Assuming not traveling and not spending much (below 1k per month), how can I get the spend for the Amex platinum bonus within 3 months?

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Not sure why you get the card then

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If you're still looking for an answer- I would use Plastiq to pay rent (2.5% surcharge worth the minimum $600/$5,000 { 12% ROS }.

Buying gift cards, venmo, PayPal etc does not count towards min spend for amex anymore.

Otherwise, I would wait for a potential 100k offer for amex plat as amex has once in a lifetime rule for sign up bonuses.

Alternatively, get the Amex Gold if you're itching- $0 intro fee first year, get a few points that way, and then 1 year from now Amex gives you a call and asks you to upgrade for 60k points prolly etc

Ask follow up questions, I'm all ears, I love this stuff :)

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Throw money at places you'll be spending money in future. For me, if I need to meet a sign-up bonus I'll just throw $1000 onto ny Amazon account, as one example

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Nope. Wouldn’t show up as gift card anyways, just amazon. If you would rather get cash, you can buy 1k of prepaid debit and Venmo yourself, just going to take a ~5% hit

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I've heard that companies might claw back the bonus if they see spend on gift cards or similar?

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