lacr said:Can you redeem 25000 points as a $250 AMEX cash certificate ?(So as good as getting a $250 check)?


No. The closest thing might me a $250 Home Depot card which can be sold on eBay for 80-90% of original value.

of course this had to come AFTER i applied for the other 25k bonus offer (no extra $100 tiger gc for me!). anyone ever have 2 business gold cards opened at once? i would hate to get the infamous FR, but would like the gc as well (even if it takes forever to come like last time)!

moogoo541 said:can i convert this to a standard no fee card before my 1st year is up? any kind or only business cards?

Normally, AMEX don't let do that but you can close and re-apply.

abacti said:timothy86 said:lostdude said:Wasn't it $150 GC last time?

Worked out good for me. Got the GC + $100 account credit + $50 GC (from reward) + 5000 points for flexible payment option... This reminds me, time to cancel that card before annual fee kicks in.

It's not good to close the account. Just convert it to Blue for Business or another fee free card.

I think if you have enough credit card(credit limit), you should close all the the newer cards if you are not planning to uuse it anyway.

Especially since it's just a business account and doesn't affect personal credit.

timothy86 said:turrdog said:lacr said:Can you redeem 25000 points as a $250 AMEX cash certificate ?(So as good as getting a $250 check)?


No. The closest thing might me a $250 Home Depot card which can be sold on eBay for 80-90% of original value.

I did that and ended up making $210.69 after eBay fees and what not.Should've gone for the SWA RapidRewards voucher, it's going for $350 and up on the bay.

musix4me said:tubs said:need some more AMEX points to make this year's SWA companion pass a reality. thanks OP!

Please explain how this will impact SWA?

I will convert the 25k points to 16 rapid reward credits. I'll get a voucher for a free R/T flight. And if you accumulate at least 100 rapid reward points within a year, you get a free companion pass...which I've had for the last few years and has saved us(wife and me) tons on travel.

Are there any annual fees? Or can I just open, get my GCs and forget about the card?

how come i get the message "system error" when I apply? I get to the processing screen then the error comes up.... anyone else with this problem????

I had to call AMEX to verify some information like my business name and business number.
My business name was my actual name ("sole proprietorship") but they didn't ask about my number, unless if they can tell I called from it.
They asked me if my "business" was registered with the state and said no, so they had to pull up one of my bank accounts to do some verification. It became a three-way phone call with AMEX and HSBC on the line. In the end, I finally got approved.

jomarrod said:Can I apply for it if I do not have a business?.... I jus like the perks
Yes.