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Amex upgrade offer

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:15:21 GMT

If you get an offer to upgrade your amex card. How long does it take the upgrade to kick in once you accept?

Re: Amex upgrade offer

simplynoir — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:19:00 GMT

Right away. The changes will reflect on your online account and you can even use the card to take advantage of the new earning rates like going from 3% on groceries with BCE to 6% on groceries with BCP upgrade without having to wait for the new one

Re: Amex upgrade offer

M_Smart007 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:22:03 GMT

I agree with simplynoir, Immediate for me on Hilton upgrade.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:28:21 GMT

@M_Smart007 wrote:
I agree with simplynoir, Immediate for me on Hilton upgrade.

Hmm I clicked the upgrade button but it didn't upgrade. When I downgraded cards in the past it would take like a day or two to show.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

simplynoir — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:31:31 GMT

IME when I took the BCP upgrade in December 2018 it was immediate and rep told me I could take advantage of the new earning rates the card gets right away. I would check with customer service if it's not immediate

Re: Amex upgrade offer

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:40:58 GMT

@simplynoir wrote:
IME when I took the BCP upgrade in December 2018 it was immediate and rep told me I could take advantage of the new earning rates the card gets right away. I would check with customer service if it's not immediate

I upgraded early this morning so I don't really want to contact amex yet since it hasn't been a full 24 hours.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:00:18 GMT

It literally just upgraded. Took about 19-20 hours.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

wasCB14 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:06:31 GMT

One bit of advice I got when upgrading BCE to BCP (in response to a cash bonus offer) was to wait until the website showed my new card before meeting the minimum spend target.

Sounds like that is no longer a concern for you, though.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:09:20 GMT

@wasCB14 wrote:
One bit of advice I got when upgrading BCE to BCP (in response to a cash bonus offer) was to wait until the website showed my new card before meeting the minimum spend target.

Sounds like that is no longer a concern for you, though.

Yea I wasn't planning on putting any spend on the card until I saw it update online.

Re: Amex upgrade offer

M_Smart007 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:21:22 GMT

@red259 wrote:
It literally just upgraded. Took about 19-20 hours.

Good News

Aspire free night

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 04:14:52 GMT

I'm not sure what to do in this situation. Would you call amex? Here is the scenario.

I had the hilton Aspire last year. I also have a hilton business surpass I got last summer. Last August part of the signup offer for the business surpass card was I got a free weekend night. I have that cert number written down. It was issued in August. In december the AF posted on my aspire card and it was due on 1/4/20. On 12-26-19 I receieved an email indicating I receieved a free weekend night a benefit of the aspire card on the anniversary date. The number attached to that weekend certificate is the SAME number of the weekend certificate that was issued in August even though the email from Hilton is making it sound like a new certificate. On 12/31/19 I downgraded my aspire card to the no AF hilton card because I thought I had receieved the weekend cert. They rebated most of the credit but I still had to pay for one additional month.

Then this week I was offered to upgrade back up to the aspire so I took the offer. However, when I contacted Hilton to confirm I hadn't used my older certificate (because I couldn't remember if I used it or not) he indicated that only one certificate shows in my account. That it was issued last August (meaning its from the business card) but it expires next december which would be consistent with the certificate that was just issued since these certs are supposed to last for one year. He told me to clear this up I would need to call Amex.

I'm a bit worried about calling Amex because I upgraded back up like a week after I downgraded even though I held the prior aspire card for 13 months. Your supposed to get the free night as an anniversary gift, but I had cancelled the card. Still I did receieve the email and I did hold the card more than 12 months. I just don't want to run into an issue with amex looking to yank my new aspire upgrade offer that I signed up for. Thoughts?

Re: Aspire free night

red259 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 06:54:24 GMT

Upon reflection I'm just going to let it go. I didn't do anything wrong and probably am technically entitled to that night since I paid a portion of the AF for this year but I really don't want amex looking closely at my accounts. Just not worth the risk of something going sideways. Win some lose some.