# Amex Gives you $300 to close your account? WTF?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amex-gives-you-300-to-close-your-account-wtf/487381>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amex-gives-you-300-to-close-your-account-wtf/487381 "2009-02-25T16:56:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amex-gives-you-300-to-close-your-account-wtf/487381/21 "2009-02-26T09:46:17Z")

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So could you pay all but 300 dollars and tell AmEx to “just keep it”?

Probably not, but it would be worth it to hear the response from the customer service person.

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