American Express Green, Gold and Platinum family

How it works

You may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer if you have or have had this Card, the Platinum Card®, the American Express Platinum Card® Exclusively for Morgan Stanley, the American Express Platinum Card® Exclusively for Charles Schwab, the American Express® Gold Card or previous versions of these Cards.

• That is the Green Card's wording. The Gold's terms name the Platinum; the Platinum's name only itself and its Schwab and Morgan Stanley versions.
• Moving up is fine: having had the Green doesn't block the Gold or Platinum offer.
• The Schwab and Morgan Stanley Platinum cards count as Platinum.

American Express cards these apply to

• 

  Amex Business Gold

  $375 a year

• 

  Amex Gold

  $325 a year

• 

  Amex Green

  $150 a year

• 

  Amex Blue Cash Preferred

  $95 a year

• 

  Delta Platinum

  $350 a year

• 

  Delta Reserve

  $650 a year

• 

  Hilton Aspire

  $550 a year

• 

  Bonvoy Brilliant

  $650 a year

More American Express rules

• Welcome bonus eligibility

  Welcome offer once per lifetime

  American Express generally pays a card's welcome offer once per lifetime: if you have had that card before, you most likely won't get its offer again.

  In the issuer's terms

• Card families

  Delta SkyMiles family

  On the personal Delta SkyMiles cards, you can only earn a welcome offer on a card more expensive than any Delta card you have or have had.

  In the issuer's terms

• How fast you can apply

  One card every 5 days

  American Express usually approves no more than one credit card every 5 days.

  Reported by applicants

• How fast you can apply

  Two cards in 90 days

  American Express usually approves no more than two credit cards in any 90 days.

  Reported by applicants

• How many cards you can hold

  Five credit cards at once

  American Express usually lets you hold up to 5 of its credit cards at one time. Charge cards sit outside that limit.

  Reported by applicants

• Card families

  Marriott Bonvoy cards across Amex and Chase

  Marriott Bonvoy cards are issued by both American Express and Chase, and each card's terms can block its bonus if you recently opened, or recently earned a bonus on, a Marriott card from either bank.

  In the issuer's terms