There was a ton of stuff from April through end of June. $250 grocery credit, double redemption value and double points earnings on everything (12/8/4% on dining/travel/other). Amex obviously did that to stop the hemorrhage of people who could not longer travel calling in to cancel. But of course they couldn't keep that going forever.mcmtech86 wrote: ↑ I haven't heard of anybody in Canada getting a retention offer; just downgrade to gold. There were promises of good offers coming up in November and so far they have been travel based and useless. Hopefully after Monday when the Aeroplan card launches there are some decent offers. Amex Platinum has not offered anything of value in quite a while to help offset the annual fees with limited travel.
Did they offer a reduction or any incentives to stay?saturday2k wrote: ↑ Thank you! I just called to cancel. Such an unfortunate, it's a great card. Will reapply once Covid is gone.
All right! We are thinking the same thing. I’ll apply for Gold on November 13 and I’m holding because of this.mcmtech86 wrote: ↑ I haven't heard of anybody in Canada getting a retention offer; just downgrade to gold. There were promises of good offers coming up in November and so far they have been travel based and useless. Hopefully after Monday when the Aeroplan card launches there are some decent offers. Amex Platinum has not offered anything of value in quite a while to help offset the annual fees with limited travel.
This ain't murica. The retention ladies are much nicer there.saturday2k wrote: ↑ The retention lady was very nice and trying to explain the monthly offers/promos are there to help offset the annual fee. But there was no fee reduction or incentive. I have been with AMEX (not platinum) for over 17 years.
