Milenomics² Episode 237: Amex Upgrades, Fluz & More (Patreon)

0:22 Amex: New rounds of 120k + 75k +75k upgrades

• 120k Upgrade Offer: Direct Link

• 15k x5 for $4,000 links. Try this simpler link first, incognito if needed:

• https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/business/campaigns/employee-cards/business-platinum/offer-incentive/

• Try this link w/source code if the simpler link doesn’t work:

• https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/business/campaigns/employee-cards/business-platinum/offer-incentive/?sourcecode=A0000HEU3H

• We said last week the next season of Amex would be referrals.

• Maybe we were wrong, and upgrades are a better path

• Showing on all my green/gold was an offer for 15k/$4k up to 5 times (75k MR)

• Then you had a link shared by a member in the #amex channel that worked for a 120k upgrade for $10k spend

• And as if that wasn’t enough, after upgrading I am seeing new 15k/$4k POID links on these new Business platinum cards

• Lots of spend ($40,000), but would net a nice haul for the $695 annual fee. 

07:01 Fluz 

• Cash balance pressures: Cash out weekly limits, slow ACH push out to Taekus

• Some positive developments: telecom and fuel are back. 

• Negatives: MUVC causing random declines

• Around $20k on a MUVC I started getting a decline. 

• Unsure why but the solution is a new card. 

• Good reminder to lock non-us ed cards. Even if they’re brand locked (taekus as well)
  

15:18 BofA +3% Bonus, Late Summer Check in

• Sam: Lightly cycling

• Done with $50k, slowing down at the end here

• Robert: Accidental Cycling

• Like the Elite card and the spread possibilities on it 

• Can we product change other business cards to another 3% Business card?
  

18:01 Heightened Amex Welcome Bonuses

• Delta cards: Heightened across the board 80-110k Personal + Business

• Bonvoy Business: 5x 50k certs for $8k in 6 months

• Available through referral
  

What we've been up to

19:29 Amex 1Hilton Aspire Update

• One of very old $95 annual fee Aspire cards bumped back to its rightful $550 recently

• Spent $60,000 on Dining for free night certs

• Used the quarterly $50 airline credits and $200 half-yearly resort credits

• Time to close it? Downgrade it?

• Would you sign up for another at $550 if a NLL option appeared?
  

22:55 AA Mile Deployment already pays dividends

• Last week mentioned I booked flights with my AA miles

• One was LAX-LHR on AA (with a connection in ORD)

• Just a week later, I received notice that the connection in ORD went from 2 hrs to 12 hours

• Quick message on twitter DM “there was a significant change, can you move me to AA136 (nonstop). 

• Twitter rep came back minutes later with the change confirmed. 

• Asked again the next day on twitter to change to a different AA nonstop. No pushback, made the second change.  

• I paid 55,000 per person, the flight on the nonstop was pricing over 235K per person. 

• Will I take this? I don’t know! 

• LAX-PHL-FCO also received and email with ~2hr change. Haven’t messed with this flight yet. 

33:06 BREAKING Hawaiian/Alaska Merger approved (link)

• 1:1 mile transfer guaranteed 

• Family seating guaranteed

• Amex to Hawaiian still a possible transfer

• Will this mean Amex-Hawaiian-Alaska is around for a while while the merger finalizes?

• Developing. 
  

10 years ago today: The Campus Edition of the Amex Prepaid Card (link)

• Bluebird, Serve, Amex for Target and NOW this. 

• This new flavor is interesting for those near college bookstores

• AND: Can load at Barnes and Noble Campus Bookstores. 5x on a Citi forward card!