u/InvestmentThin60

ETA 2: TLDR/ I closed the card but still want to escalate:

I want to know:

- Has anyone successfully escalated to executive offices? Who did you contact?

- Has anyone closed an account (themselves) but had it reinstated?

- Are there bureaus/ombudsman that provide support?

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Post: (16 AUG ~ 4P EST)

Oh. And, 20K in 3 months for the 250K sign up bonus, but we won't let you get there.

I am furious and writing this after being on hold for more than 2 hours with various AmEx Business Platinum customer service reps. At least I have been escalated to the US now . . .

July 11: Opened card

August 10: Used exactly 1 benefit, Chat GPT. ($50 for 1 month)

August 11: Assessed $895 membership fee.

August 16: Today. I scheduled the day to organize my upcoming business travel and various purchases for the business. Did I mention, for the business?

Since then, I have been blocked from using the card.

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Reasons being: Fraud

• OK, I verified my identity and authorized the purchases. No problem.
• I called and said I'm planning on making about 10-15K worth of purchases today/this week. They said, and I quote, "You have no spending limit".
• Try to make the purchase again (it's for a $555 flight ON AMEX TRAVEL PORTAL) and. . .
• Next, I'm forced to make a payment 2 weeks before due date ($1704.52)

I MADE the payment in FULL.

Purchases still blocked. (I retried AmEx Travel Portal, PayPal, United, and Hilton)
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Back on the phone with AmEx, after 1 hr I get routed to someone who conference called my bank with me to verify my balance (?)

They verified I have the funds with Wells Fargo Bank.

They checked my balance which was over 10x the actual $1704.52 payment

They said the restriction has been released.
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Still can't make any purchases . . .

Call back:

• Now, I am told I have been flagged as high risk due to my payment history, (what payment history? I've used the card for a week and ALREADY MADE A PAYMENT FOR YOU) and credit score(sorry, is 820 a problem?) and I have NEVER missed a credit card payment in 20 years. NOT ONE.

After another 7 CS rep rigamarole and various supervisors scratching their own ass, "accidentally" get hung up on.

Now back on hold (after another hour) for a supervisor, and am told i will need a "call back".

If I was deemed such a high risk, why was I approved in the first place?

Is AmEx terrified that I may (gasp) actually . . . spend 20K in 3 months? Is that the problem?

What can I do here? Is this normal? (Btw - have a personal Delta Gold AmEx, charged about 6K in one day, paid it off, no problems)

FYI: I posted this in r/AmexPlatinum first, but mods banned it. Why ?!?!

ETA: I cancelled the card and will no longer be an AmEx member.

ETA 3: I have been permanently banned from r/AmexPlatinum …. For the exact same post as I’ve posted here.

See comments…..

Oh. And, 20K in 3 months for the 250K sign up bonus, but we won't let you get there.

I am furious and writing this after being on hold for more than 2 hours with various AmEx Business Platinum customer service reps. At least I have been escalated to the US now . . .

Opened the card July 11

August 10: Started using card. Used exactly 1 benefit, Chat GPT. ($50 for 1 month)

August 11: Assessed $895 membership fee.

August 16: Today. I scheduled the day to organize my upcoming business travel and various purchases for the business. Did I mention, for the business?

Since then, I have been blocked from using the card.

Reasons being: Fraud

• OK, I verified my identity and authorized the purchases. No problem.
• I called and said I'm planning on making about 10-15K worth of purchases today/this week. They said, and I quote, "You have no spending limit".
• Try to make the payment again (it's for a $555 flight ON AMEX TRAVEL PORTAL) and. . .
• Next, I'm forced to make a payment 2 weeks before due date ($1704.52)
• Make the payment - thinking it will resolve, but wondering why?

Back on the phone with AmEx, after 1 hr I get routed to someone who conference calls my bank with me to verify my balance (?)

• Verify I have the funds with Wells Fargo Bank - check my balance which was over 10x the actual $1704.52 payment

Still can't make any purchases . . .

Call back:

• Now, I am told I have been flagged as high risk due to my payment history, (what payment history? I've used the card for a week and ALREADY MADE A PAYMENT FOR YOU) and credit score(sorry, is 820 a problem?) and I have NEVER missed a credit card payment in 20 years. NOT ONE.

After another 7 CS rep rigamarole and various supervisors scratching their own ass, "accidentally" get hung up on.

Now back on hold (after another hour) for a supervisor, and am told i will need a "call back".

If I was deemed such a high risk, why was I approved in the first place?

Is AmEx terrified that I may (gasp) actually . . . spend 20K in 3 months? Is that the problem?
.

What can I do here? Is this normal? (Btw - have a personal Delta Gold AmEx, charged about 6K in one day, paid it off, no problems)

ETA: I closed the card yesterday, 16 AUG. These mods in AmExPlatinum also blocked my post yesterday - so I posted on r/Amex and cross posted elsewhere. Surprised to wake up to this ….

The r/AmEx post of same title had live updates and and answers many questions. 😊 **Also has a screenshot of the mods removing this post (which I don’t have the ability to post images here … )**🫠

https://www.reddit.com/r/amex/s/C9wmQTFfVv

(Link to screenshot. Images not allowed here)

https://www.reddit.com/r/amex/s/uCJbrHyb3V

Link to post.

Hi Arcmuva!

Let’s see….where were we….

We left off with:

1. Potential Uranian layer analysis 💗
2. Your suggestion to dig in more for year ahead btw myself and POI.🔮
3. OK, Universe. You win. Fine! I’ll open my heart to others. Ahem ….clearing throat umm…Are they on their way though?

IF and only IF, the stars align: I have a time sensitive question pertaining only to myself and astrocartography, but I’m more interested in timing and transits:

4. Should I stay or go? And if so, when?

And now….. da source material for da SOURCE:

Thank you!

(Copied and pasted from your previous reading!!:)

Uranian Layer

I use Astro-Seek.com for my chart casting, and I just realized while working through this that I cannot find the Uranian astrology option there right now. I could swear I have used it there before, unless I am remembering the tool wrong, haha.

So I am going to leave the Uranian section blank for now. If I find the right tool again, I can come back to that layer later. For this reading, the main predictive work is still coming through the progressions, progressed synastry, progressed composite, profections, Solar Returns, and transits.

Predictions!!!

The first window I would watch is early to mid-June 2026. Venus moves through Cancer and activates his 9th-house Cancer material and MC area. This can bring warmth, memory, contact, or a softer tone around distance and life direction. Since his chart has so much Cancer emphasis around meaning, travel, and future path, Venus moving through this part of his chart can reopen feeling through memory or conversation.

Late June into early July 2026 looks even more important because both charts change profection rulers around the same time, as we have walked through above. You move into a Libra 10th-house year ruled by Venus, and he moves into a Libra 1st-house year ruled by Venus. That makes Venus louder for both of you. 

Update from InvyThin : 🎯

Around this same period, Jupiter reaches your Leo relationship signature and also touches the progressed Moon-South Node opposition to your Venus-North Node axis. That can magnify the emotional meaning of the bond. It can bring hope or a sense that the relationship story is opening again. It can also make the longing feel larger, so I would read this as an expansion point rather than a guarantee of outcome.

Update from InvyThin : 🎯 my longing was large. He is great but I can’t bring myself to respect some choices. As always, curious how he experienced me?

The late summer into fall 2026 window looks more serious. Jupiter later activates his Venus and then moves through Leo in a way that emphasizes recognition, pride, affection, and relationship identity. This can support warmth or renewed attention, especially if contact began earlier in the summer.

At the same time, Saturn is pressing his deeper emotional material. Saturn returns to his Aries Moon area by retrograde and also opposes his Pluto in Libra. This can bring accountability, emotional heaviness, private pressure, or a confrontation with what he has buried. If there is reconnection before this, late summer into fall may test whether the reconnection has substance.

For you, Saturn in Aries sextiling your Gemini Moon can help you name what you feel with more steadiness. This supports a more grounded emotional decision. Since your natal Moon-Mars and Mercury-Neptune signatures can keep a story moving in the mind, Saturn to the Moon may help you understand what the feeling needs in lived form.

Venus retrograde later in 2026 adds a review period to the same Venus-ruled story. Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio on October 3, moves back into Libra on October 25, and stations direct in Libra on November 13. Since both of you are entering Venus-ruled profection years, this retrograde matters a lot. The Scorpio part reviews trust, attachment, intimacy, and emotional exchange. The Libra part reviews fairness, choice, reciprocity, and whether the relationship can find a form that both people can inhabit. I would treat October into mid-November as a relationship review window, especially if contact has already reopened earlier in the summer. 

So my prediction is this: the relationship field looks most open from June into early July 2026, then again from late August into October 2026. The first window looks softer and more emotionally open. The second window looks more visible, but also more tested. 

I would say reconciliation is possible, especially if contact reopens around the Venus/Jupiter windows. Longevity depends on what happens after the opening. If he can bring the bond out of the hidden 12th-house pattern and into a visible relationship shape, the astrology gives the connection room to develop. If the contact stays private or tied to the same old structure, the chart points back toward longing and release.

Thank you again for working through this with me! I would love to get deeper into the details of the next year, because there is a lot more timing we could walk through here, but I still want to make room for your other chart questions too. So I think we should save the deeper year-ahead predictive work for an Arcwalk once I get those going again. 

Need transport of small items.

I’ll keep it real basic:

I’m eternally confused about house systems.

Simplest example from my natal:

Placidus = Chiron, Taurus in 4th
Whole = Chiron, Taurus, 5th

This always trips me up. Personally, I resonate more with 4th. But on many other placements, I resonate more with whole.

How are we doing this?

Been having some career challenges lately. I don't want to give any more energy to that stagnant topic, so let's focus on the predictive positive! When is it most optimal to clinch the offer that meets and exceeds my expectations!?

You know me and my love of all things advanced! Should I post a natal and a progressed natal?

Hi! New here - and I think I'm in lust!

u/ArcwalkerAstrology - I am metabolizing this all and I have eternal gratitude for the level of effort, structure, knowledge, and CARE that you are compassionately providing us! THANK YOU x infinite!

I'll start by asking this question and confessing. I asked a LLM (that shall not be named even though it's in the screenshot - lol) what the best methodology is for predictive astrology - particularly with regards to relationships, reconciliation, or the good ole hold 'em or fold 'em aspects. Stay or go?

So basically: Which combination of Western charts gives the best quantitative approach to determining if something will continue or should continue - and when?

(Vedic is a whole 'nother beast) . . . .

(I feel all the situationship posts, and ya girl is here to join that club! WITH gratitude, and WITHout apologies!)

https://preview.redd.it/u737u6sjyywg1.png?width=1179&format=png&auto=webp&s=254b39398ee63f9ea037168766ee40971d469f14

https://preview.redd.it/7es506sjyywg1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa4c496375988665b27c25970114ec877b764ccd

This is what it spat out. As a first step - do we agree with this approach?

This gives me about 14 charts ;) It already had 2 natals. I'd like to ask some predictive questions - obviously I'm not going to post 16 charts publicly, but looking at u/uarcwalkerastrology for guidance!

Yes, I used AI for an analysis and uploaded all the charts, and received interesting insights. But I'm a fundamentalist at heart - I prefer the knowledge of a human. It will be interesting to compare the two answers though. Who wants to bet AI hallucinated? The question is - how much? I'm putting my bet on 20-30%.

u/arcwalkerastrology: Which charts do you want me to post publicly as a jump off point?

Also curious for community feedback and general discussion of course!