Amex Business Platinum Card Changes: $895 Fee, New Credits & Perks

Regarding the FHR/Hotel collection credits, would the terms allow you to make two consecutive stays at the same hotel on two different business platinums (under the same name?)

If it works the way the personal plat does, you can get 2x Amex $300 credits, but they’ll only do one $100 property credit.

I am sorry Ben - but this is a very misleading article. You are leaving out the one major downgrade recently announced - the elimination of the 35% points rebate on business and first tickets on all major airlines.

That single change - as discussed amply in previous articles - vaporizes the value in this card for most of us.

The "enhancements" you escribe amount to a bunch more coupon cutting that in no way make up for this awful devaluation

Yea, most places will combine the reservations if you call, but you'll just get $100 credit.

Only getting one property credit makes sense (from hotels perspective) but was more curious of the chances of Amex cancelling seperate reservations back to back.

Do people have multiple personal platinums where this could have been tested? I'm not talking about me booking one night and my spouse booking the next night...

I'm not terribly impressed. The hotel credit is nice, as is the bump in points for business spending.

It's not enough to tell friends to switch from the Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business, or the Cap1 Venture X Business. The spending multiplier is much better on those.

That single change - as discussed amply in previous articles - vaporizes the value in this card for most of us.

Lmao what? Been a Platinum cardholder for over a decade and have never heard of this benefit. Are you redeeming points directly for flights?

Wow really? Used to be 50% back when it launched which was too good then they cut it to 35% which is decent. Now it will only apply to your selected airline instead of all premium tickets. I heard you can just change the airline you selected prior to booking and still get the rebate.

"most of us"?
I highly doubt anywhere near 50% of cardholders have redeemed buisness flights through the portal for rebate even a single time (as opposed to transferring points to partners or booking economy flights on the portal) let alone being the major draw of the card that is now "vaporized".

This has literally been the one reason I got the card. If you chose not to use this benefit then that's your problem.

As for UnitedEF's comment - you can only change your airline designation once a year

Every time I consider this card I remember that you cant bring your partner into the lounge with you and I lose all interest.

Thats why better to stay at two different hotels if possible for single night stays rather than consecutive ones at same that will lose one of the $100 credits

I’ll be keeping my personal platinum, but downgrading my business platinum. If I didn’t hit the $75k spending on the personal and needed the extra delta sky club visits, MAYBE I would consider that enough extra value to keep the business card, but I’ve been able to get that the last few years via the personal, so I feel like you’re just leaving too many points ok the table by using the business card compared to competitors. I was hoping for a boost in at least one spending category, or at minimum for them to add 5x points on flights booked directly with the airline, like the personal.

@Lucky, would you now consider this card to be the best to pay taxes with if the payment is over $5k to earn 2x points/$1? Thoughts?

I also wanna know how best to utilize 2 Amex platinum biz to get 2 nights back to back but sounds like we just gotta eat the $100 resort credit in this case. I rather stay 2 nights than 1 honestly but lose that $100 sucks. WWYD?

Not sure I'd label the $600 as a generic "hotel" credit. It's specific hotels not just any hotel. That and the 2-night min. stay for non FHR makes the $600 useless (for me anyway). Thus no way I'm paying the extra $200, especially after they neutered the Dell credit. But as always YMMV. I'm sure some folks will find a way to actually use and maximize the coupon books. I'm just not one of them.

I have a business Platinum and spend well over the minimum to get the two guest passes for access to the centurion lounge

If I added my wife as an authorized user. Would she just get access for herself or would she have two guests also?

The ONLY reason to get this card is the SUB. Total PITA to get value from the card.
So glad I canceled.

The consumer card refresh was very positive and makes the biz card refresh insulting in comparison. Labeling the existing Adobe and Dell biz benefits as new is comical. And now that more consumer cards will be issued the lounge wait times will be much worse for biz plat travelers.
Other than churners I don't see why anyone would want the card compared to competing products.

Did they clarify what is considered: U.S. construction materials and hardware suppliers?

Is that just Home Depot and Lowes, or are other independent suppliers counted like a local lumberyard, flooring company or a cabinet/countertop store etc.

I'm out.

You're only allowed to change your airline once a year, during January or something.

I had no idea that they were eliminating the 35% rebate credit. If that's so, this card is useless.