If your not in with AMEX your chances to be backdated to 2013 are quickly slipping away (maybe already too late if not instant approved). Getting getting apping/drapping for it 
(I feel like the anti-garden gnome today)
I have a feeling that GC watchers are on standby ;-)
@brikays wrote:
I have a feeling that GC watchers are on standby ;-)
Haha! You know it!
That pic is priceless!
@Duncanrr wrote:If your not in with AMEX your chances to be backdated to 2013 are quickly slipping away (maybe already too late if not instant approved). Getting getting apping/drapping for it
(I feel like the anti-garden gnome today)
Too funny!!! 
Current Scores: EQ 775 (03/04/2014), EX 756 (03/01/2014), TU 760 (03/01/2014)
Ruby Spade Garden Club Member - Last App: 03/04/2013 - No apps until 2014
Cards: Cap1 Venture 6.4k, Cap1 Quicksilver MC 1.75k, BankAmericard 1-2-3 Visa Signature - UCF Alumni Association 5k, Discover 7k, Citi Diamond Preferred MC 10.35k, Wells Fargo Rewards Visa 7k, Chase Freedom 5k, Chase Ink 7.5k, Amex Green NPSL, Dillard's Amex 7.5k, JC Penney 7.5k, Kay Jeweler's 5.1k
to get backdated you hvae to apply jan 1st or anytime in jan?
@lexandra90 wrote:to get backdated you hvae to apply jan 1st or anytime in jan?
If you're already a member, then apping in Jan will backdate you to Jan of your original membership date. So, if your very first Amex is from any month in, say, 2001, and you app this coming Jan, your new card will be dated Jan 2001. So as long as your new account is officially opened in Jan, that's what would happen. If you wait until the last day or two in Jan, the account may not be officially opened until Feb; I'm not sure how long it takes them to finish opening a new account. I hope this makes sense.
Current Scores: EQ 775 (03/04/2014), EX 756 (03/01/2014), TU 760 (03/01/2014)
Ruby Spade Garden Club Member - Last App: 03/04/2013 - No apps until 2014
Cards: Cap1 Venture 6.4k, Cap1 Quicksilver MC 1.75k, BankAmericard 1-2-3 Visa Signature - UCF Alumni Association 5k, Discover 7k, Citi Diamond Preferred MC 10.35k, Wells Fargo Rewards Visa 7k, Chase Freedom 5k, Chase Ink 7.5k, Amex Green NPSL, Dillard's Amex 7.5k, JC Penney 7.5k, Kay Jeweler's 5.1k
@tinuviel wrote:
@lexandra90 wrote:to get backdated you hvae to apply jan 1st or anytime in jan?
If you're already a member, then apping in Jan will backdate you to Jan of your original membership date. So, if your very first Amex is from any month in, say, 2001, and you app this coming Jan, your new card will be dated Jan 2001. So as long as your new account is officially opened in Jan, that's what would happen. If you wait until the last day or two in Jan, the account may not be officially opened until Feb; I'm not sure how long it takes them to finish opening a new account. I hope this makes sense.
yes I understand. I plan to app for AMEX in summer '14 so if I app in jan '15 ill get the 1 year backdate?
@lexandra90 wrote:
@tinuviel wrote:
@lexandra90 wrote:to get backdated you hvae to apply jan 1st or anytime in jan?
If you're already a member, then apping in Jan will backdate you to Jan of your original membership date. So, if your very first Amex is from any month in, say, 2001, and you app this coming Jan, your new card will be dated Jan 2001. So as long as your new account is officially opened in Jan, that's what would happen. If you wait until the last day or two in Jan, the account may not be officially opened until Feb; I'm not sure how long it takes them to finish opening a new account. I hope this makes sense.
yes I understand. I plan to app for AMEX in summer '14 so if I app in jan '15 ill get the 1 year backdate?
Yes. If you get an Amex in summer 2014 and get one again in Jan 2015, the second card would be backdated to Jan 2014. It is weird in a way; your second card would be "older" than your original!
Current Scores: EQ 775 (03/04/2014), EX 756 (03/01/2014), TU 760 (03/01/2014)
Ruby Spade Garden Club Member - Last App: 03/04/2013 - No apps until 2014
Cards: Cap1 Venture 6.4k, Cap1 Quicksilver MC 1.75k, BankAmericard 1-2-3 Visa Signature - UCF Alumni Association 5k, Discover 7k, Citi Diamond Preferred MC 10.35k, Wells Fargo Rewards Visa 7k, Chase Freedom 5k, Chase Ink 7.5k, Amex Green NPSL, Dillard's Amex 7.5k, JC Penney 7.5k, Kay Jeweler's 5.1k
yes! but totally awesome as a good padding for my young AAoA. I like the backdating idea
Would this work for me? I opened AMEX account in 11/2/13 can I open a BCP in Jan 2014 and It would show opened since Jan 2013? for AAoA purposes?
