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The Business Platinum Card® (OUTDATED INFO)
Welcome Offer1
As a special offer you can get Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $5,000 and an extra 50,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 on eligible purchases with the Business Platinum Card® from American Express within the first 3 months of Card Membership. Your application must be approved by January 25, 2017 to be eligible for this offer.

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There are more than 40 Business Platinum Card® benefits, including world-class platinum service, travel benefits, rewards that can help reduce expenses and access to one-of-a-kind events.

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-Consumer Card: 50k No Spend Required, Called 7 Days before Due Date of Annual Fee
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Consumer: http://www.dansdeals.com/go/Platinum5/
Business: http://www.dansdeals.com/go/BusinessPlat5/

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10000 on: July 26, 2021, 08:01:43 PM »
me and my wife each have our own personal amex platinum, each received with 125k+ points at signup and have accumulated multiple of that in points since, enough to cover 2-3 years of travel/vacations.
on the personal card we will downgrade one of the cards this year due to cost/value of keeping both.
i received now an offer for the business platinum with a 130k points signup offer. does it make any sense to add the business plat. at this time for the points alone?
(other benefits are not of real use or would be duplicate to our personal cards)
If you can do the spend req, it is a no brainer. Worst case keep it for 1 year and than downgrade/cancel.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10001 on: July 30, 2021, 05:22:09 PM »
was targeted for the 150k offer so took it and was instantly approved.

DP - no credit pull was done as they last pulled my credit 5 months back, so just used info on file.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10002 on: July 30, 2021, 06:03:26 PM »
was targeted for the 150k offer so took it and was instantly approved.

DP - no credit pull was done as they last pulled my credit 5 months back, so just used info on file.
were was target from

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10003 on: July 30, 2021, 06:13:59 PM »
were was target from

my account - was offer to add plat.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10004 on: August 02, 2021, 10:24:33 AM »
I recently opened this card with the 10x on up to 15k spend at gas and groceries within 6 months. Is there an easy way to see my progress/how much of that 15k I've spent so far on this category?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10005 on: August 02, 2021, 11:37:26 AM »
I recently opened this card with the 10x on up to 15k spend at gas and groceries within 6 months. Is there an easy way to see my progress/how much of that 15k I've spent so far on this category?

I recently did a similar offer and I exported the data to Excel and used a pivot table. A bit laborious...but I am not aware of any better way to do it

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10006 on: August 02, 2021, 06:40:55 PM »
Any threads discussing ideas on how to spend $15k without paying 3rd fees? Need some fresh ideas besides charity, tuition, shul membership, insurance, utilities, groceries etc..

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10007 on: August 02, 2021, 08:32:35 PM »
I'm sure this has been asked before, but does the Platinum (biz Plat, actually) travel insurance (foreign medical bills) if the ticket was booked with miles and the taxes was paid with the Platinum card?

I know the terms says full fare charged, but does this count?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10008 on: August 12, 2021, 12:21:31 PM »
How are people using the new hotel $200 benefit?  Is there a market for selling them?  I have three cards and don't currently have a use for them.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10009 on: August 19, 2021, 03:00:40 PM »
Can a cancelled plat still get you into Skyclub? (and does the expiry date matter?)

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10010 on: August 19, 2021, 05:13:13 PM »
Can a cancelled plat still get you into Skyclub? (and does the expiry date matter?)
I can't say it's still this way as I don't have any recent DPs (I rarely fly Delta anymore) but last I knew, cancelled worked fine as long as card had not yet expired.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10011 on: August 19, 2021, 10:35:42 PM »
Got the 100k offer to upgrade my gold to plat. After upgrading, is it instantaneous? Can I start the spending right away?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10012 on: August 20, 2021, 12:21:03 AM »
I can't say it's still this way as I don't have any recent DPs (I rarely fly Delta anymore) but last I knew, cancelled worked fine as long as card had not yet expired.
It didn't work for me.  They ran the card or called or something.  Somehow they realized it was not a valid card even though the date was ok.

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10013 on: August 20, 2021, 02:52:58 AM »
Got the 100k offer to upgrade my gold to plat. After upgrading, is it instantaneous? Can I start the spending right away?
Yes

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10014 on: August 20, 2021, 06:55:28 AM »
Got the 100k offer to upgrade my gold to plat. After upgrading, is it instantaneous? Can I start the spending right away?
If youre eligible for a SUB on the Plat sign up first then upgrade. Double dip.
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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10015 on: August 20, 2021, 02:13:30 PM »
Yes
Ok thanx.
Also, what happens with pending charges and offers? I got the offer for CLEAR and just used it yesterday, if I upgrade today would it still apply the credit ?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10016 on: September 02, 2021, 08:20:37 PM »
Got 150k mail offer for platinum business- is that a good offer?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10017 on: September 02, 2021, 09:18:37 PM »
Got 150k mail offer for platinum business- is that a good offer?

Best you’ll get

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10018 on: September 02, 2021, 11:05:17 PM »
Got 150k mail offer for platinum business- is that a good offer?
Got this too, even though I have one already. I also get prompted to add a BP (same offer) everytime I log in. Can I apply and get the SUB even though I have one already?

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Re: Amex Platinum Master Thread
« Reply #10019 on: September 02, 2021, 11:48:35 PM »
Best you’ll get
If there is no lifetime language that means I will get bonus even if received in the past?