Stuck in AMEX popup jail. Wait it out or apply for cards w/o a SUB?

[rickylovesjesus]

Currently Active duty w/ 3 plats and a gold. I’be been in popup jail for several months and have been putting spend on all my cards.
Contemplating moving forward and picking up cards w/o a SUB. How long would you all give it in popup jail before doing so?

 

[holywalk]

@rickylovesjesus How quickly did you get your cards and how often have you been applying?

 

[rickylovesjesus]

@holywalk I picked up a Van Plat Feb 2020, Gold Oct 2020, Schwab Plat April 2021, upgraded Gold March 2022 to Plat then immediately opened another Gold. Started trying for Hilton Aspire and Delta Reserve in August 2022

 

[holywalk]

@rickylovesjesus Not bad. When you started applying again, how long did you wait? I would wait at least 3 months with solid spend on your cards.

 

[rickylovesjesus]

@holywalk I’ve been trying pretty much once a month. I guess I should try going silent on the apps for awhile. Thanks

 

[thomausy]

@rickylovesjesus Sometimes you can get past popup jail with some targeted offers or applying through Hilton, delta, Marriott or whoever else’s cobranded card website link. Probably will have to cool it on non co branded cards for a while.

 

[coolmum]

@rickylovesjesus I got the popup for a CS plat the other day, with only a vanilla plat and gold open. Neither have been opened recently. Frustrating

 

[cprompt]

@rickylovesjesus I've 2 business platinum, 1 personal platinum, 1 hilton aspire and I'm in pop up jail. My wife has way more amex cards than me and just got out of jail. As soon as she did, she applied for 2 more. Gold personal and the new marriott card lol. Amex got stricter recently. A lot of people got in pop up jail. But dont apply for anything without SUB, you're missing out on great bonus that's worth a lot of money. If you can, maintain some type of spending on amex cards that you have but still sign up for other great cards from other banks that waive AF.

 

[rickylovesjesus]

@cprompt I still have some Chase cards to apply for. Just don’t want to be one of those stuck in popup jail for years while leaving the awesome benefits of some of those cards on the table.

 

[rickylovesjesus]

Also-as your source of income do you AD folks choose “Military” or “Employed”?

 

[olds8598]

@rickylovesjesus Happened to me, with about 4 more cars. Split your spending more evenly and wait 3 months

 

[rickylovesjesus]

@olds8598 Good idea. I’ll prob apply for a Chase card in the meantime. Trying to split the spend on mine and P2 cards is a headache…first world problems

 

[resjudicata]

@rickylovesjesus Wtf is a pop up jail?

 

[rickylovesjesus]

@resjudicata AMEX denies you the sign up bonus (before applying) based on previous history with their cards