I'm shocked that I was approved and three days later I have an email from
AmEx saying my card has been mailed.
Not exact matches
We would go through Visa after Visa, to Mastercard then finally to
AmEx, just maxing out credit
cards,»
said Gebbia.
Beyond that, I use that to inform what I label as my conservative and aggressive max attainable positions — you can pretty confidently
say you're not going to outrank
Amex for «
amex small business credit
card», etc..
On 04/10/2018 CK
said I had an «excellent» approval for an
AmEx Everyday
card.
The future Mrs. Fields us driving around in a Porsche he's leasing for her and shopping with his platinum
AmEx card, causing Parfenova's attorney to
say he «uses money both to attract and demonstrate affection for someone.»
Spokeswoman Elizabeth Crosta
said AmEx had been charging a lower interest rate of as much as 3.25 percentage points on its credit
cards for customers with similar credit as competitors.
If it were me, I'd make a big shopping list of things I'd like at CostCo (big plasma TV, big cushy chair to sit in to watch
said TV, several five pound bag of potato chips to eat while sitting there, coffin in which to bury me after dying in aforementioned chair), since
AmEx is the only thing they take there, so you can't get much more cash back on any other
card there anyway.
So, if you haven't done the CDE
card yet, I'd
say that the first year on that would be a no - brainer; you'd definitely do better on that than the
AmEx.
In particular, if you had,
say a
card that gave you 3 % off restaurants, you'd want to NOT use that while you've yet to reach the $ 6,500 on the
AmEx, but would want to use that other
card once the
AmEx was past the $ 6,500.
If you were going to get a linked
card with your parents, I'd
say maybe look at the
AmEx Blue Cash.
If you're up for that, I'd
say go for it; get as many
cards with cash back on specific categories as you can use, like the Discover (5 % on the quarterly bonus category), PetRewards (4 % on pet - related purchases), CostCo
AmEx (5 % on gas, 3 % on dining), Orchard Bank (2 % on everything).
«For example, you can not go from the Starwood Preferred Guest credit
card to an
AmEx EveryDay credit
card,» Kartashova
says.
For example, let's
say you spend $ 50,000 through Plastiq with your
AMEX Platinum Delta personal
card.
I did notice that on your description of the
amex card you
said 90,000 miles are needed to book United flights?
«We look at things like the
card member's spending and payment history with American Express, debt with other lenders, credit bureau scores and other credit report information,»
says AmEx spokeswoman Ashley Tufts.
«I live in Vietnam with my wife and closed my
AmEx card, all the rest,»
says Moore.
«For example, you can not go from the Starwood Preferred Guest credit
card to an
AmEx EveryDay credit
card,» Kartashova
says.
Would shopping for 3rd party gift
cards (
say via ebay, ppdg, newegg, — e.g. the deals you so often help us find about here) get sniffed out by the nefarious
amex RAT vermin as somehow constituting ms?
Some fliers have had success getting that $ 200 reimbursement for the «fee» of buying airline gift
cards; dining and spa credits and other exclusive perks on hotel rooms booked through
AmEx can be worth $ 150 or more per night, he
said.
Those discounts come off your bill at the checkout when you use your
AmEx card, she
says.
If there were no other quick way of getting a huge number of points except the
AMEX Hilton Aspire
card, I would have to
say: don't bother.
«Because you pay it off in full each month, it not only helps you spend responsibly — it offers something perhaps more valuable: certainty,»
says one ad for
AmEx's charge
card.
«We know
card members are looking for ways to better manage their finances in this economic environment,»
said Lynne Biggar,
AmEx's senior vice president, membership rewards marketing and partnerships.
Some folks in the frequent flier blogosphere
say it takes more like two years for
AmEx to recognize someone as a new customer for a
card previously held.
The companies did not confirm exactly what this means for the current Starwood Preferred Guest
AmEx cards or Chase Marriott
cards other than to
say that, «in the meantime, both companies will retain their existing portfolio of accounts and continue to offer their current products.»
I just received a letter from
AMEX saying this and that I would get the MR in the next statement but I do NOT have a platinum
card
Hi Ariana, I know you
said to play it safe with
AmEx and Chase but this gift
card promo at the Simon malls was too much to pass up!
Weird because my
card says I have been a member since 2002, which was when I had originally signed up for the old Hilton honors
amex.
«We also sometimes get a complimentary upgrade or more points upon check - in,»
says Maggie Stolzberg, a destination wedding photographer who travels almost every weekend and uses an
AmEx SPG business credit
card for hotel bookings.
While never
say never, and there may still be some targeted 100K bonus offers, particularly for first time
AMEX cardholders who are in
AMEX's target demographic yet have never had an
AMEX card, in general
AMEX's bonus offers have been getting stingier, and harder to get as a current
AMEX cardholder.
I can't
say I'm that surprised, since Chase already seeks to enforce a once in a lifetime signup bonus rule for its credit
cards, and
AMEX has been getting stingier with signup bonuses.
The
AMEX Chat reps I spoke with weren't willing to confirm this info, merely
saying «I can only speak to current terms of bonus which depend on the
card.»
AmEx is also providing more sweeteners, offering customers of its Platinum
card $ 200 of free Uber rides, while raising the annual fee, the company
said this month.
It will be one of the few airline co-brand
cards that don't come with an annual fee, a decision
AmEx and Delta made to appeal to millennial travelers,
said Eva Reda, the lender's executive vice president of consumer partnerships and product development.
That
said, I wouldn't preclude the possibility of taking the 20K points and, later on this year, revisiting whether I wanted to keep the
card or whether it might be better to close it, wait at least 90 days, and apply for the
AMEX Mercedes - Benz Platinum
card, which still offers a 50K signup bonus (see Best Travel Rewards Credit
Cards), assuming there wasn't a better public or targeted bonus offer).
When Fitbit first announced the Ionic, it
said that it would work with
AmEx, Mastercard, and Visa
cards.