Amex Brilliant Upgrade

[SkyCommander]

I'm thinking about doing an upgrade (without bonus) to the Brilliant but wondering about a couple things. Mainly wanting the upgrade for the Global Entry credit and the 50k certificate has more flexibility and not having to wait an additional year.

- By upgrading without a bonus does that mean I'm still eligible to receive one for the Chase Boundless card?

- Does Amex allow you to have both the original Bonvoy card and apply for the Brilliant if I decide to not upgrade?

[FinStar]

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@SkyCommander wrote:

I'm thinking about doing an upgrade (without bonus) to the Brilliant but wondering about a couple things. Mainly wanting the upgrade for the Global Entry credit and the 50k certificate has more flexibility and not having to wait an additional year.

- By upgrading without a bonus does that mean I'm still eligible to receive one for the Chase Boundless card?  The Chase Boundless welcome offer restrictions are outlined below:

Eligibility for the new cardmember bonus: The bonus is not available to you if you:

• are a current cardmember, or were a previous cardmember within the last 30 days, of Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express® Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express);
• are a current or previous cardmember of either Marriott Bonvoy Business™American Express® Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest®Business Credit Card from American Express) or Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™American Express® Card (also known as the Starwood Preferred Guest®American Express Luxury Card), and received a new cardmember bonus or upgrade bonus in the last 24 months; or
• applied and were approved for Marriott Bonvoy Business™ American Express®Card (also known as The Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from American Express) or Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express® Card (also known as the Starwood Preferred Guest® American Express Luxury Card) within the last 90 days.

- Does Amex allow you to have both the original Bonvoy card and apply for the Brilliant if I decide to not upgrade?  Yes.  Subject to SUB eligibility.

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See above.

[Red1Blue]

You should be able to have more than one Amex Card.