Strategy to obtain UK Amex

[am0985]

Think they've got stricter on this. Submitted everything including my Australian Amex card number, UK phone number, UK address and UK bank account but my application was put on hold.

They're wanting verification of my UK income which obviously I can't provide. Someone told me I can submit my Australian tax return, another has told me this won't be useful. Anyway I'll submit this and see what happens...

 

[QF_Flyer]

Think they've got stricter on this. Submitted everything including my Australian Amex card number, UK phone number, UK address and UK bank account but my application was put on hold.

They're wanting verification of my UK income which obviously I can't provide. Someone told me I can submit my Australian tax return, another has told me this won't be useful. Anyway I'll submit this and see what happens...

You might be...waiting to relocate...or still employed by an Aussie employer? I submitted my Aussie payslips. That was for FR as an existing customer though, rather than for a new app.

 

[am0985]

You might be...waiting to relocate...or still employed by an Aussie employer? I submitted my Aussie payslips. That was for FR as an existing customer though, rather than for a new app.

Ha so I applied at around 8:30 pm Australian time.

Called up Amex UK and they said again I needed evidence of UK income, the second person was very pessimistic that only my AU tax return would suffice (she also asked her senior). Was told I'd get a reply in around 5 business days. I did actually tell them at the time I was waiting to start work in the UK. She said I could potentially wait until my first payslip.

Posted here at 9:20pm Australian time.

Woke up to an email sent at 1:30am Australian time saying I'd been approved!

It's a cracking deal - 95k Avios, 250 quid of travel credit and I'll also use 100 quid UK dining credit and 100 quid overseas dining credit (here in Australia) before I ditch it and get a pro rata refund.