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@FutureBillionaire wrote:
@ztnjpv wrote:The Platinum is not designed for the sheer points seeker. Its benefits elsewhere in terms of perks for travel. If you use the card for what it can really offer, it more than pays for the AF.
More than pays for the annual fee? I don't think that math adds up.
Annual fee: $450
For that you get
$200 in airline fee credits (I have used this this year to for a change fee and for a "miles booster" with Delta)
Delta, American and US Air lounge access (generally costs about $450 annually)
Priority Pass Select (probably worth $50 or so)
Global entry fee reimbursement (this is $100, but it is a one time expense, so you may not count this as an ongoing benefit)
Starwood Gold status (some undetermined monetary value)
Other platinum perks (Fine Hotels and Resorts, etc)
If you travel frequently, the card does pay for itself through the fee credits and the lounge access. It's a comparable card to Chase's United Cub card, which also costs $400
@Alcibiades wrote:
@FutureBillionaire wrote:
@ztnjpv wrote:The Platinum is not designed for the sheer points seeker. Its benefits elsewhere in terms of perks for travel. If you use the card for what it can really offer, it more than pays for the AF.
More than pays for the annual fee? I don't think that math adds up.
Annual fee: $450
For that you get
$200 in airline fee credits (I have used this this year to for a change fee and for a "miles booster" with Delta)
Delta, American and US Air lounge access (generally costs about $450 annually)
Priority Pass Select (probably worth $50 or so)
Global entry fee reimbursement (this is $100, but it is a one time expense, so you may not count this as an ongoing benefit)
Starwood Gold status (some undetermined monetary value)
Other platinum perks (Fine Hotels and Resorts, etc)
If you travel frequently, the card does pay for itself through the fee credits and the lounge access. It's a comparable card to Chase's United Cub card, which also costs $400
Exactly right, it all depends what you use it for. I believe one can always discuss every card and it perks. I have the Platinum since January and it already has paid back the AF ... not counting the sign up bonus and the bonus for adding pay over time ...
@FutureBillionaire wrote:
@ztnjpv wrote:The Platinum is not designed for the sheer points seeker. Its benefits elsewhere in terms of perks for travel. If you use the card for what it can really offer, it more than pays for the AF.
More than pays for the annual fee? I don't think that math adds up.
If you're not the target audience of the card, it won't add up for you. However it will add up and then some for others.
@Alcibiades wrote:
@FutureBillionaire wrote:
@ztnjpv wrote:The Platinum is not designed for the sheer points seeker. Its benefits elsewhere in terms of perks for travel. If you use the card for what it can really offer, it more than pays for the AF.
More than pays for the annual fee? I don't think that math adds up.
Annual fee: $450
For that you get
$200 in airline fee credits (I have used this this year to for a change fee and for a "miles booster" with Delta)
Delta, American and US Air lounge access (generally costs about $450 annually)
Priority Pass Select (probably worth $50 or so)
Global entry fee reimbursement (this is $100, but it is a one time expense, so you may not count this as an ongoing benefit)
Starwood Gold status (some undetermined monetary value)
Other platinum perks (Fine Hotels and Resorts, etc)
If you travel frequently, the card does pay for itself through the fee credits and the lounge access. It's a comparable card to Chase's United Cub card, which also costs $400
Pretty sure priority pass would be more than $50. It includes Alaska lounge access, and Alaska charges $50 per visit if you aren't a member.
I set Alaska as my $200 reimbursement. To put it simply, they didn't just reimburse incidentals. They covered anything that had anything to do with Alaska.
@Dustink wrote:
@Alcibiades wrote:
@FutureBillionaire wrote:
@ztnjpv wrote:The Platinum is not designed for the sheer points seeker. Its benefits elsewhere in terms of perks for travel. If you use the card for what it can really offer, it more than pays for the AF.
More than pays for the annual fee? I don't think that math adds up.
Annual fee: $450
For that you get
$200 in airline fee credits (I have used this this year to for a change fee and for a "miles booster" with Delta)
Delta, American and US Air lounge access (generally costs about $450 annually)
Priority Pass Select (probably worth $50 or so)
Global entry fee reimbursement (this is $100, but it is a one time expense, so you may not count this as an ongoing benefit)
Starwood Gold status (some undetermined monetary value)
Other platinum perks (Fine Hotels and Resorts, etc)
If you travel frequently, the card does pay for itself through the fee credits and the lounge access. It's a comparable card to Chase's United Cub card, which also costs $400
Pretty sure priority pass would be more than $50. It includes Alaska lounge access, and Alaska charges $50 per visit if you aren't a member.
I set Alaska as my $200 reimbursement. To put it simply, they didn't just reimburse incidentals. They covered anything that had anything to do with Alaska.
+1. I think the standard priority pass (lowest level) is $100 plus $27 per entry, so it'd be well over $50.
If I am not wrong, the Amex Platinum cards gets you free upgrades at Venetian / Palazzo hotels worldwide.
Assuming you're a frequent patron of those hotels (applies to Macau location too I think), and that you often stay at those upgraded suites, the AF will pay for itself after a few nights of stay at those hotels.