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New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #40 on: April 12, 2012, 07:32:44 PM »
Does Morgan Stanley give you anything that a Mercedes Benz does not?

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #41 on: April 15, 2012, 02:00:23 AM »
Gotcha.
Let us know if you get approved sans MS account!
No, just got an email saying that since I don't have an MS account I cannot get the CC
And therefore they will not pull my my credit.......

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #42 on: April 15, 2012, 02:19:55 AM »
Does Morgan Stanley give you anything that a Mercedes Benz does not?
a free AU
No, just got an email saying that since I don't have an MS account I cannot get the CC
And therefore they will not pull my my credit.......
Thanks for the update

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New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #43 on: April 15, 2012, 02:27:06 AM »
An it's just like the Mercedes Benz card ?
How much do I have to spend to get the 50k?

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #44 on: April 15, 2012, 02:29:12 AM »
An it's just like the Mercedes Benz card ?
How much do I have to spend to get the 50k?
$1000

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #45 on: April 22, 2012, 08:29:05 AM »
It's not so simple. It cannot be done online, there is a minimum amount needed to open (still trying to figure it out), and there is a maintenance fee of $250 if less than $25,000 invested.
They're emailing me an application now, so i'll post when I have more details

Are you certain about this?

They should have more than one type of brokerage account, perhaps there is one that doesn't require that minimum?

Also, when does the $250 fee kick in, right away?

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #46 on: April 23, 2012, 03:33:51 PM »
I called MS today.

First off, they are old school. They are only interested in serious investors, and to open an account, they prefer if you go down to their office to do so. (As a matter of fact, I don't know if there is any other way - perhaps by mail?).

They put you in touch with a personal account manager, and he or she opens the account for you.

To my knowledge [i.e. what they "told me"], the only fee that is accrued [for a "Brokerage account"] if you have under 250k in your account is 1 1/2 percent of your account balance. So if you have 10k in your account, your yearly fee is $150. (And, presumably, if you have 1k, your fee would be just $15/yr)

This is all I have been able to get out of them, short of going down to their office to find out if there are any other "hidden fees".

However, this is what the agent told me, and may not necessarily reflect the ultimate truth. (Maybe other "hidden" fees?) Another question I would have is, if I open the account as a joint account for my wife and I, can I then get two platinum cards, one for each of us? Or would Amex say "one per account"?

If anyone has more accurate info and can shed some light on this, it would be beneficial for quite a few users here.

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #47 on: April 23, 2012, 03:39:11 PM »
Seems easier to just get the Plat MB and Regular Plat

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #48 on: April 23, 2012, 03:58:12 PM »
Seems easier to just get the Plat MB and Regular Plat
+1, just got both

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #49 on: April 23, 2012, 04:24:52 PM »
Seems easier to just get the Plat MB and Regular Plat

Except that the Regular Plat has a 3k spending criteria while the MS has only 1k. If I am getting two, that becomes 6k vs 2k.

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #50 on: April 23, 2012, 04:54:18 PM »
Except that the Regular Plat has a 3k spending criteria while the MS has only 1k. If I am getting two, that becomes 6k vs 2k.

Buy a 3k ring at Costco and return it after your points post

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #51 on: April 23, 2012, 05:01:17 PM »
Why do Costco you cab just do zappos.com is that easy

But do the bonus points forsure go on?

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #52 on: April 23, 2012, 05:21:55 PM »
Why do Costco you cab just do zappos.com is that easy

But do the bonus points forsure go on?

What are you buying for 3k at zappos??

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #53 on: April 23, 2012, 07:44:21 PM »
+1, just got both
Yep me too. I looked into opening up a MS brokerage account but it seemed like a real hassle. So now I just did a 2BM with reg plat and MB plat (instant approval for both)

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #54 on: April 23, 2012, 11:59:05 PM »
Yep me too. I looked into opening up a MS brokerage account but it seemed like a real hassle. So now I just did a 2BM with reg plat and MB plat (instant approval for both)

So now you're up to 7 times (ka"h) for the Amex Plat? Impressive :D
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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #55 on: April 24, 2012, 12:11:17 AM »
So now you're up to 7 times (ka"h) for the Amex Plat? Impressive :D

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #56 on: April 24, 2012, 04:33:47 AM »
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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #57 on: April 24, 2012, 08:50:45 AM »
Yep me too. I looked into opening up a MS brokerage account but it seemed like a real hassle. So now I just did a 2BM with reg plat and MB plat (instant approval for both)

Which link did you use?

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Re: New Amex Platinum Morgan Stanley card - 50k offer too!!!
« Reply #58 on: April 24, 2012, 09:45:32 AM »
It's actually (real-)like I'm preoccupied with, not death :P

I'm assuming that during your time away you didn't get reincarnated as a, like, a valley girl, like, and you meant to write "life." :)
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