@espnjunkie wrote:
I got the green card in early february. If I want to consider applying for the platinum card I should not upgrade my current account, but rather just apply for the platinum to get the signup bonuses? I am not planning on doing this anytime soon, but good to know for future reference. Once you have a green card in good standing for about 6+ months I wouldn't imagine there would be any problem getting approved for platinum right?
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Unless you receive a targetted offer to upgrade to the Platinum for 50k MR for first charge, then it makes much more sense to apply for a new card for the bonuses.
Also, with the current bonus, it makes the most sense to app during mid year, mainly to allow you to maximize the $200 airline credit per calendar year. This way, if you cancel or downgrade the Platinum next year, you would have been alloted $400 in airline credits, which makes up for the $450 annual fee. If you choose AA or SW, I've seen where they even reimburse for gift card purchases (which you can use in later flights) if under $100. AA will allow you to use up to 8 gift cards to redeem for a flight.
For the 50k bonus, it is by referrals. I recommend that you find someone (a friend in RL preferably) you know to send you the link, since they get a 5k MR referral if you apply and be approved. Currently, it's a tragetted offer only from a referral source. If you don't have anyone in RL you'd like to beneift for the referral, then you can search the net for plenty of links. Just know that you'll be benefitting a stranger with 5k - 10k MR points, which is fine in of itself, but in my opinon, you should beneift a friend you know in RL, and not some random strangers on the net.
