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Try calling amex, many people have been offered 50k for $10k spend when upgrading

50k https://www262.americanexpress.com/business-card-application/upgrade/pa/business-platinum-charge-card/login/44926-9-1-WOC0000416
25K bonus sign up link
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Alternative 30K bonus sign up link DEAD
(Go Incognito if the link does not work for you.) Sometimes you have to go thru the entering cc info route, bec. the user id route doesn't work sometimes.

New link - https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openplatinum/benefit.do?benefitTemplate=template_a&benefitId=open.platinumupdates

Q: It's been a few days since I applied and the changes haven't taken effect yet , should I worry?
A: No. That's perfectly normal.


Q: I'm in my first year of my gold card, will I be charged the AF when I downgrade back?
A:
Yes you will


The cheshbon is that you upgrade, get the points, buy the AA GC's do the Platinum Guy's Great Mehalech, then downgrade back or close and get the Annual Fee of the Plat reimbursed. If cancelled within 60 days you get it all back; if more than 60 days it is prorated.

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2220 on: June 28, 2015, 11:41:43 AM »
Has anyone recently had success with the Wiki link?  When I try it I get:
We're Sorry We're sorry. The system is currently not responding. Your application is important to us. Please try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I've tried it in Internet Explorer, similar error.

(I've tried it over a few different days)

When I call into customer service, they dont see the offer on my business gold account.
Is your gold card still in your first year?

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2221 on: June 28, 2015, 11:44:02 AM »
Is your gold card still in your first year?
No.

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2222 on: June 28, 2015, 11:45:27 AM »
No.
That is usually the problem, but it seams targeted recently.

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2223 on: June 29, 2015, 06:37:57 PM »
I recently was offered a 30k to upgrade to the Biz plat card from the Green card. I plan on doing a 3bm next week which will include a new welcome bonus for the Biz plat card. Would taking the upgrade offer effect my upcoming 3bm? Are you able to hold 2 biz plat cards for the same account at the same time?

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2224 on: June 30, 2015, 01:06:50 AM »
I recently was offered a 30k to upgrade to the Biz plat card from the Green card. I plan on doing a 3bm next week which will include a new welcome bonus for the Biz plat card. Would taking the upgrade offer effect my upcoming 3bm? Are you able to hold 2 biz plat cards for the same account at the same time?
first apply for the new one and then upgrade the green because you can only get the welcome bonus for Amex business cardsif you haven't had the card for 12 months

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2225 on: June 30, 2015, 07:59:08 AM »
first apply for the new one and then upgrade the green because you can only get the welcome bonus for Amex business cardsif you haven't had the card for 12 months

Makes sense thanks. My green card and new biz plat card will both have the same entity assigned to them. Can I still upgrade the green card to the biz platinum card while I currently already have one already in the same business name or do I have to complete the spend and receive the welcome bonus on the new card and cancel it before I do the upgrade to the green card?

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2226 on: June 30, 2015, 08:44:28 AM »
Makes sense thanks. My green card and new biz plat card will both have the same entity assigned to them. Can I still upgrade the green card to the biz platinum card while I currently already have one already in the same business name or do I have to complete the spend and receive the welcome bonus on the new card and cancel it before I do the upgrade to the green card?
you can have 2 plat at the same time for the same business but iirc the experts say to only upgrade once you get the bonus on the new plat

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2227 on: June 30, 2015, 09:05:43 AM »
you can have 2 plat at the same time for the same business but iirc the experts say to only upgrade once you get the bonus on the new plat
Thanks for the feedback.That would be excellent if it works. My strategy is to do the 3bm next week, earn burn and cancel the new cards  while holding onto the current green card and paying the $95 fee until I do the 30k upgrade in December to plat biz (which iirc should not cause an additional pull since tech it's in the same product group) do a pggm in december and again in jan to fully recoup my fees and then downgrade afterwards.

I am def still a newbie in all of this but I'm loving it:)

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2228 on: June 30, 2015, 10:39:32 PM »
Is there a limit to how many things you can do this? i.e upgrade to the plat, then downgrade, then upgrade again, etc.

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2229 on: June 30, 2015, 11:07:17 PM »
Is there a limit to how many things you can do this? i.e upgrade to the plat, then downgrade, then upgrade again, etc.
As long as you get the offer

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2230 on: July 01, 2015, 10:17:18 AM »
Is the link that offers 30k MR points after 10k spend available to anyone?

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2231 on: July 01, 2015, 10:33:06 AM »
Is the link that offers 30k MR points after 10k spend available to anyone?
By me it comes up system outage. by you the same?

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2232 on: July 01, 2015, 10:49:32 AM »
By me it comes up system outage. by you the same?

same here, probably not eligible

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2233 on: July 01, 2015, 01:02:34 PM »
Is the link that offers 30k MR points after 10k spend available to anyone?
have it under my offers

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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2234 on: July 02, 2015, 12:25:19 PM »
Anyone have success calling and asking if the account has the offer for 30K? Clicked on the link and it stated the Sorry Sorry line.
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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2235 on: July 02, 2015, 07:56:54 PM »
Anyone have success calling and asking if the account has the offer for 30K? Clicked on the link and it stated the Sorry Sorry line.
its targeted and not everyone is eligible for this upgrade offers. but there is a lot success reports up-thread getting this offer by phone , I personal got it 7 months ago by calling 
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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2236 on: July 06, 2015, 03:40:58 PM »
Is this a confirmed NON-pull?
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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2238 on: July 19, 2015, 04:06:12 PM »
Can anyone confirm that when upgrading from Biz Gold to Biz Plat and then seeing the AF (375 in this case) it is the same as with regular Biz Plat as in having 60 days from posting to cancel and receive AF back?
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Re: Upgrade From AMEX Business Gold To Business Platinum And Get 25K MR!
« Reply #2239 on: July 19, 2015, 05:13:52 PM »
Can anyone confirm that when upgrading from Biz Gold to Biz Plat and then seeing the AF (375 in this case) it is the same as with regular Biz Plat as in having 60 days from posting to cancel and receive AF back?
yes