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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.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Which status for Accor Silver with QR?

Nothing I believe:

After your first flight, become a Privilege Club Silver member as an ALL Gold member, a Privilege Club Gold member as an ALL Platinum member, a Privilege Club Platinum member as an ALL Diamond member. After your first stay, become an ALL Silver member as a Privilege Club Gold member and an ALL Gold member as a Privilege Club Platinum member.

 

[djkelly69]

Australian Plat Card holders can also get access to President's Circle via the US Amex Plat Hertz link.

Assuming this is as simple as it sounds, anyone got the US link?

 

[Viridis]

Assuming this is as simple as it sounds, anyone got the US link?

Don’t think it is

i have the US Plat and just looked online at my account. No link to Presidents Circle. Just bog-standard Gold Plus like Australia and the UK. PC is for Centurion isn’t it??

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Hertz AMEX Platinum exclusive benefits

pub.emails.hertz.com

Numerous posts online about it.

The link doesn't seem to be working for me but seems to be okay if you use it from award travel:

Select American Express Cardholders Can Enroll for Hertz President’s Circle Status

Good news for Hertz members: Several Amex cards qualify for complimentary Hertz President's Circle status, but you need to claim it.

awardwallet.com

 

[Viridis]

Numerous posts online about it.

Thanks. Getting a blank (literally a blank page) on the iPad with that link (multiple browsers). Will try on the laptop later

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Thanks. Getting a blank (literally a blank page) on the iPad with that link (multiple browsers). Will try on the laptop later

Same here! Not sure why. Try the link in award travel. That seems to work.

 

[Viridis]

Same here! Not sure why. Try the link in award travel. That seems to work.

Yep, that worked. Thanks. I’ll get on to that first thing tomorrow

 

[mikedesign]

Edit: You can also get QR status depending your ALL status:

ALL - Accor Live Limitless & Qatar Airways Privilege Club

Experience a limitless world of privileges

all.accor.com

Can you get QR status if you've already linked your Accor account to QF or do you have to swap them out?

 

[Human]

Can you get QR status if you've already linked your Accor account to QF or do you have to swap them out?

You can only have one airline linked to Accor at a time. And you can only change airline once every 12 months.

 

[andye]

You can only have one airline linked to Accor at a time. And you can only change airline once every 12 months.

Confirm I changed from QF to QR after a year and it worked fine. Don't remember it being difficult

 

[muppet]

Australian Plat Card holders can also get access to President's Circle via the US Amex Plat Hertz link.

I’ve gone completely off Hertz, especially in the US where they routinely sent their customers to gaol due to Hertz’s incompetence and poor systems.

Column: Renting a car from Hertz? You could wind up in jail

Hundreds of Hertz customers say the rental firm had them improperly arrested for car theft.

www.latimes.com

EDIT: I know its OT but some people may have forgot

 

[Viridis]

I’ve gone completely off Hertz, especially in the US where they routinely sent their customers to gaol due to Hertz’s incompetence and poor systems.

Column: Renting a car from Hertz? You could wind up in jail

Hundreds of Hertz customers say the rental firm had them improperly arrested for car theft.

www.latimes.com

Worrying

I particularly enjoyed the irony of this little gem

They’re also an embarrassment for Hertz Chairman Greg O’Hara, [……] who serves on the board of the Innocence Project, a nonprofit devoted to exonerating innocent people caught in the web of the justice system. The Innocence Project did not respond to my request for comment.

 

[CallMeHoju]

Just got a long survey via email about Plat benefits, seems to be looking for what benefits people would like in addition to / instead of dining benefit to justify keeping the card. Compared to past ones where they have fixed ideas and want feedback (i.e. "from 1-10 how much would you value an Uber credit?") this was much more open about what benefits you'd like. Hopefully they can do something to improve the value prop after loss of concierge and dining credit.

 

[daft009]

Just got a long survey via email about Plat benefits, seems to be looking for what benefits people would like in addition to / instead of dining benefit to justify keeping the card. Compared to past ones where they have fixed ideas and want feedback (i.e. "from 1-10 how much would you value an Uber credit?") this was much more open about what benefits you'd like. Hopefully they can do something to improve the value prop after loss of concierge and dining credit.

and i also noticed the AF increase questions

 

[djkelly69]

I’ve gone completely off Hertz, especially in the US where they routinely sent their customers to gaol due to Hertz’s incompetence and poor systems.

Damn I was probably lucky I didn't get arrested in the US about 18 months ago!

I returned a Hertz car (on time) to a hotel/convention centre parking lot in Orlando where they had a rental counter and did a key drop as counter was closed that day before flying up to DC. Then noticed the next day they had charged me an additional amount and when I called they said it was because I hadn't returned the car yet. From memory I think they even charged for another additional day before eventually working out they had the car all along and refunding the amounts without further prompting.

 

[muppet]

and i also noticed the AF increase questions

Ha… good luck with that AMEX

 

[fantastikforce]

and i also noticed the AF increase questions

Yeah I got the survey too. I really hope that the AF fee does not increase anywhere near the numbers they provided in the survey! $1,950 and $1,750 is pretty ridiculous.

 

[bullerdude]

if they increase the AF again without any real benefits being added then it will probably be the end of the road for my play card.

 

[albyd]

I think there are more fee hikes coming as Amex foreshadowed this at their most recent results.

Amex CEO: More Card 'Refreshes' (& Fee Hikes) Are Coming Soon

Sick of paying higher annual fees on your Amex travel cards? Too bad: Amex's own CEO says more fee increases are in the works - and they're coming soon.

thriftytraveler.com

Looks like there’s a strong appetite for premium cards and the AFs that come with them.

 

[Viridis]

I think there are more fee hikes coming as Amex foreshadowed this at their most recent results.

Amex CEO: More Card 'Refreshes' (& Fee Hikes) Are Coming Soon

Sick of paying higher annual fees on your Amex travel cards? Too bad: Amex's own CEO says more fee increases are in the works - and they're coming soon.

thriftytraveler.com

Looks like there’s a strong appetite for premium cards and the AFs that come with them.

Amex clearly having a laugh ….

Received notification today that the UK BA Premium card is having a fee hike from £250pa to £300 and the threshold for a companion voucher is rising from £10k to £15k ….. and there’s no improvement in the benefits

This is an economy with multiple challenge.

Not what I’d describe as a ‘refresh’

Amex evidently feel emboldened ….