Earn A 25% StarpointsŪ Bonus On All Purchases From April 15 - June 15, 2007
Apr 24, 2007, 11:54 am
#16
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Europe, Asia, South America, wherever life takes me.
Programs: SPG (...)
Posts: 58
Not for Europa...
Apr 24, 2007, 12:24 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: CT/ Germany - Ich spreche deutsch
Programs: UA 1K, Bonvoy LTTE, HH Dia, HY Expl
Posts: 4,657
I got a really great offer from AMEX for 5 points per $ spent at grocery stores, drug stores, restaurants and gas stations......
OH wait a minute....that what the HH AMEX offers everyday!!
Seriously I didn't get anything as usual and that is why I got the HH AMEX recently. I am so sick of these targeted promos. 
WHINE!!
OH wait a minute....that what the HH AMEX offers everyday!!
Seriously I didn't get anything as usual and that is why I got the HH AMEX recently. I am so sick of these targeted promos. WHINE!!
Apr 24, 2007, 12:57 pm
#18
Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: SPG Plat; Hyatt Diamond; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 139
Nada for me or Mrs. Dukenilnil.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the link.
Apr 24, 2007, 1:56 pm
#19
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DC Metro (WAS--DCA/IAD/BWI)
Programs: AA Plat 2MM, OW Sapphire, QF Bronze, Marriott Silver, Starwood Gold; National Emerald
Posts: 2,533
Nada for me as well.
Apr 24, 2007, 2:19 pm
#20
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Programs: SPG/Marriott Lifetime Gold, Amtrak Guest Rewards, UA Silver
Posts: 536
Nice, starwood...throw a little salt in the wound. Nail us w/ a huge devaluation of our points on the order of 30-40% or more in some cases and then double back w/ a targeted promotion that is 3/4ths less than it usually is (used to be a double points promo; now I see it is a miniscule 25% bonus)....and then drill it down to such a limited target that few get the benefit.
Way to treat the loyal following.
Just another day in [starwood] paradise.
Way to treat the loyal following.
Just another day in [starwood] paradise.
Apr 24, 2007, 3:20 pm
#21
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SWUSA / AA PLAT, SPG PLAT, AMEX CENTURION, HHONORS Diamond
Posts: 1,420
I wondered if someone would bring this up; I think the jury is out on this debate, personally.
Just like starwood adamently denied being the one who pulled the plug on the starwood PLAT / CENT co-promotion, and of course AMEX denies they did it....I still see anecdotal evidence that suggests starwood was more responsible than was amex.
Similarly, everytime promotion starpoints fail to post for new cardholders, we see poster after poster get run around in circles....amex blames starwood...and vice-versa.
I choose to believe starwood surely to goodness has *some impact* on a targeted campaign which dices and slices and carves up their most loyal customerbase, if not outright approval authority, on promotions like this.
To the extent that starwood and amex always want to play coy about who is responsible for ANYTHING related to co-promotions, they both deserve my/our ire, seems to me.
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My bottom-line conclusion is that NO AMEX PROMOTION like this could be 100% in the hands of AMEX without starwood's explicit approval. After all, when AMEX carves up starwood's customer base, which by definition alienates one group (the non-targeted) over another (the target), is it logical starwood has no supervisory oversight in choosing these targets ?
Just like starwood adamently denied being the one who pulled the plug on the starwood PLAT / CENT co-promotion, and of course AMEX denies they did it....I still see anecdotal evidence that suggests starwood was more responsible than was amex.
Similarly, everytime promotion starpoints fail to post for new cardholders, we see poster after poster get run around in circles....amex blames starwood...and vice-versa.
I choose to believe starwood surely to goodness has *some impact* on a targeted campaign which dices and slices and carves up their most loyal customerbase, if not outright approval authority, on promotions like this.
To the extent that starwood and amex always want to play coy about who is responsible for ANYTHING related to co-promotions, they both deserve my/our ire, seems to me.
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My bottom-line conclusion is that NO AMEX PROMOTION like this could be 100% in the hands of AMEX without starwood's explicit approval. After all, when AMEX carves up starwood's customer base, which by definition alienates one group (the non-targeted) over another (the target), is it logical starwood has no supervisory oversight in choosing these targets ?
Apr 24, 2007, 3:24 pm
#22
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: GRB, MKE, ATW
Programs: DL DM & MM, Hilton Diamond, IC Plt Amb , Marriott LTP, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 572
Not eligible here either. 
Apr 24, 2007, 3:32 pm
#23
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: irvine, ca
Posts: 368
Got a similar offer via email - 20% only
I got a similar offer via email, but only for 20% and for purchases in April:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=679095
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=679095
Apr 30, 2007, 12:28 am
#24
Join Date: Oct 2003
Programs: AA lifetime Gold, SPG
Posts: 442
I'm not positive who all got these 25% incentives, but I am nearing my 1yr mark where people typically cancel cards and I got this incentive. I spend a reasonable amount of $ on the card each month, so maybe this is a subtle way they are trying to get me to keep the card, since you have to be an active cardholder to get the bonus miles to post (in 3 months or so after the end of the promo period). So there may be strategy in their selectivity after all --- or not.
Apr 30, 2007, 9:44 am
#25
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Corpus,TX
Programs: SPG-Gold, Amex-Plat., AA-Plat.
Posts: 370
I have three cards. One I use all the time, anywhere from $7,000 to
$17,000 per month.- Fairly new card, had only one year.
Second card - almost never use, also a new card- its the business one and
I got it for the 10,000 points
Third card I have had for years, it has usually less than $1,000 per month
I keep it listed a few places for my mother to use for RX etc.
It seems like if there were a strategy I would fit in someplace but I never
get any special offers on any of my cards!
$17,000 per month.- Fairly new card, had only one year.
Second card - almost never use, also a new card- its the business one and
I got it for the 10,000 points
Third card I have had for years, it has usually less than $1,000 per month
I keep it listed a few places for my mother to use for RX etc.
It seems like if there were a strategy I would fit in someplace but I never
get any special offers on any of my cards!
Apr 30, 2007, 5:30 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: AA Plat, SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, IC Amb
Posts: 507
Same here (ineligible) 
Got both the reg and bus *W amex and neither qualified
Got both the reg and bus *W amex and neither qualified
Apr 30, 2007, 6:52 pm
#27
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: at 35,000 feet
Programs: WN A-List; Hyatt Glob: CC/HH Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 1,473
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Apr 30, 2007, 9:48 pm
#28
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Metro Detroit
Programs: DL Plat, NW Plat
Posts: 708
Busted here too. Bummer.
May 1, 2007, 7:02 pm
#29
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DCA
Programs: AMC MovieWatcher, Giant BonusCard, Petco PALS Card, Silver Diner Blue Plate Club
Posts: 22,298
Y'know, I guess Amex just doesn't feel they need to incentive my spending on this card (I've put > $50k on it since April 15).
In the past I've written Amex to express my dismay about being ignored for promos, year in and year out, and they've given me boatloads of points to compensate.
But I'm just not sure that I'll bother, frankly it's gotten old. (Of course, not sending my note is to my sole detriment.)
In the past I've written Amex to express my dismay about being ignored for promos, year in and year out, and they've given me boatloads of points to compensate.
But I'm just not sure that I'll bother, frankly it's gotten old. (Of course, not sending my note is to my sole detriment.)
May 1, 2007, 8:39 pm
#30
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: SWUSA / AA PLAT, SPG PLAT, AMEX CENTURION, HHONORS Diamond
Posts: 1,420
gleff, may I ask your understanding of whether a targeted AMEX promotion like this is 100% the design of AMEX, or maybe half/half AMEX and spg, or spg's design entirely ?