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Jun 27, 2012 | 9:45 pm

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jphripjah

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Originally Posted by redreeper

And I noticed that my personal card does not offer the points advance anymore either. Was wondering about that.....

You should still be able to call in and do it for your personal card. They took it off the website a few months ago.

Jun 27, 2012 | 11:07 pm

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Dr Jabadski

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Originally Posted by MrHalliday

I immediately thought of AMEX MR wrt this topic,
then noticed that AMEX no longer is showing me
that I can borrow the 15K. It was there before.

Apparently it is because I closed my personal card,
just keeping a Business card.

I don't wan't to borrow anything,
but had not noticed this distinction. @:-)

I did an advance on my AmEx Business Gold Rewards account just last month. Advance and award (xfer to BA) both done on the phone in one conversation, lasted 5 minutes. Very simple.

Jun 27, 2012 | 11:23 pm

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MrHalliday

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jphripjah

You should still be able to call in and do it for your personal card. They took it off the website a few months ago.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr Jabadski

I did an advance on my AmEx Business Gold Rewards account just last month. Advance and award (xfer to BA) both done on the phone in one conversation, lasted 5 minutes. Very simple.

Aha ! They just stopped making it obvious,
but can be done by calling in. Goood to know.

Jun 27, 2012 | 11:30 pm

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UA Fan

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I hate it when they take away online services.

Jun 28, 2012 | 11:28 am

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CMK10

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Priority Club did accidentally. Due to a mistaken promo last year they deposited 60,000 miles in numerous people's accounts who hadn't earned them. They took them back but allowed people to have a negative balance if they'd already cashed them out. I think I owe them something like 41,000 points

Jun 28, 2012 | 12:21 pm

#21

trupper999

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My option of borrowing 15k from Amex also disappeared. I still have the business card, no personal cards.

Jun 28, 2012 | 1:40 pm

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mia

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Membership Rewards Points Advance feature is no longer offered online, only by telephone and (to repeat) only in the process of redemption. One cannot advance points and store them in a MR account. First reported in June 2011. Ample discussion here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...e-anymore.html

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