What other offers are they planning on running this coming week?
I only have the info from HfP and the Amex page on it, so will have to see what tomorrow brings.
Came across a dedicated page on AMEX for member week.
well yes, thatâs the page linked in the article so I had assumed youâd seen that.
Offers are live, but nothing on either of my cards.
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Some of the offers showed up for me but nothing exciting, really.
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The 10% cashback on the food is pretty good. Has quite a few places I go.
Canât say Iâve found any of the offers worthwhile.
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I thought it used to be you received the bonuses provided you havenât another cards in the same category or signed up within 2 years.
Now it seems to say you donât qualify for the bonus if youâve been a card member (regardless of Plat/BA/Rewards) in the past 24 monthsâŚ
So in order to qualify youâd neex to have closed your account for 2 years. Am I reading that correctly?
It depends which card youâre applying for. The answer to your question is here: What American Express sign-up bonuses are you eligible for?
Did anyone get any great offers during this so-called Member Week? Iâve had nothing on my Platinum card.
Think the only offers are the ones on the webpage above
Hey Richard thanks - seems more restrictive than before used to be
It is â but itâs been like this for years now. If youâre in Europe you generally canât get good stuff from cards.
They seem to be cracking down on churn as well, if you join them in the future thereâs a likelihood you wonât be offered the same sort of credit line you were offered the first time round. Donât know how true that is, but plenty of posts on HfP talking about this.
see I fancy a rewards or cash back card I have a BA.
But the way I see it Iâd have to cancel my BA to gain the sign up bonus in 2 years time and lose my generous credit limit.
Or I can apply again, see if they open a reward/cash back account transfer my limit over and cancel the BA but gain no signup bonus.
Thinking the Barclaycard avios might be better with a big purchase coming up, and Iâll just convert them to nectar
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What do people think about this?
Personally I think itâs a step in the right direction, but the execution is terrible.
you will receive 100 tier points when you have spent ÂŁ15,000 after registration
you will receive a further 50 tier points if you spend a further ÂŁ5,000
you will receive a final 50 tier points if you spend a further ÂŁ5,000, for a total spend of ÂŁ25,000
You need to complete your spending by 21st May 2024
So you would need to pump ÂŁ2,500 a month through the card between now and May to earn just 100 tier points.
We already put all of our household spending on the card and weâd still be a few thousand short of the target.
At the top end, to earn 200 tier points you would need to put ÂŁ4166 a month on the card (50k a year). At that spend-level youâre not going to be worrying about a measly 200 tier points. You would also need to value 200 tier points more than your partner getting their own 241 voucher etc.
As I say, itâs a step in the right direction. Itâs just completely lost in terms of target-market.
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Who is the target market? I wouldnât expect this to be aimed at the general public the same as this card and the Plat arenât really. And for those people who this is aimed at, itâs a nice bonus.
The main benefit of the card is the 241 voucher, so I would argue that itâs anyone who is able to put ÂŁ833 of discretionary spending through the card each month. Thatâs quite different to putting ÂŁ2500 a month through the card.
Once youâre at the levels required to hit these targets, youâre likely either earning more tier points through business travel bookings or youâre paying for business/first anyway so the benefit of 100-200 extra tier points is going to be super-minimal.
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Good move, bad execution.
About sums it up.
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