Check your accounts — Amex offering elevated referral bonuses of up to 45,000 points for select cardmembers

If you're a current holder of the American Express Platinum Card® or the American Express® Gold Card, you may want to check your accounts. Some of us here at TPG are seeing elevated referral bonuses — as high as 45,000 points.This can let you take home a large chunk of Membership Rewards points just by referring others to your card.Here's what you need to know about these offers.Elevated Amex referral offers we're seeingIn case you're not aware, American Express allows you to share referral links with your friends and family members. If they apply and are approved through those links, they can receive their own welcome bonuses (after satisfying the minimum spending requirements), while you'll receive your own one-time bonus.While these usually fall into the range of 10,000 to 15,000 points or miles, select cardholders may see significantly higher bonus amounts right now.For example, I have an offer to earn 45,000 points on my Amex Platinum for each eligible referral.AMERICANEXPRESS.COMI also have an offer to earn 40,000 points on my Amex Gold for each eligible referral.AMERICANEXPRESS.COMApplicants using those links may be eligible for the following welcome offers on those cards:Am...