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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!

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.

 

[hedge]

I better call them on Monday and check.

 

[s15blk]

With the personal amex plat charge card, I see you can get a plat reserve card also. Do you get a free flight and a free hotel night? Or just one of them?

with the platinum charge card, you get (amongst other benefits):
- a free hotel night with accorplus membership, and
- a free hotel night or a free flight with the platinum reserve card which can be acquired for free as a companion card of your platinum charge card.

 

[Foreigner]

Is the Accor benefit still available?

 

[blueythecat]

Is the Accor benefit still available?

Accor Plus is still on until the 31st of March.

Accor Plat benefit is still going too, no set expiry to the best of my knowledge.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Can anybody tell me how the Accor renewal works?
Mine expires at the end of Feb and last year it was extremely painful to sort out and I ended up with two separate new account numbers. One for Accor Platinum and one for Accor Plus neither of which were my original Accor account number

 

[hedge]

with the platinum charge card, you get (amongst other benefits):
- a free hotel night with accorplus membership, and
- a free hotel night or a free flight with the platinum reserve card which can be acquired for free as a companion card of your platinum charge card.

Thanks, ill call and confirm Monday to be sure.

 

[nlagalle]

The reserve card only gives you a free flight or a hotel stay and not both. I've had this card since it came out.

Like previously mentioned you can use your Accor advantage plus free hotel room with the free flight.

 

[DC3]

Both of them (one of each)

are you sure? I was under the impression that you can only pick one.
I recall reading something along the lines of 'free hotel night cannot be used in conjunction with free flight' ?

My response was to this post:

With the personal amex plat charge card, I see you can get a plat reserve card also. Do you get a free flight and a free hotel night? Or just one of them?

I have both the Platinum Charge and the companion Reserve. I have used both the free Accor 1 x hotel night and the free 1 x return flight, which comes with holding both cards. That is, you get both.

 

[DC3]

Can anybody tell me how the Accor renewal works?
Mine expires at the end of Feb and last year it was extremely painful to sort out and I ended up with two separate new account numbers. One for Accor Platinum and one for Accor Plus neither of which were my original Accor account number

Similar here. I emailed them and they were merged to the same account number.

 

[doctau]

I have both the Platinum Charge and the companion Reserve. I have used both the free Accor 1 x hotel night and the free 1 x return flight, which comes with holding both cards. That is, you get both.

I think everyone is talking past each other. The Platinum charge card give Accor Plus, which gives you a free night in an Accor hotel. The Platinum charge card lets you have the Reserve as a companion card, which gives you either a free flight or a free hotel night from their list of hotels.

Whether it is "and" or "or" depends on exactly what someone wants to know. Talking just about what you get via the Reserve it is 'flight or hotel', but if we're talking about what you indirectly get from the charge card then it is 'flight and hotel' (or two hotel nights).

 

[mlob]

Can anybody tell me how the Accor renewal works?
Mine expires at the end of Feb and last year it was extremely painful to sort out and I ended up with two separate new account numbers. One for Accor Platinum and one for Accor Plus neither of which were my original Accor account number

Both our Accor Platinum and Accor Plus were acquired via the charge card. Both were automatically renewed and sent out in the post. Didn't have any issues here with two accounts.

 

[aaronjames000]

This could be a sign of things to come!

Le Club AccorHotels Complimentary Platinum Gone From Amex Platinum Cards In The UK | LoyaltyLobby

 

[phamid]

This could be a sign of things to come!

Le Club AccorHotels Complimentary Platinum Gone From Amex Platinum Cards In The UK | LoyaltyLobby

Hmm, that's interesting, but I'm not sure if it will impact APAC's AccorPlus benefit too. I guess we can call in and check, but glad HHonors Gold is back (at least in UK, hopefully APAC soon though)

 

[Princess Fiona]

Both our Accor Platinum and Accor Plus were acquired via the charge card. Both were automatically renewed and sent out in the post. Didn't have any issues here with two accounts.

Received an email about my Accor Plus for next year, renewed by Amex it seems but I now have a third account number !!!

 

[DC3]

Received an email about my Accor Plus for next year, renewed by Amex it seems but I now have a third account number !!!

I have received 2 emails in the past 7 days regarding this, both welcome emails. This is similar to last year. This time, at least, they are using my current Accor member number.

I recall that last year I was provided with a new member number, but after contacting them on [email protected] they deleted the new account number, so I kept the original.

 

[M@rcoPolo]

Just noticed AMEX dropped all references to BOTH Accor Plus and Accor Platinum from their landing page for the Platinum Card... https://www.americanexpress.com/au/content/the-platinum-card/

 

[mlob]

Now that is quite concerning :-(

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Accor benefits still show for me under 'Benefits Directory', however it does state:
Enrolment is required and available from 1 October 2013 until 30 March 2016.

 

[blueythecat]

Accor benefits still show for me under 'Benefits Directory', however it does state:
Enrolment is required and available from 1 October 2013 until 30 March 2016.

Identical for me. I can see it still listed under my benefits, but the fine print also says it expires 30 March 2016.

 

[Haplo]

I called amex yesterday and they said they are still negotiating with Accor for extension. They will write to us in writing in March if they cannot negotiate the extension.