When is a Platinum not a Platinum?

[albatross710]

In preparation for our upcoming family holiday to Europe I took the opportunity to revisit the Travel Insurance policy that comes with the Westpac KF card. I see in the new insurance terms they now talk about Platinum A & B, terms i hadn't seen on the Westpac website.

Platinum A cards
●● Singapore Airlines Westpac Platinum credit card; and
●● 55 Day Platinum credit card


Platinum B cards
●● Earth Platinum credit card;
●● Altitude Platinum credit card; and
●● Altitude Qantas Platinum credit card

In the end I decided that with the four of us travelling that the card insurance wasn't go to be sufficient. For $390 I ended up with a multi-trip family policy for 12 months which will also cover my business trips through the year.

Anyway, the point of my post is that a Platinum card is certainly no longer a platinum card!

Cheers

Alby

 

[lovestotravel]

Platinum is the new gold

 

[MarcB]

and if you have a NAB Qantas Platinum, it's now the new "Premium"

 

[albatross710]

Platinum is the new gold

They have a heading for the Gold as well:

Gold cards
●● Singapore Airlines Westpac Gold credit card;
●● 55 Day Gold credit card; and
●● Private Bank Gold MasterCard® credit card

 

[perk]

They are forever coming up with new levels of exclusivity, which in turns makes the previously strived for top tier less valuable.

Gold
Platinum
Platinum Plus
Elite Platinum Plus
Super deluxe Elite Platinum Mega exclusive Invitation only club...you get the idea.