where to transfer amex points to?

[AJK]

Still have yet to hear of DDF'er denied a bonus on a churned Plat.

Well, than I must be making it up as a I go along. Obviously.

[AsherO]

Still have yet to hear of DDF'er denied a bonus on a churned Plat.

+1

Well, than I must be making it up as a I go along. Obviously.

+1

Oh, and if you don't believe 'the big man on the campus' (hey, at least you're good at making this stuff up ), I got three Plat bonuses this year. Here's more 'proof' to the contrary:

Happy birthday dan!
This year alone i have opened 5 platinum cards and accumulated hundreds of thousands of points, which i could have never done without your advice/these forums

On how many names? if I may ask.

One name

[AJK]

I never said I don't believe.

For your convenience, once he alleged/insinuated that I am simply fabricating, I responded:

I only speak from experience. I take it your experience differs.

Perhaps I should have said YMMV?

Besides, IIRC at least one of your Plat bonuses was for the Plat MB.

Additionally, were any of your Plat bonuses after being UG'd from a Gold (which is what this conversation is about)?

[AsherO]

I never said I don't believe.

An ouch (heck, a smidgen) of humility (or even intellectual honesty) would do you a ton of good. You just post away stating 'facts' about things you have no experience, and when confronted about it you don't even man up and admit you're wrong.

Plat is churnable, upgrade or not. I'll bet you 50k (putting my miles where my mouth is) that Bubbles will get a signup bonus next time he applies for the plat (as long as there are no issues with the link he's using and his existing plat is closed for >30 days).

[Dan]

An ouch (heck, a smidgen) of humility (or even intellectual honesty) would do you a ton of good. You just post away stating 'facts' about things you have no experience, and when confronted about it you don't even man up and admit you're wrong.

+1,000,000.  This seems to be a recurring theme.

At any rate I have gotten a Plat bonus for a churn after an upgrade from gold.

[AJK]

An ouch (heck, a smidgen) of humility (or even intellectual honesty) would do you a ton of good. You just post away stating 'facts' about things you have no experience, and when confronted about it you don't even man up and admit you're wrong.

Plat is churnable, upgrade or not. I'll bet you 50k (putting my miles where my mouth is) that Bubbles will get a signup bonus next time he applies for the plat (as long as there are no issues with the link he's using and his existing plat is closed for >30 days).

Heck, let's try it on for size:

I apologize I stated something from my own experience in fact-like fashion which turned out to be incorrect. That's what's so great about a collaborative sharing experience on forums - you can mold and adapt your practices and knowledge by learning of the practices and knowledge of others.

Thanks for being a part of that learning effort.

[AsherO]

I only speak from experience. I take it your experience differs.

(This didn't happen to me personally, but I was informed throughout.)

I apologize I stated something from my own experience in fact-like fashion which turned out to be incorrect.

So much for intellectual honesty...

[AJK]

So much for intellectual honesty...

 

I'm not going to get into an argument with you about what constitutes my own experience.

Move on.

[AsherO]

I'm not going to get into an argument with you about what constitutes my own experience.

If you had a logical argument to make I'm sure you would. You've proven my point here, at least as far as I'm concerned.

I'm going to take your advice and move on, go ahead, have the last word.

[dwkl]

+1

Retention on a charge card? Interesting...

i also saw the 50 k upgrade to plat but being i wanted the 20 k retention i first took the 20 k retention then ordered a plat seperately for 50k sign up and spend 3 k now im up to canceling the gold premier
how long b4 churning back into gold preimer and canceling the plat?

[Q274]

My 2 sense- I've gotten the bonus on 2 plat cards while both cards were still active

[dvol]

Thank you all. I really do not want to open a new c/c at this time as I just opened quite a few.

I see Amex has a transfer promotion of 25% bonus for MR->Starwood transfer so my 41,250 MR points would transfer into 18,315 SPG points. I have an SPG card, is this worth it?

It's either that, or transfer to some airline that flies domestic like Delta or JetBlue

[AJK]

Even with that that promo, the SPG xfer is sub-par.

If you're looking to fly domestically, and you live in DL hub, I'd go DL. They're also running a 30% rebate promo now.

[dvol]

Even with that that promo, the SPG xfer is sub-par.

If you're looking to fly domestically, and you live in DL hub, I'd go DL. They're also running a 30% rebate promo now.

Thank you. I live in New York so Delta would work but they do charge for luggage while JetBlue does not which is why I'm trying to decide between those 2.

[AJK]

Thank you. I live in New York so Delta would work but they do charge for luggage while JetBlue does not which is why I'm trying to decide between those 2.

A valid concern as that would tack on no less than $50 to a DL round trip, unless you have status with them.

Also worth considering are the contrasting destinations to which each fly.

[gevaldig]

so it seems like jet blue would be the only good choice

[dvol]

so it seems like jet blue would be the only good choice

Done 

[milechazzer]

IMHO you should consider transferring to BA Avios if you have any expectation of doing some short-haul flights. (See http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/17453) Amex also has a 30% bonus now on transfers to BA.