AmEx Platinum approval (and updates)

unsungivy · ‎10-20-2021

Snagged that sweet sweet 125k + 15x restaurants/Shop Small.

Been planning on applying on this date for awhile... ironically just last week AmEx sent me one of the extra shiny packet mailers asking me to apply (125k + 10x restaurants). I saved the code from the mailer just in case the Resy one poofed before today, since the code has an expiration date of 11/5/2021.

Makes me wonder if that's when the all-time-high offer is finally going away (11/5), seeing as the CSP has already ended?

Update on previous cards attained within the last 3 months (7/20/2021):

Elan MCP MC: $150 Welcome attained.

Elan MCP Visa: $150 Welcome attained (there was some question about whether or not I'd be able to get the Welcome bonus for both Elan MCP I got in the same day from different FIs... well, I was able to.)

AmEx BCP: $400 Welcome attained ($200 statement credit for overall spend, and $200 statement credits from 20% Amazon cashback)

CSP: 100k Welcome attained.

Chase Ink Cash: $750 Welcome attained (converted to 75k points on the CSP)

AmEx BBP: Didn't officially have a welcome at the time, but attained the "bonus" from being referred for 10k points.

Macy's AmEx: Working on the "spend $500 outside of Macy's for $50 Star Points" (due to the card finally getting upgraded). Not sure if I hit it or not officially, their system is weird.

P2 knocked out the CSP so fast on his Alaska deployment that I ended up grabbing him both the AmEx Marriott Brilliant and AmEx Marriott Business while he was in a position to have enough spend to complete even more Welcome offers!! Unfortunately, this was about 1.5 months before they almost doubled the Welcome offers for both of those, so we really missed out there... but I don't know that we would have have enough spend if we'd waited, and I knew that they needed to be done before the end of the year to get the annual fees waived. I didn't think it likely that I'd see the stars align with a higher welcome offer AND the opportunity to knock out a ton of spend before the year was up... so we gambled. Is what it is! 150k total Marriott points, $150 "eligible purchases" credit used, and JUST finished the $200 restaurant credit.

EDIT: Many thanks to AmEx for waiving all those Annual Fees for active duty military! $695+$450+$125+$95+$95+($95 from Chase+$95 from Capital One) = $0