xlax

Inspired by this post, I called to check the status of my Business Card application. When I did, I was told that there was an error in the application which the CSR said was due to the fact that I had applied for a personal card when I already have one. Although I thought this was unlikely, I accepted his explanation. However, I went back and looked at the two applications and I know I filled out information regarding the income from my business and how long the business has been around -- questions that are not on the personal card application. I'm hopeful that AmEx will straighten this out, but has anyone run into anything similar?

Thanks.

xlax

snowymt

Both husband and I applied for the Starwood Personal card in April so I was unsure if enough time had passed for us to sign up for the business one this time round. Plus I had signed up for an American Airlines Citibank Mastercard that month as well. I just did the business apps for both of us and got instant approval!

Dear xxxx,

Congratulations! This message is to confirm your approval for the Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit CardSM from American Express. We are expediting the shipment of your Business Card and you should be receiving it soon.

When your Card arrives, you can activate it online at www.americanexpress.com/activate or you can call us by following the instructions on the sticker on your Card.

Thank you for your continued Cardmembership.

Sincerely,

American Express Customer Service


THANK YOU FLYERTALK!

farbster

is the offer gone now? it's 10:24pm EST and i don't see the link on the SPG site

ShakuniMama

Yeah....it's gone.

TAHKUCT

The link in the first post still active.

mathfaster

Got instant approval Thursday afternoon 7/1. Got the cards today from UPS around the standard time the UPS guy usually delivers. $10,000 CL for the wife and $14,800 for myself. My CL was probably higher as I am the primary card holder on the Costco American Express card although my wife had an AMEX Gold Business card we canceled a few years ago. Package includes a 50% off rack rate award good (some properties are not eligible) for 1 to 5 nights with an advanced reservation when you pay with the Starwood card.

Happy

Were you able to verify that you still get the 30K promo?

I was always under the impression that the offer is good between June 30 and July 6.

I signed up around noon got instant approval. Like you when I opted for get it in mail it landed to an expired SPG promo page. I did not even remember what promo it referred to.

Happy

So as on the AMEX Home Page - both the landing page and the actual application page.

http://www201.americanexpress.com/getthecard/home

https://www143.americanexpress.com/a...starwood30k_n1

as of 11:30PM EST July 6th.

UPDATE:

They took it down right after midnight! Now it is back to the 10K offer!

OPman21

Instant approval on the business line. Currently have a personal SPG and jetblue card with AMEX.

Signed up my wife for personal (Instant) and business (14 days).

GL to the other last minute procrastinators.

joporto

oh man, I missed it by 25 minutes. It is still 7/6 here, but I didn't notice that it had gone back to 10,000 miles. Curses!

echip

Hmmm...I just checked the link, it still said:

"30,000 Starpoints after you spend $1000"

joporto

I got it to print out where it shows the 30,000 and that was what I signed. I called Amex and the super nice customer service representative put a note in my file to hopefully help me get the 30,000 rather than 10,000 (should it become an issue later).

beckoa

Damn.

Been on the fence with this vs. Costco AMEX... 30K points would be nice... but would like to keep the AMEX long-tem and could not justify the $45 annual fee after the 1st year vs. no annual fee w/ Costco.

baliktad

You get the 30K points after your $1K spend with no further obligation to keep the card. You could sign up for both and cancel the SPG Amex after a month or two.

But it's too late now anyway. Shoulda jumped when you had the chance.

beckoa

Understand that... however for credit scores... especially with someone with a limited history as me... its best not to cancel cards. If I had a more established history I'd feel more comfortable about this.