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1. Web site is working. Prompts you to sign into your account and gives the following message:

   Extended Payment Option
   None of your enrolled cards are eligible for extending payment

2. Thanks, Gary!

3. It worked for me with the Gold Premium Rewards card, but there was no representation about points earned.

4. Wait — I got that wrong. There’s a footnote that says I get a “maxiumum of 5000” membership rewards per account.

5. Thanks for the link.
   This is what I got by clicking the link you referred and logging in:
   “We’re sorry but we are unable to approve your request. If you have questions, please call the customer service phone number on the back of your Card.”

6. This is a targeted offer – I logged in and it said “We’re sorry but we are unable to approve your request. If you have questions, please call the customer service phone number on the back of your Card.”

   Which, funny enough, is what they told me the 6 times I SM’d them about this 🙂

7. Signed two cards up, thanks!

8. Did not work for me either.
   “We’re sorry but we are unable to approve your request. If you have questions, please call the customer service phone number on the back of your Card.”

9. Thanks Gary! Signed up my Plat & Prem Rewards cards & my wife’s Prem Rewards card too (and I’ll try to sign up her Plat card too when it arrives soon – she was approved for the 50k offer today!)

10. Mine is a business card. Maybe it only works for personal cards?

11. Anyone know if this will result in a hard pull?

12. It worked for me!

13. Unable to register my Blue Amex or my Macys Amex.

14. Website didn’t work earlier in the week and when I called they said it was a targeted offer.

15. I’m unclear as to whether this means all purchases over a certain amount (in my case $100) are switch to pay-over-time or if it requires manual intervention.

16. Thanks for this. I did have to call to have it done, since the online enrollment didn’t work. Still only took a couple of minutes though.

17. I was able to register my PRG card, but didn’t see any indication of the 5,000 bonus points besides on the first landing page. Fingers crossed!

18. Hi Gary,

    I tried enrolling online and was denied, called CSR and they said it was by “invite only”…and also that maybe in the future if I was good, I would get the invite.

    I’m not holding my breath on this one.

    P.s. – Thanks for all your tips on your blog! I will keep reading! =)

19. I had actually already signed up and they still have me the 5k. Love them.

20. I signed up my Gold Premier Card and my husband’s too, and it worked for both! Thank you!

    They asked for income, I hope they don’t do a credit pull.

21. Thanks
    Work for me
    Does anyone know how long it would take the points to be posted?

22. Got the “None of your enrolled cards are eligible…” message when I tried to enroll my Gold Business card. But it seemed to work for my wife’s Amex Platinum card.

23. This offer from AMEX, sadly, is a bait-and-switch much like their recent bonus code matching fiasco. Just spent 30 unproductive minutes on the phone with them — apparently this 5000 mile offer is bait-and-switch. Nice business model! Time to close all AMEX Gold Premier Rewards cards.

24. Response (XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX) 11/03/2011 03:21 PM
    Dear Zachary,

    Thank you for both your emails.

    We are unable to enroll your account or award Membership Reward points to your account for this offer, as it was a limited only to existing customers who were explicitly sent this offer.

    Please understand we are unable to make each individual offer available to all our Cardmembers. While this particular offer is not available to you, we are always creating new offers to help our existing Cardmembers earn more bonus points.

    When an offer becomes available to you, we will send you a letter or email explaining the opportunity and how you can take advantage of it.

    We appreciate your understanding and look forward to assisting you in the future.

    Sincerely,
    Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
    Email Servicing Team
    American Express Interactive Services

25. denied also

26. yeah i signed up online and got approved for my personal PRG…i tried a couple of weeks ago thru email and said i couldn’t get the promo because it was targeted…

    yeah the 5k offering isn’t very clear at all..how does Gary know that they will give you 5k? What if you earn a max of 5k on any interest paid for when you pay over time?

27. I got my personal Amex prg registered but would not do my plat business.

28. Got the “your already enrolled” response, so I emailed them to have the bonus applied. Guess we’ll see what they say.

29. I didn’t receive any emails for this offer, and I never seem to be targeted for anything. But my PRG personal card and my husband’s PRG personal worked in the online form. No changes to my account on day 1, but on day 2, 5,000 points had posted to both accounts. Thank you!

30. 2 x 5,000 points posted overnight (see post # 9) to my account – nothing posted to wife’s account yet.

31. 5,000 points posted on 11/4 for me.

32. Thank you. 5000 points for both my wife and I. Only took 2 days to post.

33. I also got the “We’re sorry but we are unable to approve your request. If you have questions, please call the customer service phone number on the back of your Card.” message.

    I called awhile back when this offer first came out and I was told that I didn’t have my card long enough to qualify for that payment option. You need to have your account over 1 yr to be able to have that as a payment option. This may be the answer to the denials for some.
    Can anyone verify that you’ve had your card for 1 yr or more who was approved?