[EXPIRED] Earn up to 30,000 Starpoints [App must be APPROVED by 9.4.2012]
Aug 16, 2012, 2:39 pm
#226
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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Aug 16, 2012, 3:14 pm
#227
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Southern California
Programs: Still new to the game but growing everyday!
Posts: 24
Adding my data point. I applied for the SPG Business on August 5 (a day before the 30,000 point promo was announced!) and was approved. A few days later a sent a Secure Message asking about a bump and was politely declined like everyone else. I called yesterday to ask. The CSR was very cheery. She said she couldn't apply the new promo but as a "one time exception" she cleared it with her supervisor to credit me 5,000 pts once I hit the $5,000 spend threshold. She gave me the direct number to her supervisor who I am supposed to call to get the credit at that point.
Definitely a backwards way of going about it but as long as I get my 5,000 pts I'll be a happy customer.
Definitely a backwards way of going about it but as long as I get my 5,000 pts I'll be a happy customer.
Aug 16, 2012, 3:50 pm
#229
Moderator: Chase Ultimate Rewards
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 2P, MR LT Plat, IHG Plat, BW Dia, HH Au, Avis PC
Posts: 5,454
Maybe the exact link in the first post isn't working anymore. Would be nice to know.
Aug 16, 2012, 3:53 pm
#230
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SEA
Programs: Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 1,946
I applied on-line for the personal SPG AMEX CC the day after the promo opened. I was referred to a telephone number to verify my information. All good after a 5-min same day chat. There was a hard pull on Experian; I found out c/o Citi IdentityMonitor, which I’ve come to like. CC took a while to arrive by mail, and the 2/5 credit posted before I received it. No probs—very smooth.
FYI--I cancelled the SPG AMEX CC ~18 months ago after carrying it for 13 months (read: never having paid an annual fee but having twice gotten 2/5 credit). Looks like “1 year” means 1 year.
Time to hit Costco…
FYI--I cancelled the SPG AMEX CC ~18 months ago after carrying it for 13 months (read: never having paid an annual fee but having twice gotten 2/5 credit). Looks like “1 year” means 1 year.
Time to hit Costco…
Aug 16, 2012, 4:11 pm
#231
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
I'm betting website glitches at this point since the offer has clearly been posted as running through 9/4, and no blogger has indicated that they have received any warning concerning a termination of the offer.
I'd try again in a few hours.
Aug 16, 2012, 4:17 pm
#232
Moderator: Chase Ultimate Rewards
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 2P, MR LT Plat, IHG Plat, BW Dia, HH Au, Avis PC
Posts: 5,454
I just clicked through a referral link I sent myself earlier to test the offer and I can get to the application page fine, showing the full details. (Obviously not going to try to submit it, tho. But it seems the offer is still out there just fine.)
Aug 16, 2012, 4:25 pm
#233
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 688
Interesting. When I went through the link in the first post, after logging into my Amex account, I got a message saying that this offer was no longer available. I then applied through links at two different bloggers' sites and got error messages that "our systems are not responding."
I'm betting website glitches at this point since the offer has clearly been posted as running through 9/4, and no blogger has indicated that they have received any warning concerning a termination of the offer.
I'd try again in a few hours.
I'm betting website glitches at this point since the offer has clearly been posted as running through 9/4, and no blogger has indicated that they have received any warning concerning a termination of the offer.
I'd try again in a few hours.
Aug 16, 2012, 4:47 pm
#234
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
Often when something like that happens, it's because you're logged into an existing Amex account (or still have leftover cookies). Part of the way they (poorly) target offers.
I just clicked through a referral link I sent myself earlier to test the offer and I can get to the application page fine, showing the full details. (Obviously not going to try to submit it, tho. But it seems the offer is still out there just fine.)
I just clicked through a referral link I sent myself earlier to test the offer and I can get to the application page fine, showing the full details. (Obviously not going to try to submit it, tho. But it seems the offer is still out there just fine.)
Aug 16, 2012, 6:30 pm
#237
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 152
Best of luck!
Aug 16, 2012, 6:53 pm
#238
Formerly known as iahsumr
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 520
Interesting. When I went through the link in the first post, after logging into my Amex account, I got a message saying that this offer was no longer available. I then applied through links at two different bloggers' sites and got error messages that "our systems are not responding."
I'm betting website glitches at this point since the offer has clearly been posted as running through 9/4, and no blogger has indicated that they have received any warning concerning a termination of the offer.
I'd try again in a few hours.
I'm betting website glitches at this point since the offer has clearly been posted as running through 9/4, and no blogger has indicated that they have received any warning concerning a termination of the offer.
I'd try again in a few hours.
Aug 16, 2012, 8:32 pm
#240
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
With the advantage that you don't have to remember to clear cookies when you close the private browsing session. I always use private browsing sessions now if I'm making an application I want to go through. Life's much easier for me that way--even if I have to remember information, such as my home address, telephone number, etc. when I complete an application, instead of relying on autofill.