The Offer
@PointsToPointB reports receiving the following targeted Amex Offer on his Platinum card.
- Get 2x Membership Rewards points on all purchases made with your Amex Platinum card both in-store and online
Typically, the Platinum card earns 1x everywhere; with this offer it will earn 2x everywhere.
The Fine Print
- Expires 10/30/16
- Max 100,000 Membership Rewards points (I’m not sure if that means $50k in spend or $100k in spend)
- Valid only in US and US territories
Our Verdict
The best MR-earning possible is typically 1.5x everywhere with Everyday Preferred, so this offer easily wins at 2x.
Check your Platinum cards to see if you got this one; looks like this offer is targeted to Platinum cards only. No luck for me on my Platinum MB card; let us know if you see it.
Awesome deal! It wasn’t extended to me… bummer.
It could be targeted at those who have not been using their cards all that much. I am seeing Elan managed cards and DiscoverCard both with similar incentives to use their respective cards.
So, I decided to harass Amex’s chat service to see if I could get the offer as it wasn’t listed for me (total fail btw). The good news is that I can clarify the terms. In addition to needed the direct offer, they provided me with the following language:
“This offer is limited to 100,000 additional Membership Rewards points earned per enrolled Card.”
So, it seems it’s 100k additional points ($100k in spending), and it’s per CARD not per ACCOUNT. Not sure a single account would get targeted twice, but you never know I guess.
Neither my nor my wife’s personal platinum cards
not on my personal platinum — AF due next month, this helps make my decision to cancel easier
Agree with what Nate said. I have also felt left out of the more interesting offers. If DoC posted you can bet I wasn’t targeted. Just noticed that the 5,000 MR points for a referral “featured” offer I remember from this morning was gone this afternoon. My next AF due in March definitely will be met with a card cancellation.
Whoops n/m it’s an Amex Offer! Thanks!
I’ve updated the title to clarify this.
Is this an Amex Offer or something via e-mail? How do I check?
Nothing on my personal Platinum.
Nothing on my Schwab Platinum
I was about to tell you! Men you are fast! Got it on my personal amex plat!
Nice Men!