Credit Card Offers Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

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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.

 

[0x012fd0aa]

Does anyone have any experience booking with FHR and paying with another Amex card?

Thinking to book Hilton through Plat FHR but pay using Hilton Amex for 14x...

Haven't tried, but US card term says okay while AU card term says no

 

[Daver6]

Does anyone have any experience booking with FHR and paying with another Amex card?

Thinking to book Hilton through Plat FHR but pay using Hilton Amex for 14x...

The closest I've come to that is booking using my primary plat card but paying with the A/C one. I presume you're not prepaying. If so I think you'd get away with it. On check-in present your plat card for the hold but on check-out just give them a different card. By this time you've had/used the benefits and I can't see them kicking up too much of a stink at this point.

 

[Shinjetter]

Does anyone have any experience booking with FHR and paying with another Amex card?

Thinking to book Hilton through Plat FHR but pay using Hilton Amex for 14x...

I would book it via AMEX Travel/Concierge for the hotel. They will ask you if you want to pay now or pay at the hotel. Let them know you want to pay at the hotel. Once you are there, they will ask you for a card that you want to pay/put a hold on. Just use whatever card you want. To the hotel, they don't care. They are getting paid.

 

[TheRealTMA]

After sitting on the phone for 75 minutes, on 25th February, I sent a request to Amex Travel to change names on a booking, I get this apalling response. Seriously for a long term Platinum client paying $1400 a year?

And, ps, Amex travel never answers the phone and live chat is non-existant.

Heaven knows (but I do) how one would get on if one had some emergency related to travel.

Advice: Don't use Amex Travel. Book direct or through a reliable travel agent.

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[RealtimeY]

Which email did you try? I was able get a response from this email about a month ago. Received the reply the next day. [email protected]

 

[TheRealTMA]

Which email did you try? I was able get a response from this email about a month ago. Received the reply the next day. [email protected]

Thanks. But CBA now to contact them again.

 

[thatsthatmattressman]

Sorry .. yeah .. yours is right .. the one I posted I think is NZ. Thanks for flagging that.

Here is the link: https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/au/benefits/Platinum/PlatinumInsurance.pdf

..and then from 15 Mar 2022 onwards we get this: American Express Insurance | AMEX Australia

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Just as a followup to this .. when checking in to Fiji airways flight LAX-NAN last week they specifically look for insurance covering covid and the document you folks provided was key .. also I had highlighted the Policy Number on the print out I handed the checkin agent and this seemed to satisfy him. Though my preference would be to have something more substantial/specific like AXA provides to certain AMEX holders as outlined here:

American Express Proof Of Travel Insurance

Getting proof from American Express that you are covered by the travel insurance that comes with the card?

loyaltylobby.com

 

[Quattro]

Not a huge fan of the illustrated designs, would prefer a different colour metal if anything (similar to the way US Gold cardholders can opt for Rose Gold)

This is available in NZ now. That is, being able to choose Gold or Rose Gold.

The American Express® Gold Rewards Card

Discover the Gold Card and enjoy a rewarding lifestyle. Read more about the American Express Gold Rewards Card and explore the great benefits included with it.

www.americanexpress.com

 

[nuthq]

I would book it via AMEX Travel/Concierge for the hotel. They will ask you if you want to pay now or pay at the hotel. Let them know you want to pay at the hotel. Once you are there, they will ask you for a card that you want to pay/put a hold on. Just use whatever card you want. To the hotel, they don't care. They are getting paid.

When I stayed at the Langham in Melbourne booked via the Amex portal and tried to give them a Mastercard they told me I must use Amex

 

[Obzerva]

hey all, been doing a search re Lufthansa lounge access with the platinum card, and seems to be conflicting info.

Amex Platinum Australia doesn’t list it as as a benefit
However Non Aus plat cards do list German airport Lufthansa lounges as included.
LoungeBuddy says no
The Amex platinum lounge dedicated website says yes - even though its content is provided by lounge buddy.

Anyone tried their luck before at Frankfurt or Munich?

 

[sudoer]

Amex Platinum Australia doesn’t list it as as a benefit

The AU Plat card page doesn't explicitly list them, but the Global Lounge Collection is a listed benefit and includes the Lufthansa lounges.

 

[Astroboy52]

Has anyone had any issues with their Accor Plus membership not auto renewing following their AMEX anniversary?

I renewed my Platinum AMEX at the start of February then my Accor Plus membership expired at the end of February.

I was back and forward with AMEX and Accor all of yesterday and neither party want to take responsibility and fix it.

There seems to be two different membership numbers that may be causing the issue.

 

[Captain Halliday]

There seems to be two different membership numbers that may be causing the issue.

Have you changed Accor membership level?

For reasons I don’t understand, Accor change your membership number when you change status. In my case it was a change to the final digit.

My be unrelated, but worth checking.

 

[Astroboy52]

Have you changed Accor membership level?

I have not but Accor changed my membership number when they transferred to Accor Live Limitless.

I have pointed this out to both Accor and AMEX. The response from Accor was

"...it is the same account just the number has changed on shifting to ALL, the free membership only a few digits have changed on it, but the account is the same"

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Has anyone been able to book anything from the Hotel Collection via Fine Hotels and Resorts? I haven't been able to find and any availability for those hotels on any dates.

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Has anyone been able to book anything from the Hotel Collection via Fine Hotels and Resorts? I haven't been able to find and any availability for those hotels on any dates.

 

[sydneyboi]

I really wish they would bring back being able to book experiences and tours now the world is opening up...

 

[_TheTraveller_]

I'm not sure if this wildly known because I did see that it said cards issued from other countries might not work but Resy in the US works with an Aus plat card.

 

[JFi]

Has anyone been able to book anything from the Hotel Collection via Fine Hotels and Resorts? I haven't been able to find and any availability for those hotels on any dates.

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Has anyone been able to book anything from the Hotel Collection via Fine Hotels and Resorts? I haven't been able to find and any availability for those hotels on any dates.

Not Hotel Collection but I booked Fine Hotels and Resorts on Monday night and didn't have any issues.

 

[_TheTraveller_]

Not Hotel Collection but I booked Fine Hotels and Resorts on Monday night and didn't have any issues.

The Fine Hotels and Resorts properties show up but I haven't seen an Australian ones that showed up like Hilton Sydney.

 

[JFi]

The Fine Hotels and Resorts properties show up but I haven't seen an Australian ones that showed up like Hilton Sydney.

I just gave it a try and Hilton Sydney showed up for me in the Hotel Collection. In the Menu, I chose Book Hotel Collection rather than Book FHR.