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150k Amex Platinum Offer

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American Express is offering a 150k bonus offer on its American Express Platinum card. Still has a $695 annual fee, but this is the highest I've seen.

https://www.americanexpress.com/u.../platinum/ - YMMV on points offered
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Created 04-11-2022 at 11:50 AM by Tennistucan
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Paupaaa
04-12-2022 at 11:20 AM.
04-12-2022 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from eduardmc :
Jeez i got approve yesterday with the 100k sign in bonus.
Literally same thing.. just got 100K bonus was pretty happy with that... now Im sad
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tamade
04-12-2022 at 11:23 AM.
04-12-2022 at 11:23 AM.
Under referrals, you can send it to your friends where it's 150k points for $6k spend in 6 months. Offer ends June 8, 2022.
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jwong
04-12-2022 at 11:45 AM.
04-12-2022 at 11:45 AM.
Couldn't get the 150k option in a few browsers, but I found a referral link elsewhere that gave it to me and approval was instant. So seek out a referral if you're not getting the 150 offer. If I had friends that didn't already think I'm weird for doing any churning I'd be sending invites!
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bru_that
04-12-2022 at 11:53 AM.
04-12-2022 at 11:53 AM.
Quote from soobaerodude :
There are 3 tax payment processors that take credit cards, each can take 2 payments to the IRS. Doesn't that give you 6 payment opportunities?
yes, it does.
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Knightshade
04-12-2022 at 12:03 PM.
04-12-2022 at 12:03 PM.
Quote from bru_that :
yes, it does.

I don't think that's the case- but if you have evidence otherwise I'd love to see it.





Quote from soobaerodude :
There are 3 tax payment processors that take credit cards, each can take 2 payments to the IRS. Doesn't that give you 6 payment opportunities?

The 2 payment limit is from the IRS- not per processor.

https://www.irs.gov/payments/freq...ax-payment

Quote from Direct from IRS themselves :
.You can only apply debit card, credit card or cash payments to certain forms, payment types and tax years. Use the table below to find out which kinds of payments you can make using these methods, and how often you can make them.

Current Tax Due

2 per year

Not per processor. Per year.
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SiennaDeer8270
04-12-2022 at 12:15 PM.
04-12-2022 at 12:15 PM.
Quote from AGpennypacker :
I absolutely plan on never getting rid of it.
You are okay with paying $495 every year into perpetuity? You must spend more than that family guy lol.
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soobaerodude
04-12-2022 at 12:40 PM.
04-12-2022 at 12:40 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
The 2 payment limit is from the IRS- not per processor.

https://www.irs.gov/payments/freq...ax-payment [irs.gov]


Not per processor. Per year.
The IRS page does say 2 per year, but others have been able to pay 2 times per processor [frequentmiler.com]. Up to you I suppose
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kugel
04-12-2022 at 01:01 PM.
04-12-2022 at 01:01 PM.
firefox private: always 100k offer
chrome or edge incognito: 125k often, 150k after a few tries (I let the first 150 page expire)

I kept vpn hopping, luckily my employer has many region exit points.
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Knightshade
04-12-2022 at 01:06 PM.
04-12-2022 at 01:06 PM.
Quote from soobaerodude :
The IRS page does say 2 per year, but others have been able to pay 2 times per processor [frequentmiler.com]. Up to you I suppose

Huh... very interesting- even that page agrees the IRS wording says it shouldn't work but apparently does work in their experience....

Too late now for this year (I'd never get new signup cards in time) but might give that a shot next year and knock out 6 big signups instead of 2... thanks for the info, +rep!
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c2nah777
04-12-2022 at 01:14 PM.
04-12-2022 at 01:14 PM.
Quote from elite-fusion :
If i got a Plat bonus years ago, dont even remember which year but definity more than 5 years back, would i qualify to get this?
Many of their welcome bonus offers now have maximum of once your lifetime terms. Call them to find out for sure.
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c2nah777
04-12-2022 at 01:37 PM.
04-12-2022 at 01:37 PM.
Edit>Go Advanced> Add YMMV to the title also, please and thank you anyway.
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abstraxion
04-12-2022 at 01:57 PM.
04-12-2022 at 01:57 PM.
Can't you just overpay your federal taxes with an extension on/before Tax Day, then do your taxes later and get the refund?
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hc1
04-12-2022 at 02:41 PM.
04-12-2022 at 02:41 PM.
Quote from malibuxboy :
it seems the real draw of the card is transferring these 150k points to a miles program which may exceed 3k in travel value. while the 1.1 is nice and you still come out ahead even with the fee, it's nothing crazy.
The mental barrier I have trouble overcoming is - most of the times to really reach that "3k" in travel value, you need to redeem it for like first class tickets, at least from what I've generally seen.

To get that max point value, it's usually like a first class roundtrip flight to Asia or Europe or something like that which retails for $3k but you can use 1.5k points on it.

So while yes the retail price of the ticket that you used the points on may have been $3k, I'd still rather take $1,650 or even $1,500 cash than fly first class.

Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong tho.

Usually when I look at redeeming the points for economy travel, it doesn't really give me any incredible savings
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bru_that
04-12-2022 at 02:50 PM.
04-12-2022 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from Knightshade :
I don't think that's the case- but if you have evidence otherwise I'd love to see it.
I don't do it with any frequency, but doing so is such a commonly accepted practice of hitting large spend throughout the credit card/churning game (reddit/frequent miler/flyertalk…) that I am surprised you are so dismissive of it.
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Knightshade
04-12-2022 at 03:32 PM.
04-12-2022 at 03:32 PM.
Quote from hc1 :
The mental barrier I have trouble overcoming is - most of the times to really reach that "3k" in travel value, you need to redeem it for like first class tickets, at least from what I've generally seen.

To get that max point value, it's usually like a first class roundtrip flight to Asia or Europe or something like that which retails for $3k but you can use 1.5k points on it.

So while yes the retail price of the ticket that you used the points on may have been $3k, I'd still rather take $1,650 or even $1,500 cash than fly first class.

Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong tho.

Usually when I look at redeeming the points for economy travel, it doesn't really give me any incredible savings


are you looking at the card issuers travel portal- where you generally get 1 cent a point (maybe 1.25-1.5 for chase with certain cards).... or are you looking at point transfers to airlines where you can get better value than that even for many coach flights? (and also for Hyatt hotels specifically with Chase-- Hotels usually suck for this otherwise)




Quote from bru_that :
I don't do it with any frequency, but doing so is such a commonly accepted practice of hitting large spend throughout the credit card/churning game (reddit/frequent miler/flyertalk…) that I am surprised you are so dismissive of it.


No so much dismissive as the IRS literally says you can't do this, so I was surprised folks were saying you could-- I certainly wanted that to be the case, and asked for someone to provide some evidence or examples.

Now that they have I intend to try it myself next year.
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