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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7620 on: February 04, 2017, 09:17:09 PM »
yes had the same story.
but nothing happened.

Nothing happened, as in you were able to downgrade/cancel the card and keep the retention bonus?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7621 on: February 04, 2017, 09:42:12 PM »
yes had the same story.
but nothing happened.
She said she would reverse it if i downgrade...so sounded like she would

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7622 on: February 05, 2017, 09:20:41 AM »
How strict are they with clawing back the signup bonus if cancel before the AF?

Canceled my wife's like this because we got the PRG card at the same time and thought that it would be better for us as an everyday card. She was targeted for the 100k plat (first amex card) and now her points have been frozen for the last 8 weeks...

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7623 on: February 05, 2017, 09:26:35 AM »
Canceled my wife's like this because we got the PRG card at the same time and thought that it would be better for us as an everyday card. She was targeted for the 100k plat (first amex card) and now her points have been frozen for the last 8 weeks...
I downgraded an AU my bus plat account to green card b.c. I thought adding AU was free (must have missed the fine print)... Will the spending put on the au card still count towards 15k threshold?
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7624 on: February 05, 2017, 09:29:10 AM »
I downgraded an AU my bus plat account to green card b.c. I thought adding AU was free (must have missed the fine print)... Will the spending put on the au card still count towards 15k threshold?
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7625 on: February 05, 2017, 09:33:41 AM »
Yes
Cool. That's what I assumed, but wanted to confirm. How do you know for sure?
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7626 on: February 05, 2017, 09:37:22 AM »
Cool. That's what I assumed, but wanted to confirm. How do you know for sure?
Give them a call. Any and all spending on any card that you are the primary account holder of, will go towards your monthly balance and in turn, you're spending threshold
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7627 on: February 05, 2017, 03:56:00 PM »
Nothing happened, as in you were able to downgrade/cancel the card and keep the retention bonus?
yes i downgraded and canceled and kept the retention bonus.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7628 on: February 05, 2017, 04:04:04 PM »
I got a few conflicting reports on my Amex Mercedes Platinum. I was told I couldn't downgrade but a prorated refund on the annual fee was available. I was then told by a retention specialist that I was transferred to that it could be downgraded to any charge card (but not EDP) but that there was no longer a prorated refund available because it is after 30 days. I was also told that retention offers aren't available for cards within their first year of receiving the signup offer.

I know DROPR so what is actually the case. Can I downgrade, are there prorated refunds (I believe from DDMS that there aren't) and are there retention offers.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7629 on: February 05, 2017, 04:05:12 PM »
If you downgrade to green you'll get a prorated refund to the new AF of $95.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7630 on: February 05, 2017, 09:01:23 PM »
If you downgrade to green you'll get a prorated refund to the new AF of $95.
So if $120 prorated I'd save $25?
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7631 on: February 06, 2017, 01:24:21 AM »
Amex RATs indeed!
So I got a "points adjustment " .....  and acct is frozen.
No bad links , all legit spend.
Any way to get my points back?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7632 on: February 06, 2017, 01:25:57 AM »
These adjustments didn't come out of nowhere. Did you downgrade or cancel soon after receiving bonus? Were you eligible for the bonus according to the terms of the offer?
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7633 on: February 06, 2017, 08:11:13 AM »
Should I be concerned over a large legit flight cancelation?
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7634 on: February 06, 2017, 08:20:55 AM »
Should I be concerned over a large legit flight cancellation?
yes, they don't know the difference

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7635 on: February 06, 2017, 08:32:11 AM »
yes, they don't know the difference
That's what I was afraid of.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7636 on: February 06, 2017, 08:35:09 AM »
Amex RATs indeed!
So I got a "points adjustment " .....  and acct is frozen.
No bad links , all legit spend.
Any way to get my points back?
RATs?
Did you cancel or downgrade?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7637 on: February 06, 2017, 08:41:25 AM »
RATs?
Did you cancel or downgrade?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7638 on: February 06, 2017, 08:43:21 AM »
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Oh first time hearing about them...
So they can take away points after gating a retention and downgrading/cancel as well?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #7639 on: February 06, 2017, 10:22:40 AM »
Oh first time hearing about them...
So they can take away points after gating a retention and downgrading/cancel as well?
They can do whatever they want. If they will? Ymmv.