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.

 

[daft009]

Anyone found a way to use the reserve TC but use another card to pay for it partially?

My Reserve limit is 3k but the ticket was 6.5k. Amex said they don't condone it but I could put the card in credit this once off. Ended up using the Centurion and will use the TC next time as this time was a huge rush

 

[Human]

Anyone found a way to use the reserve TC but use another card to pay for it partially?

My Reserve limit is 3k but the ticket was 6.5k. Amex said they don't condone it but I could put the card in credit this once off. Ended up using the Centurion and will use the TC next time as this time was a huge rush

I wouldn't recommend this, but one thing you could do is to book a fully-refundable ticket, wait for the travel credit to come through, and then cancel the ticket for a full refund. Subsequently book something else and use the card and/or another card to pay for it.

You might well get away with this, but obviously you risk AmEx taking a dim view. My guess is that if you do it once, they won't notice/care. But do so at your own risk.

 

[daft009]

I wouldn't recommend this, but one thing you could do is to book a fully-refundable ticket, wait for the travel credit to come through, and then cancel the ticket for a full refund. Subsequently book something else and use the card and/or another card to pay for it.

You might well get away with this, but obviously you risk AmEx taking a dim view. My guess is that if you do it once, they won't notice/care. But do so at your own risk.

Yeah I didn't do it but was amusing that Amex credits team suggested it in the first place

 

[gaz0303]

I’m going to try and claim the travel inconvenience cover but the claim process wants original (cancelled flight) and rebooked boarding passes. However, I didn’t take screenshots of the electronic boarding passes at the time.

Any suggestions what will will be accepted and how I can get confirmation of cancellation and rebooking from QF? All I have at the moment is e-ticket and QF account statement.

 

[muppet]

I’m going to try and claim the travel inconvenience cover but the claim process wants original (cancelled flight) and rebooked boarding passes. However, I didn’t take screenshots of the electronic boarding passes at the time.

Any suggestions what will will be accepted and how I can get confirmation of cancellation and rebooking from QF? All I have at the moment is e-ticket and QF account statement.

The online Qantas customer contact form always works for me. It has an option “insurance letter” and just be really specific on what you want it to say. i.e. “@gaz0303 was booked on flight xx and due to weather/maintenace/whatever that flight was cancelled/delayed and they were rebooked on QFxx that departed at xx:xx”.

e-ticked PDF and new boarding pass will probably be fine anyway. Once you start the Chubb claim process, it can usually detect your original flight was cancelled.