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Must be my work computer, I tried from my mobile phone and got 3 cards. All say "expanding...."
I do have a "pre-qualified" offer that I am interested in when I look for pre-quals. Delta Gold Amex with 35,000 points after the 1st $1,000 spend. Just received my PRG and it's only 25,000 points after $2K.
Don't want to derail the topic too much, but by chance do you also log into other Amex accounts from that computer? I've run into issues with pages within the Amex site numerous times on my work computer because I of course log into my account, but also the company credit card, and the company's numerous Amex merchant accounts. Clearing browser cookies will fix it. I prefer not to do that, so using different browsers for different account or using incognito mode should do the trick.
@Anonymous wrote:@K in Boston
Yes, I do sign into Amex for my corporate card from my work computer. I think that is the issue. Not that I would be looking for additional cards under my company, but I don't get the same error response when I try this from that account.
Yes, same issue. Somehow with the multiple cookies, things will get confused within the site.
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@Anonymous wrote:Congrats 🍾🎉🎊🎈. The more you learn about the point redemption value of Starpoints, the more valuable you understand this card is. Fantastic travel card.
Seriously! SPG is one of my daily drivers due to the fact that I get 3 Marriott points per dollar on it. I've racked up well over 100k Marriott points in the last year with it. And I stay at SPG\Marriott properties almost exclusively but I transfer almost everything to Marriott points. So at a Marriott property I'm earning 7+ points per dollar and at a Starwood property I'm earning 4 SPG\12 Marriott points per dollar spent.
This card is a rockstar!
Yes on the Starwood being 4 (or 5, depending on elite status) total Starpoints per dollar, including at restaurants that code as being part of the hotel. It's 2 points per dollar on the card and 2 or 3 points Starpoints per dollar for the stay (12 or 15 Marriott). But the Marriott points per stay should be much more. You earn the 2 Starpoints (6 Marriott points) for each dollar spent at Marriott, but should also earn an additional 10 points for all spend at the better Marriott properties (Marriott, Renaissance, JW Marriott, etc.), 10 points for room rates at Ritz-Carlton and mid-level Marriott properties (Courtyard, Springhill Suites, Fairfield Inn, etc.) and 5 points for room rates at "low-end" (I personally don't consider them low-end as I've certainly had my share of $400+/night rooms over the years at these) Residence Inn and Towneplace Suites. Executive Apartments and Execustay are 2.5 points per dollar (and only 1 elite night per 3 nights stayed). But of course elite status multiplies that, so with Gold Elite status I've been getting 12.5 points per dollar from Marriott and 6 points per dollar from Amex for a total of 18.5 points per dollar spent. (Platinum Elite would be a total of 21 points per dollar for most Marriott properties when paid with the SPG card.)
Considering I'm averaging over 2 cpp on Marriott redemptions, that's an extremely good return, with the caveat that in reality I'm only earning that for the cheaper rooms that are revenue bookings because all of my expensive hotel stays with the 4-digit nights are paid with points. 
Edit: Dave4fun, you posted while I was typing that novel. We're all here to help each other out. I'm always a little envious when I see those old Optima cards; makes me nostalgic for when my green card (now Platinum) was still a specialized version of "The American Express Card" (before being changed to "green") with Membership Rewards as an additional feature. Getting to your post, though, if you have a 740ish Experian FICO 08 score, unless there's something I'm missing about your profile you should have ZERO problems being approved for any American Express card offered to the public (sorry, Centurion Card is still invite-only).