Card Promotions Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

Enjoy a world of travel benefits and 150,000 bonus Amex Membership Rewards Premium Ascent points...​

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American Express® Platinum Card

The American Express (Amex) Platinum charge card is one of the best publicly-available cards in Australia for travel benefits.
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What are the main benefits of this card?
  1. Signup bonus: 150,000 Amex Membership Rewards Points (worth 75,000 Qantas Points, Velocity Points, Avios or Asia Miles, among other options) when you apply by 28 January 2025 and spend at least $5,000 within 3 months
  2. Earn 2.25 Amex Membership Rewards points per $1 spent on everyday purchases, uncapped. You can transfer these points to 12 airline & 2 hotel programs, including Qantas Frequent Flyer.
  3. Enjoy unlimited access to many airport lounges, including Virgin Australia and Priority Pass lounges
  4. Gift Priority Pass membership to one additional cardholder
  5. Receive complimentary elite status with hotel loyalty programs including Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy, Radisson Rewards & Accor Live Limitless
  6. Complimentary international travel insurance
  7. Receive a $450 annual travel credit, plus airfare discounts, $400 worth of annual dining credits, subscriptions to The Australian & Wall Street Journal, plus many more exclusive benefits!

amex-explorer-card-art.pngWhy we like the American Express Platinum Card

Packed full of travel perks, the American Express Platinum Card is one of the best publicly-available cards in Australia for frequent flyers.

With a $1,450 annual fee, this metal card is not for everyone. But the return on investment for the high annual fee is strong, as it comes with a lot of useful benefits! This includes an annual travel credit, dining credits and unlimited access to Virgin Australia, Delta, Lufthansa, Priority Pass, Plaza Premium and Amex Centurion airport lounges.

There are also some great hotel perks including a free annual hotel night, Accor Plus membership, Fine Hotels + Resorts benefits and complimentary elite status with Hilton, Marriott and Radisson.

For points collectors, this is one of the most lucrative cards available in Australia. You’ll earn 2.25 Amex Membership Rewards Ascent Premium points per $1 spent on eligible transactions. Points transfer to most frequent flyer programs at a 2:1 rate, although there are some exceptions (e.g. it's 3:1 to KrisFlyer and Emirates).

You can convert your Amex points to around 12 airlines including Qantas, Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Etihad! Plus, you can transfer points to two hotel loyalty programs for even more redemption possibilities.

To sweeten the deal, new cardholders who apply by 28 January 2025 can also earn 150,000 bonus Amex Membership Rewards points when spending at least $5,000 on the card within 3 months of approval. See our card guide for the full details:

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

American Express® Platinum Card

The American Express (Amex) Platinum charge card is one of the best publicly-available cards in Australia for travel benefits.
www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

AFF members are welcome to discuss this card in this thread.
 
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Mr He said:
Did the survey sometime last week. No matter how much they increase the AF (I think there're three possible price tags in the survey), I selected "Definitely would", indicating I would hold the card regardless. Too good to let it go🤣Maybe it's cardholders like me who have emboldened Amex AU to some extent?

PS: Attaching my answer to the question regarding the benefits currently offered with the Platinum Card. "If you had 100 points to allocate across these benefits, to represent how valuable they are to you, how would you allocate them?". I remember I spent the longest time answering this question (partly because I did take the survey seriously). View attachment 383008
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Lol what a lame list of benefits. Surprised they didn’t include “ability to pay your bill” or “excessive foreign currency fees” as benefits.
 
djkelly69 said:
Anyone who did this, is your Hertz account actually showing the new status yet? I did it more than 72 hours ago and status hasn't changed from normal 5 star.
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I completed the form last week and got the confirmation e-mail but still no upgrade. I might give it a few more days and then try my luck with the customercareau (at) hertz.com e-mail address.

Has anyone successfully been upgraded to Hertz PC?
 
dylarr said:
I completed the form last week and got the confirmation e-mail but still no upgrade. I might give it a few more days and then try my luck with the customercareau (at) hertz.com e-mail address.

Has anyone successfully been upgraded to Hertz PC?
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Yep I have.
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I'm not sure Hertz will know what to do.


Edit: I just read on reddit that it can take up to 10 days apparently YMMV.
 
Trying to book 4 x SQ J fares AU-EU, comes up with the discounted price.

Every time I get to the checkout page
  • The price of your trip has increased. Please continue with your purchase or search again to modify your selections.
Which reverts back to the standard fares, about $12K more
 
Spoke twice, an system error between Amex and SQ systems

Error message is now

"The product you selected is no longer available. Please return and select a new product."

No ETA to fix, as per any IT glitch, understandable

Apparently can book on the phone for the discounted price...
 
DONE - Booked over the phone for same price as the website

Took about 1 hour, first part of the call was with Amex Travel (India) and then transferred to a local operator to complete the flights etc.

For flights close to Xmas, 4 x J flights MEL-SIN-CDG-SIN-MEL for under $30K, happy to lock those in!
 
Hi, this may have been asked previously (as there are >100 pages of this thread) - I've just been approved for an Amex Platinum and have received my card (yay) and would like to know the process of accessing lounges, such as Priority Pass (PP). Do I need to set a PP account? On their website it appears to only have the paid options.
Is it a case of simply showing the card at the lounge front desk of an eligible lounge, whether it be PP, Delta, Plaza Premium, et cetera?
Thanks in advance.
 
MG1 said:
Do I need to set a PP account?
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Yes, once you have the Platinum card activated, there is an Amex Platinum benefits page with several "enrol now" buttons for activating different benefits (Accor Plus, Hilton status, Marriott status, Priority Pass, etc). The membership takes a couple of weeks to activate. If you are in a hurry I believe you can call Amex a few days later and request your Priority Pass membership number which will allow you to login to the Priority Pass digital app, which then gives a digital card you can use to enter lounges.

To request a Priority Pass membership for ONE supplementary cardholder (in addition to your primary cardholder membership) you should call Platinum Services.

Note that Amex Priority Pass memberships only provide complimentary access to Priority Pass lounges - and not Priority Pass affiliated restaurants/cafes.
 
MG1 said:
Hi, this may have been asked previously (as there are >100 pages of this thread) - I've just been approved for an Amex Platinum and have received my card (yay) and would like to know the process of accessing lounges, such as Priority Pass (PP). Do I need to set a PP account? On their website it appears to only have the paid options.
Is it a case of simply showing the card at the lounge front desk of an eligible lounge, whether it be PP, Delta, Plaza Premium, et cetera?
Thanks in advance.
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re: PP, you will need to activate your account using the PP membership number given by AMEX.
Present your PP card when accessing the lounge.
re: Plaza Premium, show your AMEX card.
re Delta, Virgin: AMEX card and boarding pass
 
sudoer said:
Yes, once you have the Platinum card activated, there is an Amex Platinum benefits page with several "enrol now" buttons for activating different benefits (Accor Plus, Hilton status, Marriott status, Priority Pass, etc). The membership takes a couple of weeks to activate. If you are in a hurry I believe you can call Amex a few days later and request your Priority Pass membership number which will allow you to login to the Priority Pass digital app, which then gives a digital card you can use to enter lounges.
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that's interesting, not showing for my wife's account. we may need to call up then.
 

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