Possible to switch bonus offers with Amex BCE?

[sarux3]

I just opened my BCE account a couple weeks ago under the $100 cashback / $500 spend bonus that's being shopped around to all the Costco TE cardholders, but yesterday I got a targeted mailer for $250 cashback / $1000 spend!  Stupid timing... anyway, I got on the phone with customer service to ask about the possibility of trading up to the better bonus offer since I just opened the card.  He said he couldn't do it because the offer is locked to my account when I agreed to the T&Cs, so I asked to speak to a supervisor who basically told me the same thing but said she'd try for me and would get back to me in a week.

I won't be too broken up about missing out on the extra $150 bonus if they can't make it work, but I figured it was worth a shot.  Anyone here have any success getting Amex to trade up on targeted bonus offers?

[kdm31091]

It's probably unlikely that it will happen but you never know. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Amex is not known to budge when dealing with matching offers. Sorry, I feel your pain!

[Anonymous]

I received a mailer for the $250/$1000 as well. I am still deciding if I want to take AMEX up on it. I honestly dont see myself ever using the card after the initial $1000 spend to get the bonus.

Still, it is $250.....

[longtimelurker]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I received a mailer for the $250/$1000 as well. I am still deciding if I want to take AMEX up on it. I honestly dont see myself ever using the card after the initial $1000 spend to get the bonus.

Still, it is $250.....

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It's $250 in statement credit.  Hopefully, this will post in time to use for your last payment, rather than, like rewards,  the following statement!