Cant tell if I'm denied or not with Amex

[Anonymous]

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heirophant wrote:
Its the weekend.  They will not approve you until Monday.  Happened when I apped for my Green on a Friday around 11PM.  Don't worry.  You got it.

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Just to add,

I app'd early on a Sunday (rec'd my ty for applying email at 124pm) and knew by the evening (rec'd approved email at 655pm).

Have you tried using the 'check my status' link?

[Anonymous]

Weird. I figured *if* I had been declined as I thought I was initially, that by Monday the 'In Progress Email Link' would update. I clicked the link and still in progress. The best I can hope for is I mis-read what I thought was 'Sorry we need to decline' and was in fact 'Sorry we can't approve immediatly'.

In any event, still in progress from Friday afternoon.

[heirophant]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Weird. I figured *if* I had been declined as I thought I was initially, that by Monday the 'In Progress Email Link' would update. I clicked the link and still in progress. The best I can hope for is I mis-read what I thought was 'Sorry we need to decline' and was in fact 'Sorry we can't approve immediatly'.

In any event, still in progress from Friday afternoon.

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Call the phone number on the status page.  They processed my app immediately when I did that and approved me.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Weird. I figured *if* I had been declined as I thought I was initially, that by Monday the 'In Progress Email Link' would update. I clicked the link and still in progress. The best I can hope for is I mis-read what I thought was 'Sorry we need to decline' and was in fact 'Sorry we can't approve immediatly'.

In any event, still in progress from Friday afternoon.

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It's pretty typical (in my experience)  to get conflicting messages from AMEX. I'd say you've got about a 50/50 chance either way.  I've gotten "no" followed by "hang on" followed by "yes." And I've gotten "yes," followed by "psych!"  :-)