[Targeted] 2 AMEX Offers - 75k PRG and 72.5k Delta Gold
Feb 15, 2012, 3:30 pm
#63
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Gold
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If you weren't targeted I'd say your chances are basically 0%. The "bump the bonus" opportunities went away last year.
Feb 15, 2012, 3:52 pm
#64
Join Date: May 2011
Location: BKK
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,088
Yeah that is very true. This was the case with the Chase Sapphire card too. There was a targeted offer for 75,000 UR points and anyone who emailed or called was told to bug-off. The legal department of Chase and AMEX have said that the agents should stop bumping the points up. It has something to do with the controlled "test" market group or something like that.
Feb 15, 2012, 4:36 pm
#65
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 85
I'd agree if you weren't targeted, chances are slim to none. But heck, it's worth a SM to AMEX. The worst they can say is no. Send it to the Social Media>Twitter box. I've had better luck with them than anyone else.
Feb 15, 2012, 5:34 pm
#66
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Okinawa
Posts: 2,611
All I see is this:
Which I've clicked through, but there is exactly zero mention of any bonus! It doesn't say 25k MR or 75k. It just doesn't mention anything anywhere. Is this what others are seeing? What am I missing?
Which I've clicked through, but there is exactly zero mention of any bonus! It doesn't say 25k MR or 75k. It just doesn't mention anything anywhere. Is this what others are seeing? What am I missing?
Feb 15, 2012, 8:23 pm
#67
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, SPG/Marriott Gold
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On the application it doesn't say anything? Very strange. Looks like it's just a plain offer for a PRG with no bonus. Makes no sense since there are public offers for 10k and referrals for 25k.
Feb 15, 2012, 8:45 pm
#68
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: NYC
Posts: 511
Join the loser un-cool no special offer club! We have a seat saved for you.
Feb 16, 2012, 12:43 pm
#69
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 368
I could do it if I even had more time, but that amount in that time isn't really doable for me. Especially now that the mint isn't even an option.
Feb 16, 2012, 2:40 pm
#70
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 7,710
It's so weird, for years my credit card bills were always for thousands of dollars and I never worried about meeting spend requirements, now I frequently get bills for only a few hundred. I'll have to ask my soon to be ex-wife about that the next time I see her, she did the personal accounting and tracked credit card use until we separated and came off each others cards.
Feb 19, 2012, 4:51 pm
#71
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
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Posts: 9,235
Meh. I have cards, I got no offers. I can't sign in my wife's account right now and she's out of town. For the rest of my family, only a single person was targeted out of 6 for the 75K MR offer. My mom promptly applied and was approved and I'll get the 75K though. 
She also got the high HHonors offer but those points are harder for me to use from her account.
She also got the high HHonors offer but those points are harder for me to use from her account.
Feb 19, 2012, 5:15 pm
#72
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Philadelphia/NY/CA
Programs: US Airways/SPG/Club Carlson (Gold)/United/Marriott Rewards Premier (Silver)/Priority Club Platinum
Posts: 331
When I entered my info I did not see either of the 2 offers. It's w.e though I don't plan to apply for at least another 2 months.
Mar 13, 2012, 9:49 pm
#74
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 270
Lurking for some time, just completed my second "app-o-rama" and recieved both these offers but only went for the PRG because I couldn't meet the 10k spending in 6 months in combination with the united and aa business cards spending requirements.
I was booking a delta flight today and as I was checking out I had the option to add Delta Gold with a $100 statement credit and 70k miles. I clicked on it, and the details were 25k first spend, $100 credit first delta spend, and 5k spend in 6 months for 45k miles. With the half spend requirement I jumped on it and was instantly approved. For those of you that balked at the spend requirements, might want to keep this in mind if you have a short / cheap domestic flight coming up.
I was booking a delta flight today and as I was checking out I had the option to add Delta Gold with a $100 statement credit and 70k miles. I clicked on it, and the details were 25k first spend, $100 credit first delta spend, and 5k spend in 6 months for 45k miles. With the half spend requirement I jumped on it and was instantly approved. For those of you that balked at the spend requirements, might want to keep this in mind if you have a short / cheap domestic flight coming up.