Credit Card Offers Amex Explorer: 50,000 bonus Amex points

Earn uncapped Amex Points and enjoy a $400 travel credit every year!​

Learn more and apply for this card:

American Express® Explorer Credit Card

With the American Express Explorer credit card, earn uncapped Amex Membership Rewards points and offset the annual fee with a travel credit.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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What are the main benefits of this card?

1. Signup bonus: 50,000 bonus Amex Membership Rewards Points, when you spend at least $4,000 on eligible purchases within 3 months of approval
2. Earn 2 Membership Rewards Points per $1 on eligible purchases, uncapped, which you can transfer to 13 different airline & hotel programs
3. $400 annual travel credit fully offsets the $395 annual fee

Why we like the American Express Explorer credit card

This card lets you earn Amex Membership Rewards points at a solid rate of 2 points per dollar, uncapped, without the higher annual fee of the Amex Platinum card.

You can transfer Amex points to 11 airline frequent flyer programs and 2 hotel loyalty programs, generally at a 2:1 rate. For example, this means you’re effectively earning 1 Velocity Point, Qatar Avios or Cathay Asia Mile per $1 spent on the card.

The $395 annual fee is offset by a $400 annual travel credit that you can spend on eligible flights, car rentals or hotels when booking through American Express Travel.

You'll also receive two free annual visits to the Amex Centurion Lounges in Sydney or Melbourne Airport, plus complimentary travel insurance. See our card guide for the full details:

American Express® Explorer Credit Card

With the American Express Explorer credit card, earn uncapped Amex Membership Rewards points and offset the annual fee with a travel credit.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

AFF members are welcome to discuss this card in this thread.

 

[SOPOOR]

my card was approved on tuesday on the phone,

mailman has come, no card

btw, does the promo expiry date apply to application date or approval date?

 

[mmchow]

my card was approved on tuesday on the phone,

mailman has come, no card

btw, does the promo expiry date apply to application date or approval date?

Application date.
"Who apply by xx.xx.xx_x, are approved and spend $xx_x within the first x months from card approval date"

 

[rfc4eva]

Sounds like they might be starting to looking at the linking of accounts, people should probably be quick and get them done before they close the gates.

It's amusing to me that after all these years they still don't seem to have an IT solution in place to manage people with multiple types of MR accounts - in the past you used to have to pay a fee per 1,000 points to combine MR accounts of different types to stop people from accruing points in the lower/cheaper MR program then just opening a new account and redeeming them in Ascent...

Do you mean if i have a Platinum Card under Ascent and then get this card under gateway points when I receive the 100k it will go under my ascent program as long as i apply under the same user name and account as the platinum?

 

[oh_lol]

How soon can you use the travel credit?

 

[mmchow]

Do you mean if i have a Platinum Card under Ascent and then get this card under gateway points when I receive the 100k it will go under my ascent program as long as i apply under the same user name and account as the platinum?

To get the Gateway points pooled into your Ascent MR, you'll have to call AMEX and have the MR account link. Otherwise, you'll earn the points into the respective MR account. Same or different username will not have any effect on this.

 

[jaysquared]

How soon can you use the travel credit?

It's was available right after paying the fee.

 

[psi999]

Can anyone here confirm the hard limit for AMEX issued cards being 3 cards in total regardless of type (ie, 3 credit) or a combination of credit and charge (ie, 2 x credit and 1 x charge - no more than 2 x credit). I've always thought this figure to be 2 x credit and 1 x charge but after searching on here ive found conflicting posts (3 x credit being OK?).

I'm currently at 2 x AMEX issued credit cards (edge and velocity) with 15,000 points yet to post from the velocity card i wish to cancel - which may not post until after 31-Jan.

I'd like to apply for the Explorer but not keen to walk away from 15k VFF.

 

[albyd]

I've got 2 charge cards and 2 credit cards. Have had 2 credit cards for years and have had to shut one down when applying for a new credit product.

 

[psi999]

I've got 2 charge cards and 2 credit cards. Have had 2 credit cards for years and have had to shut one down when applying for a new credit product.

Thanks. I thought this was most probably the case (2x credit). I'll have to watch the auto transfer like a hawk in the hope they transfer off prior to 31st.

Any idea if an account closure is 'instant' ie, if i was to cancel over the the phone and then minutes later apply for the Explorer - would the system have already knocked the card on the head and smooth sailing into Explorer?.

My wife has already applied and received 110k points with the explorer - wasn't going to bother but 55,000 SPG points are pretty hard to say no to (or in our case, 110k if i can get my application over the line )

 

[Dr Ralph]

Can anyone here confirm the hard limit for AMEX issued cards being 3 cards in total regardless of type (ie, 3 credit) or a combination of credit and charge (ie, 2 x credit and 1 x charge - no more than 2 x credit). I've always thought this figure to be 2 x credit and 1 x charge but after searching on here ive found conflicting posts (3 x credit being OK?).

I'm currently at 2 x AMEX issued credit cards (edge and velocity) with 15,000 points yet to post from the velocity card i wish to cancel - which may not post until after 31-Jan.

I'd like to apply for the Explorer but not keen to walk away from 15k VFF.

I believe this is correct:

'or a combination of credit and charge (ie, 2 x credit and 1 x charge - no more than 2 x credit).'

But like most things with AMEX YMMV.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Any idea if an account closure is 'instant' ie, if i was to cancel over the the phone and then minutes later apply for the Explorer - would the system have already knocked the card on the head and smooth sailing into Explorer?.

It took until the end of the day to show up as cancelled for me.

 

[SOPOOR]

I believe this is correct:

'or a combination of credit and charge (ie, 2 x credit and 1 x charge - no more than 2 x credit).'

But like most things with AMEX YMMV.

So three credit cards. Are you able to get three sign on bonus?

 

[desafinado74]

If you get approved for a card, how long do you have to wait for it to arrive in the mail ? (I live in Melbourne)

 

[annielee]

for me, within a week only.. approved on Friday, got the card in the mail on Thursday...

If you get approved for a card, how long do you have to wait for it to arrive in the mail ? (I live in Melbourne)

 

[Dr Ralph]

If you get approved for a card, how long do you have to wait for it to arrive in the mail ? (I live in Melbourne)

Amex are quick. Cards often in just a few days.

Supplementary cards may take a little longer.

 

[desafinado74]

Thanks guys for the quick reply ! I better apply for it now...

 

[Steady]

Thanks guys for the quick reply ! I better apply for it now...

Be sure to use an AFF referral link - you get 10k extra bonus points and the referrer also gets some

 

[carwashhair]

Quick question, all - can ONLY an existing Amex Explorer cardholder generate a referral for a new Amex Explorer cardholder? I suspect the answer is a 'yes' but am interested if there's any variations on this...

 

[SOPOOR]

Amex are quick. Cards often in just a few days.

I'm on a week from a pproval and no card yet.
Fingerprint crossed

 

[Steady]

Quick question, all - can ONLY an existing Amex Explorer cardholder generate a referral for a new Amex Explorer cardholder? I suspect the answer is a 'yes' but am interested if there's any variations on this...

I can only generate links for the cards I hold - I have an Explorer so while I believe yes is the answer I cannot say for sure.