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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.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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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!

Why 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:

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

AFF members are welcome to discuss this card in this thread.

 

[SteveLL]

Yeah think the max is 5 now which includes supps and a/c. A year ago it was 6, 5 supps and 1 a/c which is what I have

What’s A/C account by the way

 

[daft009]

What’s A/C account by the way

Additional card I think
So I have one for me, personal expenses. One for me with A/C written on it for business expenses

 

[Ktan89]

This enrol link won't work for me. I keep getting error saying "502 BAD GATEWAY".
Do i need to do anything before enrolling to the Hotel Status?

Also, does the hotel status and Accor Plus membership renew every year as long as i hold the Platinum card?

 

[Bell21]

Not sure about 'bad gateway' issue, but yes, hotel status and Accor Plus mem'ship does renew every year.

 

[Bell21]

Were you talking to Amex or to Chubb?
I think it’s best to ask the insurer directly, however I’ve tried in the past relating to being covered if the supplier doesn’t accept Amex and they merely repeated the PDS wording which wasn’t my specific issue.... I wanted advance acceptance not “if I can demonstrate Amex not accepted” blah blah.

I can't recall - as I clearly met their eligibility criteria for that particular trip, so I didn't dwell too much on it at the time.

 

[Bell21]

using points & paying taxes is covered.
they might ask (not sure) to show that you did transfer the points out from amex to the FF account perhaps?
2x one ways is also covered provided you are starting & finishing in AU. this I have confirmed with them as i do this a lot

I will call AMEX/Chubb directly, but before I did, I wanted to remind myself what it says in the relevant T&Cs, see below:

Cover is effective for each Trip only when: (a) You pay the full fare for a return Trip on Your American Express Platinum Card; or (b) You pay using American Express Membership Rewards points, frequent flyer points; or (c) You use Your Travel Benefit. The Trip must be a return Trip and commence and end in Your Country of Residence. Cover is not activated until a return ticket has been purchased. Important: One-way Trips are not covered.

Interesting that they have told you that 2* one-way trips are covered, given above wording.

Point b) appears ambiguous as well re where points originate from too.

 

[daft009]

Here is chubb's reply from June 2019...

Hi Daft,

Thanks for your email & apologies for the delayed response. Subject to the terms, conditions & exclusions, there is no expectation to book the tickets in 1 single transaction, the only requirement is as long as you've paid the actual airfares of your return trip by using your Platinum Charge Card Account / Frequent Flyer Points / Travel Credit / Combination of these 3, you automaticallly become eligible for complimentary travel insurance & is available to Any Card Member, including any Supplementary Card Member, their Spouse & their legally dependant Children up to & including the age of 24.

 

[daft009]

anyone made use of the roadside assistance with the platinum charge card?

 

[jasonfungsing]

anyone made use of the roadside assistance with the platinum charge card?

Yep, once.

 

[daft009]

Yep, once.

Thanks.. Any pros and cons you found?

I'll have to read the terms in details

 

[jasonfungsing]

Thanks.. Any pros and cons you found?

I'll have to read the terms in details

All good! car broke down, called Amex platinum call centre, transferred to chubb, send a tow trunk, tow my car to service centre which is around 15km. Done! Nice and easy! Nothing need to pay or show the platinum card.

 

[SeaWolf]

Anyone tried enrolling in The Travel Collection with an Australian Platinum card?

The Travel Collection

enroll.thetravelcollection.com

It's a discount travel program a bit like the IAP one but offering different airlines and also discount on economy tickets. Supposedly it's only for US card holders but I'm wondering if it'll work with Aussie cards as well.

 

[fantastikforce]

Anyone tried enrolling in The Travel Collection with an Australian Platinum card?

The Travel Collection

enroll.thetravelcollection.com

It's a discount travel program a bit like the IAP one but offering different airlines and also discount on economy tickets. Supposedly it's only for US card holders but I'm wondering if it'll work with Aussie cards as well.

Never heard of this one before. It seems like the US version of the card comes with a lot of different benefits.
I might give it a shot and try to enroll to see if it works.

 

[sjf]

anyone made use of the roadside assistance with the platinum charge card?

Attempted to use it once, I learned that it was ROADSIDE assistance and not Driveway assistance.
Had a flat battery and called for a jumpstart - they wouldn't come out. So called RACV batteries and had a new battery installed within half an hour.

 

[DC3]

Attempted to use it once, I learned that it was ROADSIDE assistance and not Driveway assistance ...

You couldn’t push it onto the roadway? Maybe it was in a basement carpark, or something?

 

[daft009]

Attempted to use it once, I learned that it was ROADSIDE assistance and not Driveway assistance.
Had a flat battery and called for a jumpstart - they wouldn't come out. So called RACV batteries and had a new battery installed within half an hour.

driveaway assistance is what my dad needed.. good to know it wouldnt have worked anyway
I have the T&Cs saved on my tablet to read on my next flight

 

[Ktan89]

Will paying through PayPal on gov services like car rego (service nsw) be counted as a normal spend or will they know it's a gov. body?

 

[daft009]

Will paying through PayPal on gov services like car rego (service nsw) be counted as a normal spend or will they know it's a gov. body?

Don't do service NSW, check the Amex PayPal thread in the Amex section

 

[Ktan89]

Don't do service NSW, check the Amex PayPal thread in the Amex section

i found your post - thanks you

 

[SeaWolf]

driveaway assistance is what my dad needed.. good to know it wouldnt have worked anyway
I have the T&Cs saved on my tablet to read on my next flight

Where did you find the info on this particular benefit? I can't seem to find it anywhere on the AmEx site.