American Express announced today that the Business Platinum card will no longer include First and Business Class tickets booked on an airline that is not your selected airline. The change will go into effect on September 18, 2025.
Previously economy flights needed to be your selected airline in order to get the 35% rebate while First and Business Class tickets earned the 35% rebate on all airlines.
Ouch. Many report, unofficially, being able to change their selected airline multiple times in mid-year to a domestic airline, but not an international airline, so that can help somewhat.
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im always surprised at how pple use MRs. but i guess everyone is different. personally for me, this was useless benefit. i transfer all to airlines.
At this point, which of the so-called premium cards is even worth the fee that you pay for them?
Altitude Reserve if you were grandfathered in
What is the advantage of altitude reserve ? Just 3X mobile payments. I have it but am considering canceling it.
3x mobile, easy to cash out at 1.5cpp, 8 lounge passes, strong travel protections and only $75 effective AF
When you factor in the expanded availability, earned miles/status points, and the ability to use MR to book premium cabins on non-aligned/oddly-aligned airlines abroad, this was actually one of the better options out there. Unless all the other credits line up nicely with your needs, hard to see any point in holding this card anymore.
So it looks like they are learning from Chase.
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I only use AMEX MR for Non-US airlines business class tickets. 90% of people I know will cancel all PLAT cards for all my friends and family members this year because of this change
Same. Massive deval.
Will we get 35% rebate for future bookings done by Sept 18 or flight date also should be before Sept 18th?
most likely yes
What a steaming pile of shit MR points have become!
That's why you want to move them to AK before end of month
WTF. I like that they waited until CSR got rid of their 1.5 cpp option (I know, personal vs business but I had both and used it a couple of times for cheap premium fares)