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Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« on: June 26, 2019, 12:15:47 PM »
I have a question, I applied for the plat amex personal which I was referred by I friend, didn't expect to get approved and I was.

I travel a handful of times a year, I spend a ton at restaurants, I see the Amex gold card offers more points when spending at restaurants, I am able to add a gold card for no fee, can't I just add myself as a gold card member say as an abbreviation of my name and get the gold card points benefits?

Is this possible? If I don't use all the plat benefits should I downgrade/switch to gold before activation if that's even possible. I'm new to all of this and reading into how to maximize all the benefits. Thanks for the help.

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Re: Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2019, 01:14:44 PM »
If you applied for the Platinum thinking you had a genius idea to issue a free Gold card and have the best of both worlds, I'm sorry to say that the Gold AU cards do not have regular Gold benefits...

But yes, you can downgrade to Gold, although this is not recommended since you won't get the signup bonus.

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Re: Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2019, 01:28:49 PM »
You can apply for the gold card too.

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Re: Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2019, 02:58:03 PM »
Thanks! Did just that and surprisingly got approved again! So I should cancel the plat after the year/sign on and all bonuses. When can I reapply to get the bonus again, if at all possible?

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Re: Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2019, 04:11:14 AM »
i knew someone who had a discover card for four months and then just got approved for the plat

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Re: Amex Platinum Approved - New to the game
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2019, 04:13:41 AM »
Thanks! Did just that and surprisingly got approved again! So I should cancel the plat after the year/sign on and all bonuses. When can I reapply to get the bonus again, if at all possible?

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