lovetravellingoz
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Mine says Membership Rewards. Is that different to Gateway? I held Velocity Gold Amex earlier this year.
Gateway and Ascent are both Membership Reward Programs.
Mine says Membership Rewards. Is that different to Gateway? I held Velocity Gold Amex earlier this year.
I am in the same situation as you. I have a Platinum Charge and Velocity Platinum, I applied for Explorer and had it automatically linked to the Ascent Premium. Spend on Explorer is earning at 2ppd into Ascent Premium. No sign up bonus was posted after passing $1500 spend. My reason for signing up to this card was an attempt at getting the signup bonus. I called up to "check" that my not having a Gateway MR account was correct, they said yes this is a "benefit" for you, but they didn't offer to unlink and create one, and I didn't think to ask at the time.
Re: your question of rolling the dice and unlinking. To my recollection, in this thread, there have been no examples of users who had a Gateway account created and *didn't* get the bonus. So I feel somewhat confident that if we unlinked from Ascent Premium and had a Gateway account created, the system would give us the bonus all the same. It is a risk, but I am considering going ahead with it. The extra 0.5ppd on earn isn't a big deal to me - I'll be putting no more than $40k/yr on this card, and I'm not thinking long term enough to realistically expect 2ppd with no bonus to be a better long term outcome than 1.5ppd with a bonus.
Has anyone been able to create a referral link?
Not working yet for me
Gateway and Ascent are both Membership Reward Programs.
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Got my bonus points shortly after posting this.
Data point - Got 100k bonus points almost instantly after 1500 spend cleared. Closed a Gold Velocity Amex in March 2016. Held no other AMEX cards. Created a new login.
So I assume your are now showing as Gateway now?
Got my bonus points shortly after posting this.
Data point - Got 100k bonus points almost instantly after 1500 spend cleared. Closed a Gold Velocity Amex in March 2016. Held no other AMEX cards. Created a new login.
Confirmed 100k bonus points applied to my account this morning, whilst holding Velocity Platinum & Platinum Charge.
I'm similar, I cancelled the Velocity Platinum in April, no other direct Amex, created a new login, bonus posted as soon as the spend was reached.
Cancelled Velocity Platinum in June, still hold Platinum Edge. Separate login created. Bonus points posted as soon as spend was reached.
Yes, its the supp card option. If I get one of the ones that converts at 1:1, will I keep my regular plan (Explorer, 4:3) or join the better one (like the Edge)?
You are right. I just get my first statement, found out the same MR award number on the statement.The BMW Gold card has MR Gateway so maybe your Explorer card is linked to your old MR Gateway account and therefore no bonus points for existing MR account. Check your MR account number with your old BMW Gold statement to see whether it's the same.