Deal on Plat CC

[davem]

Hi All,

I'm looking to upgrade to the platinum CC.

I currently hold a corporate card plus a Gold CC (fee free for life), and have been a customer for about 2 years.

Just wondering if any promotions come up for the platinum card from time to time, or if its possible to get a reduced fee for a year as an incentive to join.

Please let me know if you have had any experiences.

Thanks

Regards,

David

 

[BlueAU]

I'm guessing your gold card is through an association? AMA etc. If so, you should be able to get the plat Credit C for $295 instead of $395/pa ..

 

[docjames]

$295 seems to be the best rate. Includes a return economy airfare or one night hotel stay.

 

[Maca44]

It was my undersanding that the Amex Plat card does not allow you to transfer points to the QF program, unless you have a QF card such as the QF Ulimate/Premiun card that are directly linked to QF. Then again, there are many other programs Amex allow you to transfer points into rather than QF.

 

[morbo]

It was my undersanding that the Amex Plat card does not allow you to transfer points to the QF program, unless you have a QF card such as the QF Ulimate/Premiun card that are directly linked to QF. Then again, there are many other programs Amex allow you to transfer points into rather than QF.

Or if you have a Rewards Adv, Plat or Cent card, then your spend on the plat cc will go into Ascent Premium

 

[BlueAU]

It was my undersanding that the Amex Plat card does not allow you to transfer points to the QF program, unless you have a QF card such as the QF Ulimate/Premiun card that are directly linked to QF. Then again, there are many other programs Amex allow you to transfer points into rather than QF.

I have one, and I get 1.25 points per $ on the Qantas Direct program. Used to be 1.5 ... if I use MR, then I'll get 1.5 for the other carriers.

 

[davem]

Thanks everyone, I'll ring them up and try for half price or 295.

I'll report back with my results.

 

[davem]

No luck

$395 is the only fee they can do.

Any associations that have a lax joining criteria?

 

[pksw]

No luck

$395 is the only fee they can do.

Any associations that have a lax joining criteria?

So you can save $100 a year? I doubt any would have an annual fee less than this amount. I think I pay over $1000 for my association. Still, worth knowing if there are any out there that can help you.

 

[11sjw]

I'm a member of Engineer's Australia and have had countless Platinum offers thrown at me. Here's some numbers comparing points earned on Gold and on the new Platinum.

Gold 1/1$ for the first $10k then 1.5/$1 up to $100K.
Platinum 1.25/$ to $100k

I use my card for work so the $10k is spent pretty quickly. The number of points earned is higher on the Gold than the platinum for the first $100k spent (145k vs 125k) so why would I change?

On top of that the Gold card is fee free.

Another point against platinum for mine is that a few people I know have had hassles booking flights through the program so I think I'll stick to the Gold Card.