Amex Credit card sign up incentives question

sparkiemalarkie

Hi I a Amex British Airways Credit Card - if I was to cancel this card how long would I have to wait to qualify as a 'new customer' and get the joining incentive again ?

I also have a Barclaycard Avios Credit card and wondered if I could cancel this too, to qualify for another incentive.

tia

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DullGreyGuy

sparkiemalarkie said:

Hi I a Amex British Airways Credit Card - if I was to cancel this card how long would I have to wait to qualify as a 'new customer' and get the joining incentive again ?

They keep expended it, presently it is 2 years but you may find in 2 years that it's gone up again. 

sparkiemalarkie

DullGreyGuy said:

sparkiemalarkie said:

Hi I a Amex British Airways Credit Card - if I was to cancel this card how long would I have to wait to qualify as a 'new customer' and get the joining incentive again ?

They keep expended it, presently it is 2 years but you may find in 2 years that it's gone up again. 

Thank you, I was hoping for 6 months  oh well....I need to think of another plan...

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DullGreyGuy

sparkiemalarkie said:

DullGreyGuy said:

sparkiemalarkie said:

Hi I a Amex British Airways Credit Card - if I was to cancel this card how long would I have to wait to qualify as a 'new customer' and get the joining incentive again ?

They keep expended it, presently it is 2 years but you may find in 2 years that it's gone up again. 

Thank you, I was hoping for 6 months  oh well....I need to think of another plan...

sx

For MR points it used to be 6 months and then went to 1 year and now 2 years

WillPS

Further to the above - most Amex Credit Cards require you not to have held a personal Amex in your name in the last 2 years. 

The two exceptions are:

• BA PP - which requires you to have not held an Avios earning Amex card for 24 months (so you would be ineligible for 2 years from whenever you close this.
• The Platinum Card (not to be mistaken with Platinum Cashback range)- which requires that you have not held an MR earning card for 2 years.

Barclaycard offer Avios earning cards with a similar ongoing rate but less in the way of sign up bonuses and years upgrades, which may or may not be useful to you during a fallow period.

 If you decide to go fallow bear in mind:

1. Amex may change their policy again, and it'd be the policy at the time you next apply which mattered for a future SUB, not the one which in effect now.
2. Because of the rules listed above, it's most effective if you take a Nectar, Marriott or any other non-Avis Amex first then get the BA PP card.