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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1000 on: August 02, 2011, 08:32:10 PM »
Calling is much better than SM for this stuff.
Dan, do you think if i call now and tell them that the dates that those points were posted was before i got this card, thus i still deserve 50k i will be successful? or am i setting myself for up for disaster  by doing that (since they will know i was churning?)
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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1001 on: August 02, 2011, 08:51:11 PM »
Seriously Guys stop being so naive to think that we are outsmarting Amex or that everyone here is looking out for themselves and if they figure out a way to make money by killing a deal they all would

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1002 on: August 03, 2011, 09:22:43 AM »
I plan to apply for Plat and Blue simultaneously so I can cancel Plat and keep the points.  Will this work?  Please comment.
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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1003 on: August 03, 2011, 11:17:30 AM »
I plan to apply for Plat and Blue simultaneously so I can cancel Plat and keep the points.  Will this work?  Please comment.

I would get both the Plat and Gold offers - get 175k-200k points instead of 100k, keep the Gold open up to a year @ no fee (plenty of time to use your points).

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1004 on: August 03, 2011, 12:38:35 PM »
I would get both the Plat and Gold offers - get 175k-200k points instead of 100k, keep the Gold open up to a year @ no fee (plenty of time to use your points).

Why not get all 3 and have no deadline?
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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1005 on: August 03, 2011, 01:01:36 PM »
Why not get all 3 and have no deadline?

You could though it may increase your chance of Financial Review.  The 1 year deadline should be meaningless anyway - you should have churned new Plat/Gold cards by then, which constantly pushes out the 'deadline'  8)

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1006 on: August 03, 2011, 01:02:54 PM »
I hear ya  ;)
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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1007 on: August 03, 2011, 03:02:38 PM »
Just to report, total chaos with my account, haha.

- Signed up for PRG and Plat, got matched to 75K and 100K easily.
- Met spending req for Plat, 25K showed up the next day, called in to get points... got 50K (coded as PRG match)
- Called in to complain, got a argumentative rep, hung up, called and got a wicked smart rep, got the extra 25K (coded as retention) to make a total of 100K on Plat.
- Called to cancel Plat card, asked for retention, denied, canceled it easily
- Met spending req for Gold, 15K showed up, SM'ed to get points...got denied the 50K (since "it was already given"), but got 10K to meet the "promised total 75K" (15+10+50 on the wrongly coded one)
- Raged on a couple of phone calls and SMs to ask for my PRG bonus, was told to ask for my Plat instead (since it was wrongly coded)... but can't receive my plat points since the card is closed.
- Called today to reinstate my Plat card, must call later to ask for my Plat points. Hoping to get 75K (for a total of 200K!)


Sooooo much trouble! Moral of the story? Make sure your bonuses are coded correctly! TLDNR? :(

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1009 on: August 04, 2011, 11:19:08 AM »

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1010 on: August 04, 2011, 11:24:34 AM »
guys get over it we know ppl r making money off of this

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1011 on: August 04, 2011, 11:31:33 AM »
look at this

This guy hung signs all over lkwd. You should email him and read the info he sends out.  Its pretty funny. He's trying to teach the average joe shmoe how to do shtick. We all know wat that leads to. . .

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1012 on: August 04, 2011, 10:56:17 PM »
I applied in feb. for an BIZ Platinum 100k after 10k till May 15 they requested an 4506 its took them a few months till the approved the card after the card was approved the requested 4506T at the end the card was opened july i spend 8K after the closing i paid  and today i match it to ID 5999 and the points is already my account

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1013 on: August 04, 2011, 11:18:28 PM »
Thanks for the info on promo code 5999!

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1014 on: August 05, 2011, 11:36:18 AM »
the points is already my account


Really?? In one day they're in?  They told me 6-8 weeks?  Should I call again?

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1015 on: August 05, 2011, 12:24:00 PM »

Really?? In one day they're in?  They told me 6-8 weeks?  Should I call again?

I requested my points to be expedited through secure message on both PRG and Platinum. I explained I may need for upcoming vacation (not untrue). Posted within hours.

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1016 on: August 05, 2011, 03:53:39 PM »
I requested my points to be expedited through secure message on both PRG and Platinum. I explained I may need for upcoming vacation (not untrue). Posted within hours.

Niiiice.  Thanks!

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1017 on: August 06, 2011, 10:21:44 PM »
i opened my card in aug 2010.. which promo should i use? they keep denying 3882 for me...

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1018 on: August 06, 2011, 10:26:56 PM »
How much income do i need to get this card? I have a AMEX PR gold and business with about 40k income, will i get approve?

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Re: Receiving 100k amex plat promo without being targeted
« Reply #1019 on: August 06, 2011, 10:30:20 PM »
How much income do i need to get this card? I have a AMEX PR gold and business with about 40k income, will i get approve?

I'll be honest I don't know much but I would assume you should finish up with your FR first before you start applying for more amex cards.