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30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

chris4434 — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:45:57 GMT

Thanks to incognito mode I was able to get the 30,000 Starpoints with $3,000 spend to pop up and was instantly approved! My EX score is 690 (lowest score for me) but it's been a couple of days and I haven't had any new HP's show up. I'm hoping Amex approved me with just a SP since I'm an existing member with the Platinum and PRG.

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

Anonymous — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:53:29 GMT

Congrats! Does amex approve with sp? I didnt know that

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Anonymous — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:56:07 GMT

Congrats but when I got my PRG it was a HP even though I had the BCE for years..

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trant3 — Mon, 01 May 2017 23:57:29 GMT

COngrats! Likely its a HP.

@chris4434 wrote:
Thanks to incognito mode I was able to get the 30,000 Starpoints with $3,000 spend to pop up and was instantly approved! My EX score is 690 (lowest score for me) but it's been a couple of days and I haven't had any new HP's show up. I'm hoping Amex approved me with just a SP since I'm an existing member with the Platinum and PRG.

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

bigpoppa09 — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:04:08 GMT

Congrats incase anyone is looking for it they also had the 50K offer for PRG.

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chris4434 — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:24:05 GMT

Yeah they had several good offers pop up but ONLY when I was in incognito mode in Opera with the VPN turned on. I tried incognito in Safari and Chrome with no luck.

Platinum 75,000

PRG 50,000

Green 25,000

Gold Delta 50,000

SPG 30,000

BCP $450

EDP 25,000

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

bigpoppa09 — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:28:29 GMT

@chris4434 wrote:
Yeah they had several good offers pop up but ONLY when I was in incognito mode in Opera with the VPN turned on. I tried incognito in Safari and Chrome with no luck.

Platinum 75,000
PRG 50,000
Green 25,000
Gold Delta 50,000
SPG 30,000
BCP $450
EDP 25,000

I got those offers to come up incognito Micosoft Edge.

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

Anonymous — Tue, 02 May 2017 14:44:44 GMT

For anyone interested, transferring SPG points to AA miles is 1:1. Right now, however, AA is giving a 25% bonus miles on the transfer so transfering those 30K would give 37500 AA miles. Offer ends June 15: https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-program/miles/partners/hotels/convert-hotel-points-to-miles.jsp

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

Anonymous — Tue, 02 May 2017 15:01:11 GMT

Congrats on your SPG approval, especially for the bigger bonus!

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kidink1911 — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:27:58 GMT

Congratulations on your AMEX SPG approval!

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

Anonymous — Tue, 02 May 2017 23:25:41 GMT

It's only a SP if you're declined. HP if you're approved. Might take a while, but you'll see it soon enough.

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

Anonymous — Wed, 03 May 2017 18:08:12 GMT

AMEX had the 35k offer like 1 month ago. Just curious why you didnt go for that offer?

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

chris4434 — Wed, 03 May 2017 18:37:42 GMT

Because the offer was 25,000 points for 3k spend in the first 3 months and 10,000 more points for an additional 2k spend in the first 6 months. I personally value Chase UR points slightly higher than SPG points due to the flexibility I get out of them and earning ability since I have the Sapphire Preferred and Freedom. I have a large expense coming up that is right at $3000 so my plan is to use the SPG Amex for that, get the bonus, and continue to put most of my everyday spend on the Sapphire/Freedom.

I'd rather save the additonal $2000 spend for 2X and 5X categories on my Chase cards

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

BronzeTrader — Thu, 04 May 2017 01:15:10 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
AMEX had the 35k offer like 1 month ago. Just curious why you didnt go for that offer?

As the other poster said. The 30k bonus only requires $3k spending (10 points/$). The 35k bonus requires $5k spending (7 points/$). The regular bonus is 25k (8.3 points/$)? So the 30k bonus is superior.

I got the 30k bonus with 3k spending. Happy about it.

Re: 30k Points SPG Amex Approval!

ohnomyfigo — Thu, 04 May 2017 15:36:26 GMT

Instead of going through the VPN incognito trouble (which only works sometimes), open a chrome browser window, click your name in the upper right hand corner of the window and then select "guest." Now head to the amex site and all the special offers will show up every time without fail.