I have been thinking about it with Amex and claw back. What makes me mad about it.
- Amex system has allowed it for a period of what 8 months? It is only now they are clawing points back? Does their system still allow it? If so that doubles down on the insult.
- The tax issue. It doesn’t personally effect me since I was under and never got a 1099 but it is still ridiculous and for customers to have to deal with now is beyond insulting.
- Self referrals are usually by smart interested churners (customers) who don’t have a P2. Single people prejudice!
- The real problem I see is the big blogs like TPG that are raking it in all the time. They don’t have any repercussions at all.
I planned to get a Plat and then have DH start getting the MR cards. I am rather done with that now. I hope this seriously backfires on them. Haven’t they ever heard of trying to build good will? Just make it explicit that self referrals are not allowed. That vague “gaming the system” in their “sole discretion” irks me beyond measure.