Business Platinum after Personal?

[Oli]

Is there any period of time after having a Personal Amex that I have to wait before qualifying for the signup bonus on the Business Platinum?

I registered about 6 weeks ago (having completed a bonus on the personal platinum) and have spent the £6k required for 40k bonus points, but nothing is showing yet (nor a bar in my account which says “Spend x before y to get 40,000 points)

[fluffymitten]

When I signed up for my Business Gold, Amex set up an entirely separate points account from the one I run on my personal Platinum. So I wonder how that works with regards to bonuses. I can’t remember what bonus I received, as I know I didn’t sign up during a promotional period. Might be worth giving customer services a call.

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[caj2310]

Nope. I have a personal MR card at the moment and recently signed up for the Accelerating Business one – got the bonus points. They are 2 separate things entirely.

[Oli]

Thanks, do you remember if it showed the “Progress Bar” from the start?

[caj2310]

No – it didn’t

[Ducky]

I think you have had some duff advice. You need a 6 month fallow period.

[Oli]

Update – bonus points came through today. Thanks for the replies.

[ben10]

I’m coming up on 2 years since cancelling my last Personal Amex Gold and 6 months since cancelling my Business Gold. I want to open a Personal Platinum (as I hold a BA Amex) and another Business Gold.

Am I right in thinking I should open another Business Gold first, then a Platinum Amex? From HfP re Personal Platinum:

“To qualify for the bonus, you must NOT, currently or in the previous 24 months, have held any other personal American Express card which earns Membership Rewards points.”

And:

“You will receive the sign-up bonus if you have a Corporate or Business American Express card via your job and you receive Membership Rewards points from it.”

Not quite sure what is meant by “via your job” here?

If I took out the Personal Platinum first, I would need to earn the bonus, cancel and wait a further 6 months. Re Business Gold:

“To qualify for the bonus, you must NOT, currently or in the previous six months, have held any other American Express card which earns Membership Rewards points. This includes Business or personal Gold, Business or personal Platinum and the personal American Express Rewards credit card.”

Thanks

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