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I received a pre-approval letter for the green card, and that is the card I've really been wanting. But my plan has been to wait until my reports are completely golden to apply for the Costco AMEX because I heard that they back-date to your membership date.
I really want the Green card, but I really, really want the 7-8 years of Costco added history.
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Weird questions, I know, but I really could use the added credit history.
Hi Xeoz,
Unfortunately, Amex doesn't backdate based on the date of membership at Costco. They only backdate based on your date of membership with Amex. There was a big thread on this in the fall of '09, where we figured out that the members who had reported it happening, really had their cards backdated based on the year they first opened an Amex card, and the current month.
@Anonymous wrote:Hi Xeoz,
Unfortunately, Amex doesn't backdate based on the date of membership at Costco. They only backdate based on your date of membership with Amex. There was a big thread on this in the fall of '09, where we figured out that the members who had reported it happening, really had their cards backdated based on the year they first opened an Amex card, and the current month.
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@Anonymous wrote:Hi Xeoz,
Unfortunately, Amex doesn't backdate based on the date of membership at Costco. They only backdate based on your date of membership with Amex. There was a big thread on this in the fall of '09, where we figured out that the members who had reported it happening, really had their cards backdated based on the year they first opened an Amex card, and the current month.
Well that's dissapointing, it was a beautiful myth. Thanks for letting me know!
With that information I decided to pull the trigger and submit the app. They approved me for a brand new American Express Green card. Hooray, I'm now part of the club.
Congrats Xeoz!
Congrats Xeoz...
IMO its a great card, treat it well and be prepared to be treated well. Offcourse if you pull the trigger for costco card later, you get backdated to 2011