They've always done it, but recently they've been giving issues if you've had the SP for less than a year, in which case closing it and shifting over the credit is your best option.
Excuse me for being a little slow but all this is for a sign up or some type of promo bonus.
They will let you switch card to another type and you are still eligible for the bonus, without checking if you received a sign up bonus for the one you are changing from ?
They are complicit in their own Hara Kiri
If the answer is yes, then there are people out there, a lot slower than I .
We better start speaking in code. Some one else could be watching