What’s the first thing you did when you got your Amex Platinum?

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Drop it just to listen to the sound

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Here you go:

1. Login to the benefits section and enroll in all the benefits - things like HHonors/ Marriott status, Saks credit, entertainment credit, CLEAR, Uber credit, etc, and select your airline for airline credits (DM me for info on why this should be United)
2. Start hitting those credits where you can knock them out
3. Add to your Uber account so your monthly credits start coming through
4. Sign up for the entertainment credit service you're interested in or change payment method to the Plat
5. Sign up for Walmart+monthly billing
6. Sign up for global entry/CLEAR
7. Consider changing your cell phone bill payments to the Plat for phone insurance
8. Add reminders to your calendar to use periodic credits when they refresh each year

Then go hit that min spend.

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Thank you!!

Call them and ask for statement credit if you have amex corporate card

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Corporate Access Program, if you have an AMEX corporate card they give a discount on the annual fees for the green, gold and platinum cards. Definitely check it out on their website

Edit to add: the discount is for personal cards of course

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Woke up in shock .. realized it was only a dream.

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Started using it to hit the spend requirement for the bonus points.

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I agree D3. Between points and credits, I am definitely receiving more money from AMEX than I pay to them. D2, I pay $695 (I think?) a year.

I receive credits for other charges I would already have been spending on my debit card:
- $240 in digital entertainment which I use for the Disney+/ESPN/Hulu bundle
- $200 on airline incidentals (seats, WiFi, meals, etc.)
- $200 at hotels and resorts if properly utilized
- $189 for CLEAR
- $200 added to my Uber/Uber Eats account
- $300 off my Equinox membership

I receive 30k when I refer a member (and always have been able to since opening my account) for $600 in points before any other credits.

That’s over $1300 in just credits, plus $600 for a referral — $1900+.

I then also get access to airport lounges across the globe, always including meals and drinks when I travel. I’d estimate $50 every visit — so at least $100 every trip (excluding layovers and multi-city trips). And I travel a lot, both for work and for fun.

And, there are other, less tangible perks — 24/7 concierge, gold status with Marriott and Hilton, and on and on — as well as other tangible perks I don’t use.

Points are valued variably around $0.02/point. I have not yet factored in the extra reward points I get from things like 5x back on flights and prepaid hotels, etc. I also get 1:1 points with all spending on my corporate card (for $55).

I save more than $2k every year using the Plat.

Hope you consider getting a card 🙂

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Signed up for TSA Precheck

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Drop it on the table. Then applied to TSA pre check. Remember to call a month before the annual fee for a potential retention office.

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