Update: An trustworthy source shared some confirmed info about the bigger bonuses: 150k MR for biz platinum is alive and currently active via targeted. Begging, as per this article today, may work but only to 100k, the 150k will likely require actual proof of targeted offer. On the blue for business plus 20k and 0% 18month can be obtained via…
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These days, banks are constantly changing their online account design. The intent is good of course: they want users to have better experiences. However, sometimes new designs are worse. Yesterday (2017.06.12), AmEx changed its design again. I feel that the new design is mainly for mobile users. If you visit on your computer/laptop, the information density is very low. Besides, it’s not…
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Thanks to reader “xiaoducaizhe” for this information. When he tried to downgrade his AmEx Platinum Delta SkyMiles to the Gold SkyMiles, he was told by an AmEx CSR that: AmEx recently built a new team to deal with all the product change or downgrade, effective 2017.06.01. Previously any AmEx CSR can deal with product change or downgrade, but from now…
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Update 2017.5.30: I just chatted with an Amex rep and my third upgrade round for 100,000 Hilton points is pending! Hopefully the points will post today so I can try to downgrade and upgrade one more time before the offer expires on May 31. If you haven’t upgraded yet and are eligible via the link below, now is the time! Introduction American Express…
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2017.4.25 Update: Recently there are a lot of data points reporting that they were not able to see the incognito mode offers. However, today the big offers are back! All of them are there again. If the big offers are gone again in the future, don’t feel odd: these big offers indeed come and go. In How to find Amex…
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Apr, 24, 2017 update: Today Doctor of Credit posted an article mentioning that people might be able to get Amex platinum 100k offer via incognito mode. DoC’s method comes from reddit user m_b_b_2017, in his post in /r/churning. We followed this method and many of our readers did the same test. However, most of them were not lucky enough to see…
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Mar 30th Update: Changes should be in effect today. $15 Uber Credit is now available in your Uber account. And you can request the metal card now. Simply login in to your online account, click ‘Account Services’, then ‘Card Management’, and you should be able to see a card replacement option. Any newly issued or replacement card after Mar 30th will automatically…
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2016.12.21 Update: The Chinese Website Method is really dead. But the VPN Method is still alive! 2016.12.18 Update: There’s no working data points since Dec 18 16:00 PST. This method is probably already dead. We introduced a way to use VPN to get AmEx best offers. However, it’s not that convenient and easy for some people. Many people report that they…
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Recently people found that MPX no longer works for air credit for PRG and AmEx Platinum. MPX air credit used to stop working and then after some time it recovered, this happened several times in the past. Is it still the case now? I am afraid not. A source working for AmEx told us that, AmEx built a new team: Rewards…
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2016.11.23 22:00 PST Update: all the following links are dead now. The lifetime was 6 hours since the first discovery. Thanks to sirtheta on reddit, now we have direct links to AmEx incognito big offers! No more VPN and failed tries! Use incognito mode to open the following links. Please make screenshots before applying to prepare for possible troubles! BCE $250+$200…
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2016.6 update: more than 7 recent data points from our private chat group show that, you can get 5 AmEx credit cards, but not 6. When two of us applied for our 6th AmEx credit cards, we both received a phone call that explicitly says we “reached the maximum number of credit cards”, and we have to close one of the…
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I have wrote several posts here, which are completely effected by the strict writing style of other senior writers, taking How to Avoid Financial Review (FR) from Amex for example. This post has been wrote in an organized way, with strict writing style and usage of formal words. But I want to write the following post in a causal way as…
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Several days ago Amex finally introduced the 100k offer for the Platinum Card as well as ED and BCE’s 25k/$250, lots of people applied and were approved for these offers. At the same time, however, Amex strengthened their efforts on Financial Review and recent data points show many users going through this process. In this post, we will briefly introduce the…
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I. About Credit Card Application: 1. Does Amex limit the number of cards individual can keep? Unlike other banks, Amex has a limit that individual can only keep no more than 4 credit cards, including personal cards and business cards. Note that this restriction is only for credit card, charge cards such as Platinum, Premier Rewards Gold (PRG) are not included,…
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