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Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE


@Anonymous wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:
Isnt $100 the standard offer


 

The offer I got and used in January was $50 for $1000 plus a year of amazon prime.

 


i have no idea what happened here with the quote. lol

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Imperfectfuture
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE


@SunriseEarth wrote:

@yfan wrote:

@Anonymous wrote:
Hmm.. give me a PC offer to the EDP and a nice retention bonus and Citi can kiss me goodbye

I'd thought that Amex doesn't allow PCing from a cobranded card (which the Costco TE is). Either way, I'm happy. My plan is to grow the limit on the BCE, transfer some limit over from the Costco card, and let Citi take the rest for the new Costco card next year.


My plan is the opposite...see if I can get the TE to grow, move some of that to BCE and let the rest fade away.   I'm likely cutting ties with Costco once AMEX is out of the picture.

 

Since i already have BCE, I'm not getting offers there.   If AMEX would make a 3% dining card, I'd be a very happy man.  


The SimplyCash offers 3% on dining (business card). Smiley Wink

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takeshi74
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE


@yfan wrote:

The offer made no mention of the Costco cobranded card, of course, but it's a rather obvious attempt by Amex to keep as many Costco customers as they can before the transition.


I have yet to see this offer myself but even if I did I won't be switching.  Already have the BCP and it's much more useful to me.  Losing the TE is no big deal for me.

 


@Anonymous wrote:

i have no idea what happened here with the quote. lol


They sometimes get mangled when you're working in the Rich Text tab.  If you're familiar with tags you can easily clean it up in the HTML tab.

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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

@Boragard. The exact same thing is going on with the wife. We have never successfully gotten a 3x CLI from her TE and when we both shotgunned AMEX apps last August, Her PRG took nearly a week to get approved and the EDP was declined (Same HP) with an EX FICO of 703.

Meanwhile my PRG was instapproved and my ED was put on 5 day wait and then approved with 674 EX FICO. Since then I've gotten Auto-CLI on my BSP and another 3X, albeit with slightly higher EX FICO.
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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

I used to get mail-in offers of $200 and $250 but didnt applied. I still dont remember why I didn't apply for it.

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longtimelurker
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE


@Anonymous wrote:

I used to get mail-in offers of $200 and $250 but didnt applied. I still dont remember why I didn't apply for it.


Dont know your reason but BCE is a really underwhelming card, with Sallie Mae beating it on groceries and gas, leaving just select department stores, which at 2% is covered by a 2% card.

 

Some wouldn't  "waste" an ex pull for just $250.

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deltatee
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

I agree completely that BCE is underwhelming. I cannot justify a HP and a hit to my AAOA for that card with SM in my wallet. unfortunately, I doubt amex will offer anything better.
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TitaniumCash
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

Eh, that's not really their best offer. They could up it a bit. I received the $250  after $1000 spend offer last year, got it, and stopped using it after the bonus spend. The 2% department stores is useful sometimes but I tend to use my department stores card when I shop anyway.

 

Also, I don't like statement credits, so I prefer using other cards for cash back redemption or BoA cards for the extra bonus for having an account with them.

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yfan
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE


@deltatee wrote:
I agree completely that BCE is underwhelming. I cannot justify a HP and a hit to my AAOA for that card with SM in my wallet. unfortunately, I doubt amex will offer anything better.

Oh I don't know about that. First of all, I am not sure if this even was a HP - at least it hasn't shown up on any of my credit alerts yet. With respect to AAOA, Amex backdating to the rescue. And while it's true that SM beats (up to an mount) the BCE with rewards, the BCE has has a purchase protection benefit that allows you to claim the full price of an item within 90 days of purchase if the store won't accept the return. The TE doesn't even have this benefit; I don't know if the SM does.

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deltatee
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Re: Amex Begins Wooing Costco TE Cardholders with BCE

yfan, keep us posted on whether you end up seeing a HP come across. If it is a SP is definitely makes the offer more attractive for no other reason than staying in with AMEX!

Unless I am mistaken, SM offers price protection, identity theft protection, rental insurance, and extended warranty services by virtue of being a world MasterCard. I've never had to use any of these though, so I'm not sure how they compare to what AMEX offers.
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