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nabeelj Jan 11, 2016 2:46 pm


Originally Posted by grandgourmand (Post 26000857)
This is probably not the best spot for this question, but I figured the response time would be fastest. What's your experience been with time to convert RBC Avion to AA points? I just did a transfer and it said up to 4 weeks. Hope that's not the case.

Two experiences of Friday evening transfers resulted in Tuesday morning credit to AA.

grandgourmand Jan 11, 2016 4:42 pm


Originally Posted by nabeelj (Post 26001681)
Two experiences of Friday evening transfers resulted in Tuesday morning credit to AA.

And thanks to you too!

montezume Jan 12, 2016 6:43 am

No more referral bonus from the Amex personal gold :(


IMPORTANT NOTICE: Effective January 11, 2016, this Card is no longer eligible for a referral bonus. You can still refer the Card to your friends and family but you will not earn a referral bonus for any approved referral.

Cerenity Jan 12, 2016 8:12 am

its in the dedicated amex canada thread :)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...015-a-105.html

hearna Jan 12, 2016 10:20 am

Being what it is, I believe the Amex Gold rewards card will be discontinued. Cuts to sign up, and now to referals; no one will sign up for the card anymore.

crimsona Jan 12, 2016 10:50 am

Amex Gold and Platinum exist in every single market where Amex operates. No chance they will ever discontinue it.

Remove the low value customers ($500 annual spend) and pushing hard for new markets is where they are going.

They are pushing it extremely hard to CPAs, with advertisements and sponsorships all over the place, plus a preferred rate of $99 annual fee after the first year. They want people to be using the card, not churning the card.

Even with the additional competition in the US, Amex moved to a one signup per lifetime policy. Low value customers are exactly that.

jerry305 Jan 12, 2016 1:04 pm


Originally Posted by hearna (Post 26006009)
Being what it is, I believe the Amex Gold rewards card will be discontinued. Cuts to sign up, and now to referals; no one will sign up for the card anymore.

If Amex manages to rid itself of the small percentage of cardholders who are just looking for signup bonuses or referrals, they'll do just fine. Churners do not dictate the market.

DealAddict Jan 12, 2016 1:27 pm


Originally Posted by jerry305 (Post 26006944)
If Amex manages to rid itself of the small percentage of cardholders who are just looking for signup bonuses or referrals, they'll do just fine. Churners do not dictate the market.

Sorry but the only reason I use amex is because of the bonuses. The acceptance isn't great, so if they don't have that... Why would I want to bother

flyertalker00156 Jan 12, 2016 1:53 pm


Originally Posted by DealAddict (Post 26007084)
Sorry but the only reason I use amex is because of the bonuses. The acceptance isn't great, so if they don't have that... Why would I want to bother

Unless you put 40k + a year AMEX don't really care about you

DealAddict Jan 12, 2016 2:20 pm


Originally Posted by alexisonsmith (Post 26007249)
Unless you put 40k + a year AMEX don't really care about you

It's very easy to get approved for an amex...if amex only cared about those putting 40k+ on the card they wouldn't be approving students or people with really low incomes... So I'd say you are wrong on that

montezume Jan 12, 2016 6:17 pm


Originally Posted by alexisonsmith (Post 26007249)
Unless you put 40k + a year AMEX don't really care about you

Amex made a huge mistake by giving up on Costco. That was pretty much the only reason a lot of Canadians bothered with Amex.

Calliopeflyer Jan 12, 2016 6:30 pm


Originally Posted by montezume (Post 26008643)
Amex made a huge mistake by giving up on Costco. That was pretty much the only reason a lot of Canadians bothered with Amex.

I wonder if ApplePay will woo some Canadians to AmEx?

mikeycanuk Jan 13, 2016 7:43 am

I don't know much about ApplePay but it's an RFID/contactless type system. I can count with my fingers how many times I've been able to just "tap" with my Amex. Even the Petro Canada pumps wasn't reliable as I had to get back in the car to move pumps after trying to tap my Gold card once. It froze the pump's CC system apparently.

Calliopeflyer Jan 13, 2016 3:22 pm


Originally Posted by mikeycanuk (Post 26011252)
I don't know much about ApplePay but it's an RFID/contactless type system. I can count with my fingers how many times I've been able to just "tap" with my Amex. Even the Petro Canada pumps wasn't reliable as I had to get back in the car to move pumps after trying to tap my Gold card once. It froze the pump's CC system apparently.

It's an NFC, not RFID, system, but it is contactless.......but it's with an iPhone, not with the actual AmEx card. In Canada, ApplePay can only be linked to an AmEx card, so if people want to pay with their iPhones, it's AmEx or nothing.

ecgz88 Jan 13, 2016 5:22 pm

+1, and the other reason is AMEX Can churn&referral, now all these are gone, why bother AMEX?:p


Originally Posted by montezume (Post 26008643)
Amex made a huge mistake by giving up on Costco. That was pretty much the only reason a lot of Canadians bothered with Amex.



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