Any suceess with Morgan Stanley Amex platinum through Etrade?

I was excited after hearing about the new opportunity to apply for the platinum card through Morgan Stanley after the recent announcement that E*TRADE accounts are now eligible.

I opened an account, made sure that everything was funded appropriately and applied for the credit card and was subsequently rejected. I gave the AMEX reconsideration line a call and they told me the reason for the denial was I didn’t have an eligible account through Morgan Stanley.

I then call Morgan Stanley directly and they told me that they have no access into the credit card approval process and this was an AMEX decision but they did confirm that the E*TRADE account listed was an eligible Morgan Stanley account for this credit card. I call back again American Express reconsideration line, they said that the best they can do is submit it for reconsideration which they did, and it was again denied for the same reason of not having an eligible account.

Frustrating process in terms of no one seems to be able to provide answers and pingponging me back and fourth, has anyone have any data points or success stories for getting approved for the platinum Morgan Stanley credit card through only an E*TRADE account?

Thanks in advance!