Thinking about getting the Amex Platinum for personal use. Worth it? Do you get AA lounge access?

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I have it. Worth it and I’m not a Delta person. But the Uber credits, lounge access (through Lounge Buddy), $200 travel credits on a preferred airline (any but can choose only once a year), no foreign currency transaction fees, and a bunch of other travel credits, insurance, and rewards points make it worth it for me. After Uber and airline credits, the cost is only $150. Even if you don’t use the airline credit, it’s $350 and you get a bunch of other stuff that makes up for the fee.

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Only card that gets you AA lounge access is the Citi Executive one

Amex Platinum is worth it if you fly Delta. Lounge access, Uber subsidy, $200 towards airlines.

Definitely worth it if you travel a lot on Delta and if your home airport has a Centurion lounge (they are much better than airline lounges). Priority pass is also terrific, very useful abroad. Concierge can also be pretty useful, especially with reservations and trip planning

Amex plat is totally worth it for delta fliers. $550 annual fee is steep, but you get 200 back from airlines (their pretty liberal on this, even had tickets reimbursed) and 200 back for uber. So really youre paying $150 for skyclub access and membership card that gets you into all kinds of lounges, very useful overseas in my experience. There are other small minor benefits too like discounts on international tickets and tsa precheck reimbursement but these are pretty small benefit in my experience.

Hmm - I need a card for AA airports. Is the CITI exec one any good?

@Op outside of AA lounge access not really. Had it for a year a dropped it for CSR since I couldn’t justify it for just the AA lounge, but up to you on how much you value the lounge access

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