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Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

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Anonymous
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Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

I received my Platinum card last December.  I signed up during their typical 60,000 bonus point campaign - I'm nearly 100% positive it was 60k points.  COVID-19 slowed my spending real bad and received notice that Amex extended their SUB time limit from 3 mos to 6 mos.  I needed to spend $5k by June 6th or so.  Anyway, this week, I made my SUB, but was shocked to see the bonus they deposited: 125k points!  I can't find an email or anything that indicated a higher SUBs during the COVID-19 response.  Has anyone else experienced this?

 

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Brian_Earl_Spilner
Credit Mentor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

Not me. Got my 2 newest in January and I got the normal sub. I wish they would have doubled. That'd be 2 first class tickets for my upcoming trip.

    
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blindambition
Senior Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?


@Anonymous wrote:

I received my Platinum card last December.  I signed up during their typical 60,000 bonus point campaign - I'm nearly 100% positive it was 60k points.  COVID-19 slowed my spending real bad and received notice that Amex extended their SUB time limit from 3 mos to 6 mos.  I needed to spend $5k by June 6th or so.  Anyway, this week, I made my SUB, but was shocked to see the bonus they deposited: 125k points!  I can't find an email or anything that indicated a higher SUBs during the COVID-19 response.  Has anyone else experienced this?

 

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Happy Amex day to you!! Not even sure where that SUB was ever posted. The most I've seen is 100k bonus. Congrats!! 

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Curious_George2
Valued Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

That's amazing!

 

I've never had that big of a bank error in my favor, but I have seen Amex make a handful of mistakes over the years. Usually they catch and fix them within a month or two.  (I get the impression they have a pretty active internal auditing system, but it doesn't look back farther than that.)  I can't remember anything big going un-resolved for longer than, maybe... 6 months?

If you want closure and don't mind potentially alerting them to the error (or if you have a super guilty conscience) you could use their live chat to ask what your SUB was supposed to be. I did that recently on a card where I simply couldn't remember. The CSR told me they don't document those anywhere the customer can see (sketchy!) so the only way to know is to ask them. Simply saying "I forgot" shouldn't raise any red flags. 

Good luck! Hope you get to keep all those points!

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Eagered2succeed
Frequent Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

Now that's a nice surprise. More than double what you were expecting. Guess Amex was feeling generous.

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Anonymous
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Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

Pretty sweet! Much better than been shorted. My friend got a 125k/$5k Platinum SUB offer in late November last year, so those do exist in the wild. Smiley Very Happy

 

From D.O.C. in Jan 2020: Targeted 125K

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ibmrad7
Established Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

Take it and run!!!!

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Citylights18
Valued Contributor

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I had the 125k offer one time in my AMEX prequal tool but didn't take it.

Official travel point totals as of 12/26/23 (1,382,693 Total Points)
Chase Ultimate Rewards 661,525 | IHG One Rewards 144,443 | Hilton Honors 143,801 | AMEX Membership Rewards 102,729 | World of Hyatt 90,413 | Marriott Bonvoy 65,343 | Citi Thank You 62,712 | Wells Fargo Rewards 33,652 | Southwest Rapid Rewards 28,105 | United MileagePlus 13,316 | British Airways Avios 12,333 | Jet Blue TrueBlue 11,661 | NASA Platinum Rewards 1,883 | AA Advantage 1,744 | Navy Federal Rewards 792 | Delta Sky Miles 175 | Virgin Atlantic Virgin Points 100 | Lowes Business Rewards 6,992 ($69.92) | Amazon Rewards 475 ($4.75) | Discover CB 499 ($4.99)
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kdm31091
Super Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

If you truly don't think you signed up under those terms, I would check with chat. Amex is not shy about taking back things that you "shouldn't" have, whether it's from abuse or in this case, just mistake. So honestly, I wouldn't redeem the points unless you confirm you are actually supposed to have them.

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M_Smart007
Legendary Contributor

Re: Amex Platinum - 125k Welcome Bonus?

Nice SUBSmiley Happy

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