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[@SolidLiquidFox]

Sebby dabbing in the Maldives pretty much sums up the point of collecting points and miles

[@WallersWallet]

Love the new set up and nice light in the back 🔥

[@AskSebby]

Thank you! :)

[@utuberwatchin]

Great vid! Keep that coffee flowing ☕️

[@Carlos-kv6hx]

Awesome Seb! I'm really interested on traveling with a family strategy video if possible.

[@walterclark3274]

Wassup Sebby! Thanks for all you do!!!

[@AskSebby]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@heatherhutchinson3625]

Great. Just got Amex Platinum!

[@JohnPavlish]

I like this new camera angle Sebastian! You brought out the boka on the blinds and the monitor screen and lights make a nice background.

[@DeborahE7]

Boka??

[@JohnPavlish]

@@DeborahE7 it’s basically camera blur. There are great videos explaining it if you’re interested in it.

[@DeborahE7]

@@JohnPavlish Thanks. I’m always interested in learning new things and never heard of “boka” before. I searched online and found various definitions but nothing close to camera blurs! LOL!

[@paavanmehta]

For a long time I’ve held off on the Amex platinum because. But they made me an offer a couldn’t refuse. I never thought as an existing customer (Gold in 2018) I’d ever get the 100k offer. Plus the 10x on gas and groceries is the cherry on top. The Marriott offer is so tempting but I’m not sure how often I’ll be traveling next year.

[@eclecticmusafir]

Amex Platinum (100K targeted) and Blue Business Plus in November. Picking up the Amex Everyday in Q3 2021.

[@heprovides5604]

Happy holidays.

[@KenronTheGamer]

Ended up going for the Platinum card with the 100k signup bonus and 10k at groceries and gas. I have 6 months to get it done. No more cards after this for a while.

[@eddiebyrd24]

I got approved for the Amex Gold (60K) last month and got approved for the Platinum this month (100K MR). The minimum spend was already met for the Gold. Now I’m working on the platinum. Great video, Sebby!

[@sebastianalmada2478]

Just got approved for the Amex Gold Card! 740 score and a 75,000 point welcome bonus!!!!! I'm only 19!!!!

[@sketchyAnalogies]

I got approved for thr Delta Gold card. You get a much better sign up bonus when you shop for a flight through Delta and before you checkout there should be a special offer. Mine was 40k points/$2K spend/3 months and also a $200 credit after first delta purchase (which is the flight you buy right then)

[@alwynjohn-thesimpleinvesto4730]

Great content, keep it up!!

[@AskSebby]

Thanks! :)

[@garyboy7135]

Will you make a video about your trip to W Maldives?

[@yolobro.]

Got approved last month for 100k Plat, approved and received 60k Gold yesterday. These offers remind me of when we maximized on the 100k CSR offer years ago, thanks for video Sebs!

[@NCKyle1980]

I had to rebuild my credit after a drastic decrease in income years ago. I (surprisingly) got a targeted offer from American Express for Delta Gold. 70,000 SkyMiles. I did several prequalify runs and it showed it was likely to be approved. I applied and got approved. I'm already 65% through my spend requirement to qualify for the bonus. So I'm quite pleased for now. I'm not sure what I'll go to next. I'm really thinking of down down the road upgrade to Delta Platinum because of some of the benefits and I can usually find good flights on Delta given my proximity to a connection point. Thank you for all the videos you make and wealth of knowledge you share. Especially for us beginners. haha :)

[@Valente_Quintero]

I’m in the late game (earlier than I wanted to unfortunately), but I just PC my green to my 5th platinum. Getting tons of value out of them

[@SD_702]

I got green 60k and surpass 175k this month. Gold was 60k also so I chose the lower af and spend for the bonus and will consider upgrading post covid.

[@siamesebb]

Got the Amex Gold last month, and I've been trying to pull the 100K offer for Plat ever since. No luck. Finally gave up trying and pulled the trigger on the 75K Resy offer. I definitely think now is a great time for Amex cards because we're seeing some historic high offers PLUS 6 months to hit the minimum spend instead of the usual 3 months.

[@albertorosariojr]

I'm liking the Xmas ending music 🎶

[@nineseven420empire3]

I am at 4/24 right now. Going to get the new Chase Freedom next. Before the 5% @ supermarkets for the first year, offer goes away next month.

[@Thacldriva]

Currently have the gold and platinum and recently acquired the Hilton honors aspire. Doubt I would need any more Amex cards for a long time.

[@mendyazulay8178]

Just got approved for the Amex Marriot Bonvoy Business card;)

[@beinggood5720]

Legend has it Sebby was born wearing a deep v.

[@maniijuan]

Sebby is the Steve Jobs of the credit card world

[@Jason_The_Man]

I think there was talk of this on Reddit.

[@edwards_enterprises]

Im subscribed

[@kyletanczos7897]

Card match has a 125k offer for the platinum card (as of 12/15). Also a first time customer with Amex so that might affect it

[@anasryadi8545]

I got the gold card and it's my first big boy amex since I opened and closed the everyday card years ago. I spend most of my money on food with the pandemic so the platinum doesn't make sense for me. I'm waiting to find a plat offer in a few years that is more than 100k points

[@darthstarone3532]

Love that monitor🖥😍🖥

[@lyfeoffaz195]

In this hobby the I’m seeing the best time to apply is when the bonuses get really juicy, that seems to be when cards get a refresh, new cards come out, or when the economy tanks. Bad time to get airline cards, that’s self-explanatory

[@jasonb4988]

ANY news on a ROSE GOLD REISSUE ?

[@ericshm]

Hi Sebby, thanks for the awesome video. Just curious as to if the AMEX Marriott Brilliant is worth it for those who already has a Platinum status. Is other perks worth getting it? WB is the only thing that seems to be good perk atm.

[@Zee06]

Have the No AF Hilton Honors. Going for the Green card, possibly the Gold.

[@BigBlanketSix]

Not today Sebby! I’m only 3 months away from resetting my 5/24 status!

[@AskSebby]

Keep gardening! 🌱💪

[@silvinodiaz6736]

Mine is in February! Can't wait for my first Chase card

[@KingJamesVI6]

Silvino Diaz I’m upset at Chase, I have 800 plus credit with both business and personal cards And they rejected my ink business cc application because I have too much revolving credit and close to 0 debt (usage)

[@betruetoyourself7162]

@@KingJamesVI6 Amex bus card looks easy to get. Plus they have a tool to save receipts

[@ericfitzpatrick5319]

Sebastian, can you explain how the carrying a balance feature works?

[@NightxPhantom]

Torn between so many cards right now! I guess that’s a good thing though. Competition! :)

[@AskSebby]

Soo many good offers right now!

[@spwan3]

How I can get the Departures magazine?

[@ghostface191]

Amex gave me a $500 statement credit to keep the platinum. FYI if anyone is thinking of canceling.

[@AskSebby]

Nice! Thanks for the data point.

[@dannyguarascio939]

how?

[@ghostface191]

@@dannyguarascio939 said I wanted to cancel and they offered it.

[@SuperDanny1016]

Damn that's a lot.

[@ronsa007]

When did you ask them?

[@amarparekh6739]

already have the Hilton Aspire & Delta Gold, but might get the Delta Platium.

[@sketchyAnalogies]

I got a better Delta Gold offer (thag the public one online) when I went to book a flight, you might find one for platinum, but idk for sure, just a suggestion to look.

[@thebeddoctor4273]

I got the hilton card. Earned the 80k bonus. But im pretty new to card points and didn't realize its only good for hilton. You can't use points for anything else like flights. Oh well. Live and learn

[@jshawsworld]

Already got gold and plat. Stupid cardmatch doesn’t take Puerto Rico address so I just got the standard offers. Will get business plus next with 2 mr points on everything to complete the trifecta

[@ILGlocker]

Got the Plat 100K last week. I was able to get that easily online. But I called to ask about a 125k and the rep said he never heard of it. Already used the Saks credit and half of uber. Hope to finally get to use my passport that i have have for 4 years in 2021 or 22.

[@terrencejared]

Still worth getting Amex gold/plat if I already have CSR?

[@reubenmorris487]

AMEX Green is on my list. Can't justify it right now with low travel demand.

[@keyodi]

What’s the best credit card if you don’t travel

[@MrDdavis98]

I have the Gold card but have been turned down for Amex business cards

[@zionm5335]

I've never had an Amex card and keep getting the 75k offer for the gold, but haven't seen more than 75k on the Platinum. I'll probably wait until Dec. 31 to apply, hopefully, at least the gold offer is still there.

[@jonathanacosta1648]

I would say that I believe I recently benefited from their KPI's. A while back I applied to the Gold but AMEX needed further review before saying yay or nay. However, this time around I applied and went for the 60K MR/6 months offer and was approved in less than one minute! Some may be asking, "Well why didn't you apply the same reasoning for the AMEX Platinum?" I couldn't justify the annual fee for that one versus the Gold. I couldn't see the "effective rate" being less on the Platinum versus the Gold with the travel and expenses I foresee making in 2021. Thanks, Sebby! Thanks to your reasoning I went for it and this time around, it worked!

[@palmtreewhisperer]

How are you liking or not liking the card so far ?

[@jonathanacosta1648]

@@palmtreewhisperer Best rewards card I have, and mostly because of the dine out/groceries bonus points. Definitely worth another year.

[@theChef1337]

Any 100k offers for the schwab amex plat???

[@stevekang1729]

Got 125k offer to get Amex Plat. I downgraded my CSR to freedom to keep all the points.

[@klingrw1]

Just got approved for the Gold at 75k MR Points

[@ThatCho]

Ugh I already have a delta gold on the way.

[@rickymartinez4389]

Amex Blue business plus

[@deadlimedragon]

see, im a foodie but dont travel much. (if i do its with family to where i dont have any expense on my cards) and AMEX not having better than .6 cent per point redemption in cash back just makes me shy away from their cards.

[@stephenp2585]

Got the 100k Platinum in November. Has been great, got to use my airline incidentals, Uber credit and saks credit all before they reset. Glad I pulled the trigger

[@circletech7745]

And if you time it right, you could actually use it three times within a single annual fee period. I signed up December 4th and plan to triple dip the platinum airline credits.

[@stephenp2585]

@@circletech7745 that’s very true, they’re basically paying you to have the card

[@jacob933]

I got the blue cash preferred with a $300 signup bonus after $3k in spend and a waived first year $95 AF. Going to cancel my Gold Card.

[@Parthsean]

Great video but a word of free advise. This year not a lot of people are interested in spending more money on credit cards. It would be great to see your take on current economy, stimulus checks and financial news content.

[@chocOneOOne]

Currently about at least 75% of the way through the Amex Plat 100k intro spend requirement, in my first 6 weeks. I'll have this knocked out soon and I would like to get the Gold next, but IDK, I don't want a bunch of cards with high annual fees that I can't really take advantage of right now, so the Aspire is off and even the World of Hyatt. Not sure exactly what to do to be honest.

[@uci812]

Any signs Schwab Amex Plat will make similar inticing offers? Thanks Sebby

[@twigsta9]

Was thinking getting the Amex everyday to get in the Amex relationship and start getting points, thoughts? Also can you do a video on gold personal and business cards benefits and disadvantage. Love your vids

[@circletech7745]

The Amex platinum card is the best first Amex card because of it’s targeted bonuses. Sebby even made a video about it: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jorHXmiiqJ6VaK8

[@csh28]

Hey Sebby, which Amex cards have return protection? I heard they got rid of return protection for Amex Gold, which I have. Thanks!

[@pauls9783]

Hi Sebby - since you are a businessman, are these credit cards you use for all your travel, personal cards, or business cards? Is there a benefit to using one over the other? thanks

[@rachelnguyen4423]

Just signed up for my Amex platinum last week with the 125k MR welcome bonus!

[@AskSebby]

🙌

[@fredflintstone2234]

Rachel Nguyen damn! I on'y got 100K. How did you get 125K?

[@BenevolentDictator13]

How?

[@hyhknight9578]

any idea why my 125k welcome bonus disappeared? thx

[@rachelnguyen4423]

@@BenevolentDictator13 Pre-qualified offer. I just checked using my info on the Amex website, but I think you could also use Card Match. I’m not sure if they possibly targeted me for the higher welcome bonus since I’ve never previously had an Amex card.

[@Shahboyy]

When u sent an item back to AMEX, do u pay for shipping?

[@wbeck4]

Do you talk about Visa & Mastercards? Is AmEx sensible for < $1k/mo spenders?

[@ResplendentRaider]

Amex is my next card on the list.

[@TheMrsclark33]

Hey sebby I went to apply for the Amex Bonvoy Brilliant and got a pop up saying I wasn't eligible for the welcome bonus. I have the Ritz-Carlton card and put in my marriott rewards # while applying.😭

[@sdallnct]

I received my Amex Brilliant card and used at a recent stay at Cosmopolitan in Vegas. I don’t see anywhere on app or web site where it’s counting down my spend for the signup offer. In fact I don’t see it mentioned anywhere (the signup bonus). Suggestions?

[@projectjt3149]

Deb woke up too early. Shoulda woke up at 5:24 AM LMAO

[@edouardbeauvais]

Why haven't you guys updated to mac OS 11 Bug Sur?

[@robertdumrauf808]

I want the Gold card, but I'm in Amex jail and I can't get out! I got the Platinum card two years ago and closed it after the fee hit about a year ago. Now I only have the BBP and I spend a decent amount every month, but I have gotten the Amex popup three months in a row applying for the Gold card. Any advice is appreciated.

[@paulrodger3115]

Do any of these work in Toronto Canada

[@Mypotatostory]

Hey Sebby. I just started credit card journey 3 months ago, so I’m pretty new to this. 3 months ago, I got 3 no annual fee secured credit card. I’m planning to travel in July so I were like to know which beginner travel credit card can I get? My score it score is 695 in credit karma

[@Me163k]

Sebby - I'm targeted for 125k for the Platinum, but I'm only at 3/24 (and apparently blocked with Chase for the time being, guessing its because of too many recently opened accounts). The only other Chase card I want in the near future is the Freedom Unlimited. Do you think it's worth burning a Chase slot for this welcome offer? Also how long do you see this offer lasting? I realize it depends on me to some extent, just wondering what you would do in this scenario.

[@JVIPER88]

What are the odds that the elevated offers for the Plat/Gold/Green stick around for a little while in 2021? I'd like to get the Gold card but am concerned about hitting the SUB given that I have other cards in the mix right now.

[@ethansanders5387]

Amex Hilton Surpass card or Amex Green Card next

[@richard1113]

Considering trying to get the 100K or 125K bonus offer for AMEX Plat but wondering if I can make the $5K spend in 6 mo. Very low credit card enabled expenses at the moment and not sure if Plastiq will really work. Also wonder if it is worth it in a year where travel is still in flux.

[@dariosanchez7699]

The American Express Mariott Card doesn't really share how long you get to keep the Platinum status at Marriott

[@dariosanchez7699]

Oh my bad it's for one year lol

[@zaid8728]

To comment on return protection and best buy, in my personal case, if you return more than 7 times in a year, best buy does not allow you to return any more items.... look it up, plenty of people suffer from this

[@christophermiller6717]

Got denied fir the Platnium & gold with a 740 fico smh so nota gonna get any1 of these fir at least another 6 months. Hopefully they still have good signup bonuses by then

[@Katrina-us4ux]

Yup denied with a 753 fico but it was my bad, I put how much I made monthly not yearly and they refused to help me fix it lol, told me I can try again in 60 days….I’m not.

[@tuadn2427]

Wanted to apply to amex platinum card , but since I close two accounts 3 years ago, they still hold it against me, before I submit my application it says that I can apply but I won't get the bonus for closing too many accounts. Should I call amex ? Or should next year?. A part me says don't even bother.

[@VersatileRaps]

I died when you started dabbing

[@morgantremble]

Sebby... why is your laptop in the background positioned like Pac-Man’s mouth?? 😂

[@phsfootball39]

So you can’t read his credit card statements 😲

[@01GUYANESE]

I was a platinum card

[@RD-nc8xt]

I was offered upgrade to Cash preferred. I had it for one month and I called in asking for a credit line increase. It was 10k to start off with and they asked me how much do I want , I said 20k. She them told me Congratulations! Do u think I would of gotten 30k if I asked. I charge about 5 to 6 grand a year on the everyday card prior and paid off balance 4 times per month. My fico score is 782.

[@wewhoareabouttodiesaluteyo9303]

Hell, I have never been able to have a credit increase that big and my FICO is like 825.

[@alvnfer]

Hi Sebby, I already have Personal Amex Gold card, can i still apply Amex Gold Business card? Meaning i will have both. I cant close my personal because i only have it for 4 months.

[@dangelamarx80]

I FINALLY got approved. Amen.

[@yanetwright7145]

So i apply a secured card 2 mnths ago how soon after should i apply for a regular credit card OR DO I HAVE WAIT TO GET MY CREDIT SCORE AT A CERTAIN ## and which one are the best???HELP

[@Ciborium]

Wait, what? 5:22 am exists? I had no idea!

[@edwards_enterprises]

Sebbys cool af

[@darrylsmith3102]

Wait! a minute, You just recently put out a video saying, NOW may be the Worst Time to apply for a New card.

[@TProphet]

Having just gotten out of popup jail I'm not poking the retention bear ... YET! :)

[@jayt9661]

The platinum but maybe now the gold

[@patrickwilson4902]

What's the best card for someone with NEW TO CREDIT???(686) I know I don't have that many choices!! 😆 🤣 The man that's trying to build up my credit score from Indianapolis, Indiana 🇺🇸

[@numerologicatarot3333]

Maybe a capital one card...

[@healthwealth651]

With how often you use your hands you might as well learn sign language

[@charlesjackson3117]

Hey Sébastien... Any chances that Amex would "reconsider" decision to deem someone's "eligibility for a welcome bonus for a platinum card?

[@BhudhaLovesBudlight]

what's the bonus offer they're giving you

[@charlesjackson3117]

@@BhudhaLovesBudlight no bonus!!!

[@BhudhaLovesBudlight]

@@charlesjackson3117 Sorry to hear that. I got offer 100,000 bonus for plat. It's a new year so I doubt they're doing the 125,000 anytime soon so I took it.

[@jorgebarbosa6520]

Does Sebby ever sleep?

[@ahadv]

My Amex Green retention offer was 7500 points w/ no min spend

[@amerrycan5066]

How did you go about getting that Ahad? I have the green too and my annual fee is due in Feb.

[@ahadv]

@@amerrycan5066 I followed sebby’s video on asking for retention offers

[@amerrycan5066]

@@ahadvThanks Ahad, but I meant did you contact Amex on the phone or via webchat? And how much spend did you put on your green card prior to calling Amex?

[@lingzheng9923]

Is there a way to check your welcome benefit? I signed up the 19th. It states 3 months, $5,000, 75,000 on the site. I just want to double check. Platinum card btw.

[@justo_photography]

Give them a call or chat within the AmEx app