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American Express has added their ‘lifetime language’ limitation on the signup bonus to the Marriott Bonvoy Bevy card. The terms now state:

You may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer if you have or have had this Card, the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card or previous versions of these Cards. You also may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer based on various factors, such as your history with credit card balance transfers, your history as an American Express Card Member, the number of credit cards that you have opened and closed and other factors. If you are not eligible for a welcome offer, we will notify you prior to processing your application so you have the option to withdraw your application.

As of now, the Bonvoy Brilliant card does not have any such language. And so, you can apply for the Bevy card and subsequently the Brilliant card, but if you apply for the Brilliant card and then try applying for the Bevy card “you may not be eligible to receive a welcome offer.” (FM notes that the wording ‘may not’ is different from prior family lifetime exclusions which have conclusive language exclusions.)

We’ve lately seen Amex adding similar family language to the Blue Cash card, the Gold card, Everyday, and Delta card. They’ve also recently combined the various versions of the Platinum card into one family as well.

Hat tip to Frequentmiler

Source: doctorofcredit.com