Strategy to obtain US Amex

[redwoodw]

Any indications on how long it generally takes for the card to arrive in AU once requested AMEX to 'resend' it post the 10 day period?

 

[georgie23]

All mine have been sent with DHL - anywhere from 3-5 days - usually have a DHL tracking in 12 hours

 

[DC3]

Whats ky ?

Do you know the American States?

 

[prozac]

Do you know the American States?

No.

 

[olorinn]

KY = Kentucky, the big DHL hub is at Louisville Airport

 

[DC3]

KY = Kentucky, the big DHL hub is at Louisville Airport

You gave that puzzle away a bit too quickly for some.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

I think this has been a general DHL thing. In February, I had a parcel with a bunch of groceries and clothing that I had bought online also sent to KY for inspection. Took about 5-6 days for it to be released.

Did they end up sending it from KY to AU or back from where it got transferred?

 

[prozac]

KY = Kentucky, the big DHL hub is at Louisville Airport

Thank you.

You gave that puzzle away a bit too quickly for some.

No need to be insulting. I don't propose to bother to know the states of the LOTFAP

 

[DC3]

No need to be insulting. I don't propose to bother to know the states of the LOTFAP

Oh. Seen as a personal insult? That’s a worry.

For what it’s worth, my post was in response to the post by BS, above.

With your contributing posts in this thread, I mistakenly believed that you were interested in US credit cards, and possibly ‘moving to the US”

Anyway, Google is your friend:

Google Search

 

[DC3]

Did they end up sending it from KY to AU or back from where it got transferred?

There’s a major DHL hub in KY. I would expect items to move onwards from there.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

There’s a major DHL hub in KY. I would expect items to move onwards from there.

Unfortunately DHL is a bit weird. They issued a new waybill to have the mail sent to KY. The original waybill still shows it in CA so I do wonder whether it will magically jump from CA to KY then onwards to HI to AU.

 

[Kscf]

My US accounts were all just shut down. I only had like 5000 MR but had bonvoy brilliant and business cards which I am going to miss the most.

Many of my US friends got shutdown saying "Indicia of misuse"

If folks are having large balances I would suggest to transfer out to AC, or HA -> AS

 

[_TheTraveller_]

My US accounts were all just shut down. I only had like 5000 MR but had bonvoy brilliant and business cards which I am going to miss the most.

Many of my US friends got shutdown saying "Indicia of misuse"

If folks are having large balances I would suggest to transfer out to AC, or HA -> AS

What were your spend habits? BG or MS?

 

[georgie23]

really sorry to hear - to help us all are there any DP you want to share about what you think may have lead to it?

This was released yesterday by an alleged Amex employee

What is indica of misuse?

Going against the card member agreement. We call it “Factoring” internally. Which means you’re swiping your own card at a merchant which is yours or related to you somehow.

https://www.reddit.com/r/amex/comments/1kpa8ir/i_work_for_amex_ama

 

[Kscf]

What were your spend habits? BG or MS?

Lately nothing. I havent bought anything but dining on bonvoy brilliant and a few actual US charges on my BBP

 

[Kscf]

What were your spend habits? BG or MS?

Lately nothing. I havent bought anything but dining on bonvoy brilliant and a few actual US charges on my BBP.

I moved to AU 5 years ago and was still doing massive BG/MS till abt 2 years ago when opps started to dry up.

I have cancelled a lot of cards in the past 2 years though - personal plat, schwab plat, 2 biz plat, 2 personal gold, 1 biz gold, 1 every day preferred but I had them for years and didnt close them like after getting SUB and keeping open a year

 

[DAC1]

Did they end up sending it from KY to AU or back from where it got transferred?

Went straight from Louisville to Honolulu (and then onto Sydney).

 

[levelnine]

Lately nothing. I havent bought anything but dining on bonvoy brilliant and a few actual US charges on my BBP.

I moved to AU 5 years ago and was still doing massive BG/MS till abt 2 years ago when opps started to dry up.

I have cancelled a lot of cards in the past 2 years though - personal plat, schwab plat, 2 biz plat, 2 personal gold, 1 biz gold, 1 every day preferred but I had them for years and didnt close them like after getting SUB and keeping open a year

This pattern does fit some other shut down data points I've seen lately, where the cards aren't being used much, but they are being used overseas. It's possible you've been unwittingly caught up in the wave of shut downs focused on misuse by foreign users of Amex cards (primarily Chinese users). Or it's possible they're shutting down people like you for risk-related reasons (eg people with unused credit lines that appear not to be in the US from the small number of charges that are being put on the cards).