Amex Extends Welcome Bonus Spending Period By Three Months

It looks like the offer pages still show 3 months but they do have a banner at the top showing the additional 3 month qualification period

Good, now AmEx needs to be more systematic about annual fee waivers/challenges.

Also, what if you already completed a signup minimum spend but then dipped back below the threshold due to refunds? I met the Green 45k bonus last month, which posted. But due to travel refunds, I'm now short $500. Does this mean I have an extra 3 months before the RAT team claws back the 45k? I could probably spend that much on dining in that time, but likely not on travel, and I don't want to "waste" the 3x for general spend. Or should I act as if, now that I got my bonus, there's no grace period at all and it could be rescinded at any time?

Already nailed a Green Card bonus on natural spend, I can be choosier for a Hilton Amex bonus that I got for 2.5% back on groceries with no annual fee.

(I have reasons why I don’t want the Aspire yet- for one thing I should be able to upgrade this card and get a nice bonus offer, the other is why pay $95 for status I can’t use?)

Does this apply to the DL Amex cards? I signed up for the DL Amex Platinum card last month and hopefully this will apply too.

Good, I hope Chase does the same. I have a United Business card with the 10K spending requirement that I'll have a hard time getting to by mid-May.

Do you think Amex will extend the validity of the airline fee waivers?

Would have been nice to announce BEFORE the bonuses on the delta cards went down. Thanks Amex.

@GoAmtrak:

So “wasting” spend on $500 is what, like maybe $3 compared to putting that spend on a 2% no annual fee cashback card that’s the typical fallback option for unbonused spend? Maybe more like $15-20 if it’s in some 5% category bonus (though I would be trying to find something else, personally)?

I mean, seems like a pretty modest priced security blanket from the RAT if you ask me.

(I chucked unbonused spending AMEX’s way from a 2% card to knock it out early. Boo hoo, I only got 1.7% back...)

side note - the 'color' of my Amex plat is now more black when I go online, I guess the new CC are are in the works?

Just finished chat with Amex. They are extending to August the time I have to meet the spend on an upgrade offer they gave me last month.

@Colin...I have the Delta AX card and just checked with them...they confirmed they have extended the date by another 3 months...Its really a great gesture from AX and wish the other banks would follow

@Andrew R

+1. I deliberately avoided getting the Delta Platinum because I knew that I wouldn't have been able to hit the spending minimum in three months in the new normal. Had I known they would announce this change just two days after the expiration for signup on the 100k offer, I would have chosen a different path, one which would have been better for me and better for them. Surely they knew their plans before April 1. Strange choice on their part. Perhaps they don't want more business?

@Lucky just to clarify, in your post it says cards approved through May 31 will get an additional three months. So, does this mean if I get it approved on May 31, I essentially have six months to complete the bonus spend requirement? Thank you for your explanation.

Let's hope Chase and BoA does the same thing.

People really will complain about everything.