AMEX Platinum 100k Signup Bonus

[Anonymous]

Does amex run that 100k pts signup bonus for the platinum once a year usually?

[Anonymous]

Aw man! I thought you had found a link for the 100K offer when I read the title of the post

But usually if there is an offer for the 100K it's through third party sites. I believe the last 100K platinum offer was from creditcards.com

[CreditScholar]

Credit cards.com was a mistake, hence why it was pulled so quickly. 100k offers are typically targeted at very specific people only. It's not something that is usually available to the general public.

[Anonymous]

really creditcards.com was a mistake! that sucks!

[CreditScholar]

Yes, it was. Once it became publicized it was shut down within 1-2 days. Do you really think Amex would offer simply offer 100k to any pleb? As far as sign up bonuses are concerned, it's a significant cost for an untargeted offer.

[Anonymous]

i got the 50k offer for the prg in the mail and when i went to the amex website to apply they also gave me the offer for the platinum for the 100k with a 3k spend but the annual fee is not wavied should had applyed for that one to net the extra 150 but i would had canceled it before the next years annual fee doubt i keep the prg

[Open123]

Extremely rare offer that anyone should take up should they ever see it again.  I'm still stunned at the amount of people who had "ponder" this offer during the couple of days it was available.  

100K MR points for the Plat is a phenomenal offer that is usually reserved for a tragetted demographic.  Not sure if we'll see it again, since some who signed up for the creditcards.com offer has had some trouble receiving their points.

[Dustink]

Last statement I got my 100k from the creditcards.com offer

Pretty rare, but hopefully it will come around again. I agree that it was a mistake and it is unlikely AMEX will do an untargeted 100k again. Hopefully you will get a targeted offer someday.

[Anonymous]

I wish...

[CreditScholar]

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@Open123 wrote:

Extremely rare offer that anyone should take up should they ever see it again.  I'm still stunned at the amount of people who had "ponder" this offer during the couple of days it was available.  

100K MR points for the Plat is a phenomenal offer that is usually reserved for a tragetted demographic.  Not sure if we'll see it again, since some who signed up for the creditcards.com offer has had some trouble receiving their points.

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Hey I was one of those people! I received a direct mailing for a 100k offer, and I eventually decided against it. Do you think I made the wrong decision? I didn't know if I was ready to pull the trigger as such back then, and I ended up applying for the JPM Ritz card instead the following month.

I figure that if I'm patient I'll see another 100k offer in the future. My income/scores aren't likely to change anytime soon, so the next time they target that demographic I'll likely be targeted again.

Also Open how are you finding the JPM Ritz vs. the Amex Plat now that you've had both?