Called Amex to cancel my personal platinum. The offered me a $400 statement credit after 3k in spend. Worth it?

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Worth it for at least another year, reap the benefits and you’re basically getting money back

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Did the same, got 55k MR, for $4k spend.

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Ask for 40k mr

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$400 doesn’t seem like a lot. I’d ask for a points retention bonus - I got 60,000 points when I did last year.

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Yeah def worth it

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Curious, how long did you have the card?

End of my first year probably put 50k on it.

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Hmmm amex has never done that so yeah its forth as long as you plan to travel in 2022

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