I'm confused:
I signed up for the Aspire 150k/$4k spend offer and for the Ascend 125k/$2k spend offer. Just hit the spend on the Ascend and I see 150k posted to my HH account as "Aspire Card Bonus Points". I'm still more than $2k away from the spend on that card. Anyone else have such experience? Did they just post the Ascend points as Aspire and randomly give me 25k extra (happens to be that there offer for the Ascend is now 150/$3k), or is that actually my Aspire bonus posting before I hit the spend?
Have no idea.
Just figured it out. A few weeks ago I made a $2500 purchase and return on my Aspire. With some recent spend that out me over $4000. The purchase and return happened the same day, but somehow it still counted toward my $4000.
I thought they don't count returned purchases if you return it before the bonus posts, but maybe the system didn't catch this return as it was for $15 less than the purchase? (The $2500 purchase was in a foreign currency, and it fluctuated by the time the return was processed, resulting in a slightly smaller refund.)
Am I correct to assume that I should spend another $2500 within the first 3 months to stay on Amex's good side, and not just stop spending on that card now?