Should I apply for the Plat card using my existing account? Is there some impact on the bonus?
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Should I apply for the Plat card using my existing account? Is there some impact on the bonus?
Which card do you have?
There's some cool stuff going on right now with Canadian Amex Platinum and Centurion cards.
Double points on purchases, double points on redeeming for purchases (for ex. I can redeem 1000pts for a $20 Credit).
Amex has a double points double rewards offer that runs until end of July on their platinum and centurion cards (Gold cars have a slightly worse promo). All point earnings are doubled, and point redemptions are doubled.
On my referrals page, it says new sign-ups are getting 70k points which works out to $1400 right now. Super duper exclusive offer!!1 --> My referral link
Exactly as Kenny said! :)
I'm holding off on using my points though. In the e-mail I got that was sent to Centurion cardholders, it sounded like there's more promos and fancy stuff coming down the line to "make sure we are getting expected value from our card and the fee that comes with it". I heard Amex just bought a kajillion Hilton points, as well as some other loyalty points, so gonna wait and see what else is released in case if it can compliment some plans I already had coming up :)
FYI the Rogers World Elite card is garbage as of Jun 2:
https://creditcardgenius.ca/blog/rog...rcard-changes/
Among other things including a $15,000 annual spending minimum, the FX advantage only works on US currency now, and the advantage has almost been eliminated.
Looks like I'm looking for a new one again....
Fine print:
https://www.rogersbank.com/legaldocs...orld_elite.pdf
I think AMEX also extended the amount of time for your min spend to 6 months!
Clipped some transactions here. 1 point = 1 cent; can be redeemed $1 minimum and no block requirements.
There's a promo for 4% on AliExpress now, Plus no FX.
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It still pays the 1% rewards after 0% FX
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I got the offer for FYF World Upgrade that I didn't take, which would up my rewards but knowing me I'd forget to downgrade before getting dinged another year of AF.
Not yet - I literally read about that last night. I still have my Home Trust Visa but the annoying part is we have been using the Rogers card as a joint card which is extra convenient when traveling given it's set of perks.
For us it's a big deal because the Rogers card FX bonus worked on every currency and we travel a lot. On top of that it was decent for local purchases, had no annual fee, and had a free secondary card which we took advantage of.
Now, it only works on US currency and they lowered the cash back benefit for both on foreign currency and day-to-day purchases. The $15K minimum isn't a big deal assuming that is spread across both cards, but the other stuff is pretty shitty.
We are grandfathered into the Capital One World Elite card, I should see if I can get another one for our joint card but I doubt they are allowing that.
Yeah i can see how this is a major annoyance if you are big travellers especially outside of the US.
I know that Visa/MC have voluntarily reduced merchant fees recently to please the government/businesses, so i can understand why they are diluting the card benefits. Also a lot of issuers have also been handing out WE cards without doing the proper checks (confirming 80k income) so it also makes sense now that they have the minimum spend to qualify for WE. I can imagine PC Financial / Triangle / other no-fee WE cards will start to implement tighter qualification controls for their cards as well.
Home Trust has a $15K yearly minimum too.
That was quite the nerfhammer that AMEX brought yesterday. wowza. Just got my wife's Plat Personal in on monday.
Going to be cancelling my Rogers card too. I ended up just setting up a US account/credit card with RBC as most of my forex is USD. Any other forex will likely be business, so the forex fees are covered. For personal, non us travel....fuck.