,000 UR points
United Explorer VISA (chase)..........................60,000 miles
AAdvantage VISA (citibank)............................75,000 miles
AAdvantage BUSINESS VISA (citibank)..............75,000 miles

I do have a USAir Mastercard already, and currently hold ONE Chase card (Sappphire Preferred), and TWO CITI ThankYOu card (VISA & Amex)...

would like to get your thoughts on my plan......ideas? tips? :D

Is there something key about the Oct 5th date? Is there new offers coming online?

mrx900 Oct 5, 2011 1:39 pm


Originally Posted by bpo26c (Post 17214887)
Is there something key about the Oct 5th date? Is there new offers coming online?

just my personal churn date.....however, I will not apply for the United Explorer card as that 60K offer is not here (yet)....so, I will postpone that card until my next churn date of February '12. :D

mrx900 Oct 23, 2011 11:31 pm

Update on Churn
 
Chase INK Business Card (50K sign up bonus after 5K spend)......pending
AMEX SPG Business Card (25K after 5K spend/6mths)...APPROVED!!
CITI AA VISA........call us, we need more info
CITI AA AMex........Call us, we need more info

Stay tuned :D

trey33 Oct 24, 2011 3:39 pm

Newbie here - How do you secure email them if a better offer comes along right after you were approved?

tassojunior Oct 25, 2011 9:00 am


Originally Posted by dinosims (Post 17183554)

Any particular reason why you include the USAir? The bonus doesn't seem that lucrative and they can sometimes give you a lesser card with a lower bonus.

The US card from Barclays is actually the BEST deal now. You get 40K miles first use, fee waived, 5K discount on every US award, priority boarding, lounge passes, and best of all Barclays only pulls from TransUnion, giving a break to the Experian pulls most of us have too many of. Even the lower level US card now has the 40K bonus.

Also the US card is very churnable. It's the new Citi AA churn of old.

I also put the CO biz card in my last churn as it's disappearing soon and the Hyatt as it's spend terms are changing (old 1st purchase link still available two weeks ago). I may soon do the AirTran as it's disappearing. I'm waiting on the UA Explorer as it'll be around.

After you've done many non-churnable cards it's important to grab disappearing ones.

PETERPNYC Oct 25, 2011 9:12 am


Originally Posted by tassojunior (Post 17332385)
The US card from Barclays is actually the BEST deal now. You get 40K miles, fee waived, 5K discount on every award, priority boarding, lounge passes, and best of all Barclays only pulls from TransUnion, giving a break to the Experian pulls most of us have too many of.

Also the US card is very churnable. It's the new Citi AA churn of old.

I also put the CO biz card in my last churn as it's disappearing soon and the Hyatt as it's spend terms are changing (old 1st purchase link still available for now). I may soon do the AirTran as it's disappearing. I'm waiting on the UA Explorer as it'll be around.

After you've done many non-churnable cards it's important to grab disappearing ones.


Where is the first purchase link for the Hyatt card , versus the spend one ?
The post that had an A Or B choice seems like the A link for no spend brings me to $ 1k spend for second night free.

I applied and was approved in time , but want to apply for my wife and would prefer the no spend if still available.

tassojunior Oct 25, 2011 10:28 am


Originally Posted by PETERPNYC (Post 17332448)
Where is the first purchase link for the Hyatt card , versus the spend one ?
The post that had an A Or B choice seems like the A link for no spend brings me to $ 1k spend for second night free.

I applied and was approved in time , but want to apply for my wife and would prefer the no spend if still available.

Can't find it now but I just used it 2 weeks ago. It may well have disappeared in the meantime as all links I could have used go to the new offer or expired. (I took a pdf of the offer I applied under.)

TheManofaThousandPlaces Oct 25, 2011 4:34 pm


Originally Posted by PETERPNYC (Post 17212669)
Not so sure that is an accurate statement. Seems like AMEX has stopped honoring match/bumps a few weeks ago so it's definitely YMMV if at all viable .

I am still waiting 2 months or more for a match .

Amex will not match. I got hosed on this offer. They sent me a notice today that after a review of the issue (I had to escalate it to the powers that be), they determined I had not been invited and would not receive the bonus. This was despite receiving a secure email confirmation that I would receive the bonus.

TheManofaThousandPlaces Oct 25, 2011 4:36 pm


Originally Posted by trey33 (Post 17328850)
Newbie here - How do you secure email them if a better offer comes along right after you were approved?

Trey33 - Welcome to FlyerTalk!

After logging in to the credit card company's website, there should be a secure email center where you send and receive messages to the company. Log in and look around for it. It should be easily visible from your account summary page.

trey33 Oct 25, 2011 6:19 pm


Originally Posted by TheManofaThousandPlaces (Post 17335060)
Trey33 - Welcome to FlyerTalk!

After logging in to the credit card company's website, there should be a secure email center where you send and receive messages to the company. Log in and look around for it. It should be easily visible from your account summary page.

Got it, thanks!

jh811 Oct 26, 2011 8:51 am

Hi, new to churning here but do credit pulls drop every quarter? Is that why it seems the OP is churning in 3 month intervals? I recently got denied for the old 75k citi card for toomany transunion pulls....wondering when those drop off


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