I have an Amex Platinum Credit Card and after Amex took Perth out of the SYD/PER routing for the free flight I contacted Amex to cancel the card and revert back to a Amex Rewards Maximiser at $192 pa. I thought that for the extra $200 pa for the Plat card I could get a discount tix between major cities on the east coast for a lot less than that, and I am mainly concerned with earning the 1.5 points per dollar. Considering others on this forum my CC use is small, but I still manage to put on average of $8K per month for both business and private use. Anyway, Amex told me that I was in to top 10% of monthly 'payers' (not users) and they wanted to keep me as a customer. When I explained what is detailed above he said he would send me out a $100 David Jones Gift Card to soften the blow, but when I received the card it expired in 2 months so I sent it back to them. They phoned me as to the reason, and after explaining that I had reconsidered, that the card they sent expired, and that Perth flight was my main reason for the card he send me the same card to use within the two months and another card to use within 8 months, plus I still get the east coast flight. So, will keep the Plat card until the renewal date in May next year and then revert back to the Rewards Maxiser as the extra cost is of no benefit to me.