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Stephen, over at Frequent Miler, shared a great tip on getting a referral to populate again once it had disappeared. This could not have been better timed since both my Amex Platinum and Amex Gold stopped populating referrals late last year. After using Stephen’s tip, sure enough, I was able to generate Amex referrals once again. So…what’s the tip?
Lose your card to get Amex Referrals
Yep…you just request a new card. Apparently, if you lose your card, the system will reboot on the back end and give you the ability to refer people again.
All of a sudden you can refer again
As soon as I reported my cards lost, I was able to refer. Note that you’d still need to open without cookies to see the higher offers
Platinum 150k offer $8k spend in 6 months – ( open private/incognito )
Gold 90k offer after $4k spend in 6 months my referral link ( open private/ incognito )
The problem…It looks like these referral codes disappear quickly
Last year, I did this and my Platinum card delivered within 48 hours, and my Gold card has yet to arrive, and the referral links aren’t showing up anymore. That doesn’t mean they don’t work, but rather, if you don’t copy and paste them somewhere while they are active, you’ll lose them once again. Luckily, I was prepared for this and copied my codes down before the option to refer disappeared.
If you look…my personal Platinum and Gold are gone
Recap
You can “lose” your card, request a new one, and once that account is generated, your ability to refer will be reinstated. But…make sure you copy and paste that code somewhere because it’s likely to disappear quite quickly.
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