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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #420 on: January 28, 2013, 10:21:52 AM »
According to the Amex Platinum thread wiki, you have 60 days from the day the annual fee posts to cancel and get your refund. It does say YMMV.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #421 on: January 28, 2013, 10:22:23 AM »
soooo?!  Transfer them to the other card?  Also u have till march 6 u know to cancel. If im not mistaken
lol! that was my original noobie question (scroll up a few posts) - how do i go about tranferring MR from one account to the other?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #422 on: January 28, 2013, 10:22:58 AM »
According to the Amex Platinum thread wiki, you have 60 days from the day the annual fee posts to cancel and get your refund. It does say YMMV.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #423 on: January 28, 2013, 10:24:27 AM »
lol! that was my original noobie question (scroll up a few posts) - how do i go about tranferring MR from one account to the other?
how do u transfer is what ur asking?!
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #424 on: January 28, 2013, 10:24:56 AM »
how do u transfer is what ur asking?!
yup  :)

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« Reply #425 on: January 28, 2013, 10:28:55 AM »
yup  :)
did both sets of points post yet?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #426 on: January 28, 2013, 10:29:33 AM »
did both sets of points post yet?
no, only plat so far

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #427 on: January 28, 2013, 10:30:30 AM »
I don't think there is a way to transfer without calling and asking them to transfer, they might just merge your accounts.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #428 on: January 28, 2013, 10:31:54 AM »
I don't think there is a way to transfer without calling and asking them to transfer, they might just merge your accounts.
makes sense. so in that case i'll wait for PRG points to post before calling to combine accounts and cancel plat.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #429 on: January 28, 2013, 10:33:57 AM »
Before you cancel your Plat, make sure all the points are connected to the PRG.

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« Reply #430 on: January 28, 2013, 10:35:27 AM »
Before you cancel your Plat, make sure all the points are connected to the PRG.
sound advice indeed. thanks!

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« Reply #431 on: January 28, 2013, 10:37:38 AM »
Just one more thing, don't bank on them merging your accounts, I don't know if they do that. You're situation is very uncommon.

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« Reply #432 on: January 28, 2013, 10:39:20 AM »
Just one more thing, don't bank on them merging your accounts, I don't know if they do that. You're situation is very uncommon.
so what do i do if they won't merge the accounts? how do I save plat points before cancelling? please don't tell me I have to transfer airline!! That would be painful to hear.

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« Reply #433 on: January 28, 2013, 10:41:58 AM »
so what do i do if they won't merge the accounts? how do I save plat points before cancelling? please don't tell me I have to transfer airline!! That would be painful to hear.
If they don't merge your accounts, and they don't transfer your Plat points to the MR account associated with your PRG, you may have to transfer to an airline.

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« Reply #434 on: January 28, 2013, 11:25:20 AM »
makes sense. so in that case i'll wait for PRG points to post before calling to combine accounts and cancel plat.
exactly
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« Reply #435 on: January 28, 2013, 11:26:27 AM »
Just one more thing, don't bank on them merging your accounts, I don't know if they do that. You're situation is very uncommon.
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ive had this before with my moms and mine acct's i just called ans asked to merge them being she cancelled and since we were the same add they did it
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« Reply #436 on: January 28, 2013, 11:30:53 AM »
ive had this before with my moms and mine acct's i just called ans asked to merge them being she cancelled and since we were the same add they did it
thanks, good to know

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« Reply #437 on: January 28, 2013, 02:07:04 PM »
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ive had this before with my moms and mine acct's i just called ans asked to merge them being she cancelled and since we were the same add they did it
IIRC this is YMMV.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #438 on: January 28, 2013, 02:29:55 PM »
I did it just yesterday. Not a problem at all.
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I did it just yesterday. Not a problem at all.
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