About to leave a firm that allowed travel expenses on personal cards (maximized using Amex Plat/hotel-specific cards), to one that has a corporate amex. I’ve been told I can upgrade to Amex Plat (cont

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You do not get the 5x. And yes, reports are easier

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It would be very odd if you weren't on CORPORATE card, not business (they are not the same), and thus not get 5x even with Platinum.

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@D1, so only benefit of upgrade is lounge access, hotel status (if you don’t already have it)? Might not bother then. Damn

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No 5x airfare. For PwC you can upgrade to accrue points for $99 a year. You can upgrade to platinum for somewhere around $300 (PwC offsets some of the cost). There is no advantage to the platinum for points. The only good reason I have found to upgrade to platinum is the access to Delta Lounges. Essentially this costs you about $200 which is a pretty good deal. That only works out if you fly a lot and fly Delta. You do get access to Centurion Lounges but there are only a handful of those.

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(Cont) Plat Corp, and still get 5x airfare. But does anyone work for a firm that does this (PwC or other) and have any tips/thoughts? Are expense reports easier at least?

Corporate platinum doesn’t get the 5x spiff that the personal or business platinum gets. But, at PwC, you earn on every dollar of spend and get to keep the points

Correct. I do pay the $90 to keep points but not to upgrade to platinum, especially as I already have a personal platinum.

P1 only if you pay the $90/year, unless it's different for PPMD.

Yes. That’s right. At PwC, you have to pay to upgrade to platinum (or gold) and pay for the membership rewards fee. Neither is reimbursed

None of the fee for the platinum is reimbursed but Amex gives a $100 discount if you pay the rest off timely

At D, the expenses are imported and expensing is super easy. Takes only minutes a week.

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