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It’s currently one of the best times to sign up for an Amex card, as Amex just started running elevated referral links tied to elevated sign-up offers. These are targeted and only available via referral links, and I can’t find any of these offers on the Amex website.
Check your emails to see if you received any from Amex, and also check the Membership Rewards section of your account to see if you’ve been targeted for elevated referral bonuses. My existing referral link actually still reflects the old offer, but an updated referral link shows the targeted, higher sign-up bonus.
In particular, the Amex Business Platinum is offering an elevated bonus of 160,000 MR, which is higher than the usual elevated 150,000 MR.
Amex Canada has continued to deliver strong value this year, following the improved 1:1 transfer ratio for Flying Blue and the recent 25% Flying Blue transfer bonus. Let’s look at the spend requirements for the new round of elevated Fall bonus offers by Amex Canada;
Business Platinum Card® From American Express
- Elevated referral: Earn 35,000 Membership Rewards® points (up from 20,000)
- Elevated Offer: Earn up to 160,000 Membership Rewards® points
- 110,000 Welcome Bonus points after you charge $15,000 in net purchases to your Card in your first 3 months of Cardmembership.
- 50,000 points when you make a purchase between 15 and 17 months of Cardmembership
The Platinum Card
- Elevated referral: Earn 25,000 Membership Rewards® points (up from 15,000)
- Elevated Offer: Earn up to 150,000 Membership Rewards® points
- 100,000 Welcome Bonus points after you charge $10,000 in net purchases to your Card in your first 3 months of Cardmembership.
- 50,000 points when you make a purchase between 15 and 17 months of Cardmembership.
American Express® Gold Rewards Card
- Elevated referral: Earn 20,000 Membership Rewards® points (up from 10,000)
- Elevated Offer: Earn up to 100,000 Membership Rewards® points
- Up to 60,000 points in the first year: 5,000 Welcome Bonus points after you charge $1,000 in net purchases to your Card each month in your first 12 months of Cardmembership
- 40,000 points after you charge $4,000 in purchases to your Card in the first three months of Cardmembership
Marriott Bonvoy® American Express®* Card
- Elevated referral: Earn 15,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points (up from 10,000)
- Elevated Offer: 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points
- 70,000 points after you charge $3,000 in net purchases to your Card in your first 3 months of Cardmembership.
- 30,000 points after you spend $500 in the 13th month of Cardmembership
The business version of the Amex Bonvoy cards is likely offering an elevated bonus as well, although I received a targeted offer myself. I also couldn’t verify the offers on the Amex Aeroplan co-branded cards, so please drop a comment if you see your referral offer elevated!
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Hi team – all I’m seeing is this one for the Personal Plat – noticeably more spend than the one you mentioned?
Earn 90,000 points after you spend $10,000 on your Card in your first 3 months as a new Platinum® Cardmember.
Earn an additional 40,000 points after you spend a total of $45,000 on your Card in your first 12 months of Cardmembership.
Earn 40,000 Membership Rewards® points when you make a purchase between 15 and 17 months of Cardmembership.
I checked a few different browsers / VPNs / Incognito as well! Couldn’t find the one you mentioned. :/
It looks like Amex is busy updating on their end because on the Amex Reserve, different refresh brought up a different offer. Just minutes ago, I was seeing 110k upon spending $7,500 + 40k in year 2, but now it’s also showing the $45,000 spend requirement. I believe the $45,000 spend requirement is “properly” the new offer and updated the blog post to reflect as such.
Ah that’s unfortunate – 110K upon spending $7500 would’ve been quite incredible
These are just the regular elevated offers that have been ongoing for months. It comes as exclusive referrals for some referrers and comes on random browsers at times.
Its not like the summer highs of last year which were actual high offers. Hopefully those come soon. Nothing new here as of yet
We saw these elevated pop up briefly in January, but I haven’t seen them since then. You’ve been finding them consistently throughout all of 2026? Usually incognito?
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