Amex Green Card Gets New Welcome Bonus Restrictions

Danny the Deal Guru: "American Express has been introducing this bonus eligibility restriction on multiple family of cards recently. It started with Delta credit cards, then Platinum cards, Cash back cards, and more recently the American Express® Gold Card."

"When the Gold Card rules were introduced, putting it in the same family as the Platinum cards, it was strange that the Green Card wasn’t included as well. So American Express has done just that."

The new Amex Green Card's welcome bonus restrictions are as follows:

You may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer if you have or have had this Card, the Platinum Card®, the Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Morgan Stanley, the Platinum Card® from American Express Exclusively for Charles Schwab, the American Express® Gold Card or previous versions of these Cards. You also may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer based on various factors, such as your history with credit card balance transfers, your history as an American Express Card Member, the number of credit cards that you have opened and closed and other factors. If you are not eligible for a welcome offer, we will notify you prior to processing your application so you have the option to withdraw your application.

Points Wire Note:

If you want to get welcome bonuses for all of the personal charge cards that Amex offers, you now need to get them in this order:

1. Amex Green
2. Amex Gold
3. Amex Platinum