Slappin said:GTFan said:There is no annual fee for the Platinum Cash card.

I read "I understand that the annual fee is $300 for the Basic Card and $150 for each Additional Card." at the bottom of my Platinum application.

The business platinum card has the $300 annual fee, while the platinum cash rebate has none.

Smooth said:Looking at the bottom of each application confirms you get a $250 cash credit for any one of the cards you apply for. I heartily recommend that you make screen shots when applying for cards that have this offer.
Definitely — or in my case, ripped PDF's of every single page in the transaction (including the terms).

I expect to get this. AMEX has been bombarding me with offers, and this will nicely cover my two naughty DVD boxsets from DDD totaling $258. Good deal, and GREEN for you OP.

Tytie

stealthnet said:The key line in the fine print is this:

This promotional offer pertains to a specific American Express® Business Card product, please reference the OPEN Savings® Summary on your monthly billing statement or online at open.AmericanExpress.com to determine Card eligibility.

Only the Gold and Platinum charge cards display the icon on the application page. The Platinum card does not waive the fee for the first year, so the Gold card is the safe bet.

This is true, however:

To redeem this offer, the Cardmember must activate and make the first purchase on the Platinum Delta Skymiles Business Credit Card between December 15, 2006 and April 30, 2007. The $250 statement credit will appear on your monthly billing statement following your first single eligible purchase. The maximum discount available is $250.00. This promotional offer pertains to a specific American Express® Business Card product, please reference the OPEN Savings® Summary on your monthly billing statement or online at open.AmericanExpress.com to determine Card eligibility. You may be permitted to have more than one American Express® Business Card account; however, you are eligible to receive only one promotional $250 statement credit per unique business. Participation and offers are subject to change without notice.

Ouch. No instant approval on the cash rebate card. Approval on the gold card last month was instant. Really hoping I don't get an "additional information" call in which I have to explain my new "consulting" business.

Thanks, OP!

I would love to green rep you for this, but unfortunately I don't know how Hopefully, someone will help me out.

Will someone please PM me or post a link to your pdf file so that we may all have a screenshot of this for future reference? I don't have a personal computer of my own to post this file.

Do you have to spend $250 at the first purchase?

Thanks,

jimbocobb said:How long before the deal was killed last time around ? What's everyone's prediction this time around ? I doubt it lasts 2 weeks for the on-line application...

I sure hope it lasts until the first week of January, at least. Need it for my app-o-rama!

srdeal said:Do you have to spend $250 at the first purchase?

Thanks,

No word on that in the fine print, honestly. But even so, whatever you'd normally spend on another card for $250, if this were a requirement, could just be spent on this one. You would've bought it anyway... that's my philosophy on requirements like that.

What are you all listing as your business name and are you leaving the TIN # blank if you don't have one or are you listing your SS# instead?

Thanks, Swandown! Now if I only know how to give a green rep!

swandown said:Cherry30303 said:What are you all listing as your business name and are you leaving the TIN # blank if you don't have one or are you listing your SS# instead?

In the past people have had success using their full name as the business name and their SS# as the TIN#.

In fact, many small businesses ARE named after the owner (Joe Bloe Enterprises, John Smith Contractor, etc.).

puddykat said:Is a $250 credit more valuable than the AMEX 20,000 points offer? I'm planning to apply for either one but can't figure out which offer would yield the most.


Option 1) 20,000 points = $200
Option 2) 5,000 points + $250 = $300

What do you want ???
$200 or $300 ???