18,122 grads of the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course already know why
The Platinum Card® from American Express is my #1 recommended card
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Here are some of the success stories I received via email and comments from graduates of the Ultimate Military Credit Cards Course.
Hello, I am very excited to learn about all of these benefits! Thank you. My husband and I are newly weds and he is an 0-3 in the USAF active duty. We just recently applied and receive the AMEX platinum card and were completely blown away by all of the benefits!!! Then literally the next day another fellow officer friend recommended your website to us. I will let you know if I have any questions and thank you again for this opportunity. :)-Beth
Beth, UMC3 graduate
Spencer,
Email from student
Thank you so much for maintaining this resource! I am active Navy and my wife is active Marine Corps, and we’ve both been blown away to see what value is available with these programs, through very little cost to ourselves. We so appreciate the time you’ve invested to share this with other servicemembers!
Spencer,
Email from UMC3 student
I wanted to personally thank you for helping me out and doing what you are doing writing the blog.
I hadn't even heard of the Amex Gold card until I just read about it on your site. This is a no brainer! Like you, I love to travel. I am stationed in South Korea and have been taking at least one overseas mini-trip per month all the way up to the end of March.
I was looking around the AMEX website and came across their SCRA link. I have the AMEX Blue card and recently opened up an AMEX Platinum account…mostly for the airport lounge access. A friend of mine said AMEX will waive the annual fee for active military, which is a hefty $495 annual fee. I didn’t even speak to anyone, just clicked on the link. This was March 19th. I received an email saying I had a message in the secure message center which in turn said my “issue” has been resolved and I would be receiving written confirmation of the results. On April 2nd, I started downloading transactions through Quicken and had several from American Express. They were all refunds in varying amounts, ranging from $50 all the way to $5,382.61. The total amount I received back was $8,604.05. I actually have a credit of nearly $1,900! I was happy, but at the same time concerned a mistake had been made. I’ve had an AMEX account since 2002 and been active army since 1999, so I’ve amassed some fees, however when I called to confirm, I was told, yes, this is all correct, no errors made. Needless to say, I am forever dedicated to AMEX.
Brian, an Army Major, wrote me an email saying:
Gentlemen,
Wanted to thank you for your posts about American Express's unique support for SCRA. I called AMEX last month (Nov '13) and applied to have my account associated with the program. Last week I received $2500 in returned fees (annual fees, interest charges, etc…), all paid to AMEX over the last 10 years as a Delta AMEX card member. Today I just applied for the AMEX Blue Preferred Card and according to customer service, the annual fee is waived.
Thank you again for sharing and for the support you've provided to all Servicemen.
V/r,
Brian
My wife and I are both active duty and have had the AMEX Platinum for many years. If you travel a lot, you can’t beat the perks. We called AMEX over the summer and asked about having the fee’s waived. It took two months, but we were credited $5,515, which covered all of our past membership fees. Way to go AMEX!
Just found your website, great content! I found the FIRE community just a few months ago and have started down that rabbit hole journey.