Update 6/1/23: Some readers report that these increased offers (BCP, Platinum, Gold) are dead. Others are still seeing the increased offers alive.
Originally posted 3/9/23, reposting 5/22/23 since the similar Green card offer was just released
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The Offer
Folks, this is not hard: no referral offers or requests in the comments below
Check your American Express login for the following referral offer which bumps up the bonus both for the new card member AND for the referrer. All of these offers end on June 7, 2023.
New Cardmember Bonus Offer:
- Platinum personal card: Get 150,000 points and $200 – Earn 150,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $6,000 on purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Earn $200 Back in statement credits on purchases during the first 3 months of Card Membership.
- Gold card: Get 90,000 points and $200 – Earn 90,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $4,000 on purchases on your new Card in your first 6 months of Card Membership. Earn $200 Back in statement credits on purchases during the first 3 months of Card Membership.
- Blue Cash Preferred: Earn $400 Back and waived annual fee – Earn $300 Back after you spend $3,000 in purchases on your new Card within the first 6 months of Card Membership. Plus, earn $100 back in statement credits on purchases during the first 3 months of Card Membership. Annual fee is waived the first year.
- Let me know if I missed any other good ones. There are some nice-ish other increased offers showing via referrals, like 45,000 on the Green card or 30,000 on the Everyday Preferred.
Note: not all links are showing all of these increased offers. Be sure to double check the link before applying.
Referrer Bonus Offer:
- Bonus 5x/5% on up to $25,000 in Grocery for 3 months from approval: Refer a friend who applies before June 7, 2023 (and the application results in an approved account and the friend gets the Card), and earn an additional 5X Membership Rewards Points, or 5X Miles, or 5% Cash Back (depending on their eligible Card) per dollar spent on your card on eligible U.S. supermarket purchases for three months (starting from the first date the referred friend’s account is opened), on up to $25,000. Terms apply. For example, eligible Delta Skymiles Reserve American Express Card Members will earn 6X Miles on eligible U.S. supermarket purchases (1X Miles on eligible purchases plus 5X Bonus Miles) and American Express Green Card Members will earn 6X Membership Rewards Points on eligible U.S. Supermarket purchases (1X on eligible purchases + 5 additional Membership Rewards Points), for three months, on up to $25,000.
- Aside from the extra 5x bonus, you’ll also earn your standard chunk bonus which is typically somewhere between 15k-30k Membership Rewards points or $100 on cash cards. Check your Amex login to see what your exact offer is.
Most personal Amex cards are showing the 5x offer. When referring from a business, you won’t get this 5x bonus offer (though the new member might see the increased offers on the Platinum, Gold, and BCP cards).
Our Verdict
All three of these offers are excellent. For the Platinum card and Gold card, typically 150k/90k is a very good offer, and this time they throw in $200 cashback. I like how the $200 statement credit (with $200 spend) mostly offsets the $250 annual fee on the Gold card and partially offsets the $695 annual fee on the Platinum card.
For the BCP, $400 is a very good offer, and this time they throw in the waived annual fee.
And this is all aside from the nice referrer bonus which your friend will get as well when you apply using their link. The referrer bonus is especially nice if you refer from the Gold, BCP or Everyday Preferred cards which already have high grocery category earnings.
Remember as always, you can use any Amex referral link to apply for any American Express personal or business card, and your friend will get the referrer bonus and you’ll hopefully see the increased referree bonus.
Do not leave your referrals in the comments below. They will be deleted and it can affect future commenting privileges. You can find links for these offers on this dedicated page. That page is closed for new comments.
would you be able to open up the dedicated referral page again so we can provide links to the 150k bonus offer for users
I have a Gold card and I am getting a popup in my AMEX account offering me 100K to upgrade to Platinum, but I want a higher bonus to make the switch. I currently hold 4 AMEX cards including the Gold card. When I try the referral link I get the 150K offer, but when I enter my info I am told I am not eligible for the 150K and I get offered the 80K offer in its place. I wonder if it is because I hold a Gold card now. I’m hesitant to cancel my Gold card to find out. Is there a way to get the 150K offer on the upgrade or some other way to get 150K? I don’t need both Gold and Platinum.
Been out of the loop for a while, i got the plat bonus about 2 years ago. Can I get the bonus again only if the offer does not state the once in a lifetime bonus? Also does the popup always come up to prevent me from applying and not getting the bonus?
FYI – i got the 150k AMEX platinum sign up bonus today, via brave browser incognito google search for “american express platinum” and simply clicking the standard link.
i only see 125k offer
125k only . Using vpn and incognito
I get 125k from referrals but 150k via google link, with or without vpn. Google chrome / incognito.
Was able to get 150,000 SUB with 8k spend only by using browser on metamask app on my phone lol.
no
The referral links on the referral page are all from March and are showing up as invalid
All referral links are showing as invalid
Applied through a referral link and was informed I was not eligible for the bonus. I called customer service and they stated the reason is because I have too many AMEX cards. I have 2 (platinum & blue cash) for 5 & 8 years, 0 missed payments, never closed any AMEX cards in the past. I’m thinking it may be because I received a bonus for the platinum 5 years ago, OR I have opened 2 other cards (Chase + WF) this year, but I haven’t heard of AMEX throttling…
What a bad customer service, they closed my Gold account or bad language when I talked to the customer service. I have to pay for their lack of efficiency. And they refuse to refund annual fees or pro-rata fees so 250 dollars in my ass. That’s a bank to churn only. They’re crooks.
A week ago on 5/29 I was able to get a link to still work for the 150K+$200 offer. Didn’t matter though I ended up getting denied, first time on any card app (only 3/24 on credit reports at the time). Seems to fit in with some other data points that AMEX is more sensitive about this elevated offer on a referral for new personal card holders. Could probably get approved on a regular 120K offer but I only applied right now because of how high the offer was.