As speculated previously, the change in the signup bonus for the “reimagined” American Express Platinum card has led to the return of referrals on the card.
Direct link to generate referral.
- Signup bonus is 60,000 Membership Rewards (MR) points after spending $5,000 in 3 months.
- Referrer gets 15,000 MR per referral, up to 55,000 MR per year.
- As far as we know, there are no active referrals for 40,000 MR after spending $3,000 in 3 months and it is not possible to generate one.
- Note that this offer is inferior to the incognito offer of 75,000 MR after spending $5,000 in 3 months.
The link here is the same link from our article “New American Express Referrals & Increased Signup Bonuses“. For me, the Platinum card is the last card in the list of cards for which I can generate referrals.
Of possible interest is that this referral bonus is set to end on September 29, 2018. Note that Platinum cardholders who have their annual fees posted after September 1, 2017 will be charged $550 instead of $450. It’s possible the end date means nothing, or it’s possible that some changes are being planned for another year and a half.
Please don’t post your referrals here. You can use the dedicated thread for that purpose that was created for our previous post about increased referral offers. Follow the instructions and post there.
Referral E-mail
Goodness gracious, the referral e-mail is overwrought! It starts when you see the subject line “Your friend has referred you for the reimagined Platinum Card”. And then you open the e-mail and get blasted in the face with this image:
Does this actually work on people?
