[OFFER DEAD, MR accounts frozen, some bonuses clawed back] 100k Amex Plat (USA)
Jun 16, 2016 | 6:19 pm
#376
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: BOS
Programs: Hyatt Glob/UA Gold
Posts: 632
This does not seem to be a particularly painful outcome to me.
Jun 16, 2016 | 11:25 pm
#377
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Denver CO
Posts: 3,684
Or... you could "just" pay the AF, use the card to get $400 in airline gift cards reimbursed over the first year, and have spent $50 for 100K MR worth roughly $1000. If you ever travel, you might milk another $50+ of value from the card.
This does not seem to be a particularly painful outcome to me.
This does not seem to be a particularly painful outcome to me.
Last edited by Mountain Trader; Jun 17, 2016 at 3:50 am
Jun 17, 2016 | 10:56 am
#379
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 302
Jun 18, 2016 | 12:10 pm
#382
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, WF, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 2,077
My account is not frozen, and I just transferred some points to BA. My 100k bonus posted right after I finished spend, and I paid the AF. However my wife's points are in pending state, we finished spending about the same day.
Jun 18, 2016 | 1:24 pm
#383
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 76
If and when anyone is unfrozen, please add to the thread.
I suspect we'll start to see people unfrozen in the next two weeks (6 weeks from the mid-May application date).
Personally, after hitting the Plat, MB Plat and soon the Everyday, I'm looking at 200k plus points frozen for another 5-7 weeks.
I suspect we'll start to see people unfrozen in the next two weeks (6 weeks from the mid-May application date).
Personally, after hitting the Plat, MB Plat and soon the Everyday, I'm looking at 200k plus points frozen for another 5-7 weeks.
Jun 18, 2016 | 1:28 pm
#384
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 48
I'm very curious to know if anyone gets their bonus denied due to "ineligible" purchases, specifically VGCs. As someone mentioned upthread, by the time such a denial happens, the period to meet the minimum spend will have likely ended. I've already bought a few VGCs with my Amex Plat but am now leaning toward using regular spending and/or Plastiq for the whole $3k, just to be safe. Thoughts?
Jun 18, 2016 | 7:12 pm
#385
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,745
I'm very curious to know if anyone gets their bonus denied due to "ineligible" purchases, specifically VGCs. As someone mentioned upthread, by the time such a denial happens, the period to meet the minimum spend will have likely ended. I've already bought a few VGCs with my Amex Plat but am now leaning toward using regular spending and/or Plastiq for the whole $3k, just to be safe. Thoughts?
FYI, I applied for the Benz 75k a few days after the 100k fisco and was just able to transfer 1,000 points to ANA, so these freezes seem limited to only the 100k offer.
Jun 18, 2016 | 7:53 pm
#386
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,269
Throughout this thread you'll see posts in which people express frustration that the freeze applies to their entire MR account balance, not just the 100K points from this offer.
Jun 18, 2016 | 9:04 pm
#387
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,745
You misunderstood. I meant only people who applied for the Plat 100k appear to be getting frozen, not those who only applied for the MB 75k Plat.
Jun 19, 2016 | 10:24 am
#388
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: HH & IHG Gold; Marriott & AA Perpetual Platinum
Posts: 49,510
Agreed, the hold appears to be related to this specific offer. There is ample speculation earlier in the thread about the reason(s), but the reality is that we do not know.