The Offer
- American Express is offering a new sign up bonus on the Platinum personal card via the above Resy link, as follows:
- Get 125,000 points signup bonus when spending $6,000 within 6 months.
- 15x points per $1 spent when you Shop Small in the U.S. and restaurants worldwide on up to $25,000 in spend within your first six months
You can find which establishments are considered Shop Small using this map locator from AmEx. There might be some creative places like Fluz that you’ll find as well.
Card Benefits
- Annual fee of $695 is not waived the first year
- Authorized Platinum cards are $175 for three user (then $175 per Platinum)
- Authorized Gold cards are free
- Full details here
- Card earns at the following rates:
- 5x points per $1 spent on purchases made with airlines or with American Express Travel
- 5x points per $1 spent on hotel & airline bookings made directly from the American Express travel website
- 1x points on all other purchases
- $200 airline incidental credit per calendar year
- $200 Uber credit ($15 per month and additional $20 in December)
- Lounge access:
- Centurion lounge access
- International American Express lounge access
- Delta SkyClub lounge access
- Priority pass select membership
- Airspace lounge access
- $240 digital entertainment credit. This is a credit of $20 per month and can be used on Peacock, Audible, SiriusXM and The New York Times.
- $200 hotel credit. This can be used on select prepaid bookings (Fine Hotels + Resorts® and The Hotel Collection) when using American Express Travel
- $179 Clear credit
- $300 Equinox credit. This is a $25 credit each month
- Global Dining Access by Resy
- The Global Lounge Collection
Our Verdict
We’ve just seen American Express increased the annual fee to $695 from $550 and add some new benefits to the card. The two advantages of this offer over the standard new 125,000 Amex Platinum signup offer are:
- Signup bonus via the Resy link shows 125,000 consistently versus the standard link which is YMMV.
- 15x at restaurants and small businesses instead of 10x.
The extra 5x could be significant – up to an extra 125,000 points if you hit the $25,000 spend max. You’ll obviously want to apply via the Resy link. Only other option to consider would be if you are in 2-player-mode and you have a referral link with 125,000 + 45,000 + 4x restaurants/small which some may prefer.
Hat tip to reader DW
