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The Offer
- American Express is offering a bonus of up to 100,000 points on the Business Platinum card. Bonus is broken down as follows:
- Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $10,000
- Earn an extra 50,000 points after you spend an additional $15,000 all on qualifying purchases on the Business Platinum Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership
Card Details
- Offer expires 08/08/18
- Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product
- Annual fee of $450 is not waived the first year
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 5x points per $1 spent on purchases made with airlines and hotels booked from AmericanExpress Travel website
- 1.5x points on qualifying purchases of $5,000 or more
- 1x points on all other purchases
- $200 airline incidental credit per calendar year
- Lounge access:
- Centurion lounge access
- International American Express lounge access
- Delta SkyClub lounge access
- Priority pass select membership
- Airspace lounge access
- Internet Access:
- Unlimited Boingo internet access
- SPG gold status (this will also give you Marriott Gold status)
- Hilton gold status
- Fee Credit for Global Entry or TSA Preâś“
- No foreign transaction fees
- View these other hidden benefits
- SoulCycle benefits
Our Verdict
We told you that this offer would launch today, yesterday. In case you missed that post, please keep in mind that it’s actually possible for some people to get an 100,000 point offer that only requires $10,000 total spend. We detail that method here. There is also currently a 75,000 point offer with no lifetime language and only a $5,000 spend requirement. Personally I don’t think this offer is that attractive, the spend requirement is exceptionally high and American Express are getting stricter and stricter on what qualifies are eligible spend. I’d personally try to get one of the offers mentioned above, or just wait it out for a better offer to come along. As always if you have questions regarding American Express cards, read this post.
This is a pretty mediocre deal. Getting 100k points for 25k$ spend is 4% cashback from the bonus, in addition to the regular cashback you’d be getting from category spend.
Basically, if you have a real business and real spend, this might as well make it worthwhile; if, on the other hand, you just MS the sh!t out of these cards, then you might as well just go for Ink Cash or two (most of my MS volume has been through OD/OM anyways, even if not doing it for the OSS category bonus).
can previous cardholders get the bonus again?
Hey Charles,
I mostly fly with United. I just found out that I have to choose a qualifying airline with this card to use the $200 incidental fee AND the 35% rebate points bonus. You have any recommendation on how to use the incidental fee? I usually don’t purchase meals on flights, lounges, or baggage fees.
United TravelBank used to be the best, but that isn’t working currently. FT has dedicated threads on what has worked in the past
Thanks for the info! I saw on the United TravelBank that they plan to come back by early 2018. I think we are almost in mid 2018 haha.
https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/products/travelproducts/Pages/CashGiftRegistry.aspx
This is the highest spending requirement I’ve ever seen.
$25,000 in 12 months is OK and would be better for AMEX because you would be spending on that card all year long. But $25,000 in 90 days is insane.
Tried the 75k offer but wasn’t targeted. The 25k spend threshold is just too high.
why it is not expired in december
wat
$25,000 spend in less than 3 months time! Way too much money. I have no idea why AMEX has such high requirements. I tried the other links and they are dead.
They have those requirements because the kinds of businesses they want to attract are the kinds what spend that kind of money in three months.
If I’m a sole proprietor who makes $5k a year in a side business, gets the card bonus, uses the hell out of the benefits (including double-dipping the airline credit), and then cancels, I’m not a profitable customer for them.
Every credit card issuer wants those kinds of customers, AMEX isn’t anything special. All banks want sucker (customers) who’ll spend a boatload of money on the card and seek nothing in return.
Sorry, not an expert with the small print. I do not see once per lifetime on offer terms. Is that accuarte, I can re-apply for a business plat again for the 100k?
Its the first sentence in the offer term.
Made this clearer
Welcome bonus offer not available to applicants who have or have had this product.
Oh well…