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AMEX T&C on all cards state you can't have had the card within the last 12 months. Most usually specify the family (Gold, Platinum, Zync). Usually no crossover biz to personal (i.e. you can get biz bonus when you have personal).
Sometimes they only disallow that card (i.e. if you have platinum you may still get gold).
How do you know what the terms are?
READ THE T&C ON THE APPLICATION PAGE. THEY ARE VERY CLEAR!!!

Update 4/24/13:
It's no longer clear who will get the bonus, but it's very clear who will not receive it.

Beware of the new addition to the T&C of personal cards:
If you are identified as a current American Express® Cardmember, you may not be eligible for this welcome bonus offer.
We don't know yet the effects, it can't be good, so take it into consideration. It might be a way to cut off churners even after a year of having the product.

You should always send a SM several times. There were multiple reports of success if persistent enough after being denied the bonus. Don't bother calling, only SM! Don't give up so fast. Be creative and harsh. Say that a rep told you that you will get the bonus on the card. Follow up, demand an investigation and follow up again.

Quote from: shmebeble on March 10, 2014, 11:39:09 AM
I am on the phone with a representative and she is saying that after May 1st, you are only eligible for bonus points on a card once in a lifetime for a card!
Please say this is not true

« Last edited by SearchGuy on March 10, 2014, 04:32:30 PM »

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Re: New Amex Bonus Terms
« Reply #240 on: December 20, 2012, 09:04:50 AM »
FYI, there is a Amex Gold card.
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Re: New Amex Bonus Terms
« Reply #241 on: December 20, 2012, 09:14:20 AM »
Quote from: meshugener on December 20, 2012, 09:04:50 AM
FYI, there is a Amex Gold card.

Indeed.

I just want to make sure he's not referring to the regular business gold card.
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spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #242 on: December 21, 2012, 02:27:05 AM »
Amex Spg being strict with signing up for a new card while having that card within the year. You end up without even the 10k bonus
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #243 on: December 21, 2012, 02:30:18 AM »
Quote from: yo on December 21, 2012, 02:27:05 AM
Amex Spg being strict with signing up for a new card while having that card within the year. You end up without even the 10k bonus
Did you write in your spg number on the app?
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #244 on: December 23, 2012, 02:21:58 AM »
yes
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Re: New Amex Bonus Terms
« Reply #245 on: December 23, 2012, 03:04:08 AM »
Now it really sucks! As I am a platinum business amex card holder i recently added the business gold card with the 75k promo and spent 30k on it my first month and didn't receive any bonus.
I sent a sm and received the same....  That the same card family so no bonus there  :(.
I guess it's time to shut both accounts and wait another year before we go again. Or maybe there is a better option?
How about opening a new business card for a different business?
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Re: New Amex Bonus Terms
« Reply #246 on: December 23, 2012, 03:11:09 AM »
Did anyone see the bonus points pending and then ultimately didn't get them?
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #247 on: December 23, 2012, 07:36:36 AM »
shcoyach, proper churning dictates that you don't
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #248 on: December 23, 2012, 09:30:03 AM »
You need to leave that info out and then merge accounts when you've gotten the points.
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #249 on: December 23, 2012, 09:47:31 AM »
Quote from: yo on December 23, 2012, 02:21:58 AM
yes
Well, that's where you went wrong.  You gotta learn the rules in order to play the game.
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #250 on: December 23, 2012, 10:04:52 AM »
Quote from: Yeki89 on December 23, 2012, 07:36:36 AM
shcoyach, proper churning dictates that you don't
How long do you have to wait to churn? Is there a diff personal or business? Should I do personal and business the same day or wait between them?(I know it will be 2 pulls anyway)
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #251 on: December 23, 2012, 10:13:55 AM »
Quote from: yosefchaim on December 23, 2012, 10:04:52 AM
How long do you have to wait to churn? Is there a diff personal or business? Should I do personal and business the same day or wait between them?(I know it will be 2 pulls anyway)
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #252 on: December 23, 2012, 10:15:09 AM »
Quote from: MEIR613 on December 23, 2012, 10:13:55 AM
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With Chase it's like that, not with Amex?!?
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #253 on: December 23, 2012, 10:16:33 AM »
Quote from: yosefchaim on December 23, 2012, 10:15:09 AM
With Chase it's like that, not with Amex?!?
Correct
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #254 on: December 23, 2012, 10:24:37 AM »
Quote from: mmermss on December 23, 2012, 10:16:33 AM
Correct
Thanks! What's with Citi and USairways?
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #255 on: December 23, 2012, 10:41:01 AM »
Quote from: yosefchaim on December 23, 2012, 10:24:37 AM
Thanks! What's with Citi and USairways?
They are good cards, what do you want to know about them?
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #256 on: December 23, 2012, 01:35:41 PM »
Quote from: Yeki89 on December 23, 2012, 10:41:01 AM
They are good cards, what do you want to know about them?
If business and personal are 2 pulls (even with 2BM) (See previous posts)
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #257 on: December 23, 2012, 01:46:56 PM »
With Citibank it'll be two for sure, since Citi pulls as CBNA and Citi Biz pulls as something else. (This is a quote from AsherO in a diff. thread)
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #258 on: December 24, 2012, 11:18:26 AM »
Quote from: Yeki89 on December 23, 2012, 07:36:36 AM
shcoyach, proper churning dictates that you don't
Quote from: Miracle on December 23, 2012, 09:30:03 AM
You need to leave that info out and then merge accounts when you've gotten the points.
Quote from: Saver2000 on December 23, 2012, 09:47:31 AM
Well, that's where you went wrong.  You gotta learn the rules in order to play the game.
I churned it leaving the SPG# field blank, got a new SPG card in the mail with a new account number without doing anything, spend points posted to the old one and upon calling SPG they told me that the new account had been invalidated and merged with the old one..
Regarding the bonus points, Amex claimed I had already had that card in the past 12 months (as a matter of fact I hadn't even't closed the old one).
So it doesn't seem like just "leaving the SPG number blank" does all the magic.

Not to say that I didn't end up getting my points but not without a fight...
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Re: spg card make sure to cancel within year
« Reply #259 on: December 24, 2012, 11:21:31 AM »
Quote from: txtmax4 on December 24, 2012, 11:18:26 AM
I churned it leaving the SPG# field blank, got a new SPG card in the mail with a new account number without doing anything, spend points posted to the old one and upon calling SPG they told me that the new account had been invalidated and merged with the old one..
Regarding the bonus points, Amex claimed I had already had that card in the past 12 months (as a matter of fact I hadn't even't closed the old one).
So it doesn't seem like just "leaving the SPG number blank" does all the magic.

Not to say that I didn't end up getting my points but not without a fight...
What about with a new SPG number...would that work?
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