Expired: Even though the below link still works, it seems like this bonus has expired. Ben left us a comment letting us know that he had applied for this card and was denied because the promotion he applied for has expired.
The American Express Platinum card usually comes with an annual fee of $450 and 50,000 points. At the moment it might be able to get the annual fee waived for the first year, but there is a reduced sign up bonus of 25,000 points.
The Offer
Direct link to offer [non affiliate link]
- Receive 25,000 Membership Rewards (MR) points when you spend $3,000 on purchases within 3 months of Card Membership
- Annual fee of $450 is waived the first year
- 5,000 additional Membership Rewards points for every $20,000 in eligible spending, up to $30,000 additional Membership Rewards points annually
The Fine Print
- This offer is for Ameriprise Financial, Inc, but there have been a lot of successful reports of people getting this offer when they do not have a relationship with them: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Offer expires August 31st, 2014 [this is regularly extended]
- Benefits include:
- Airport Club Access & Priority Pass Select
- $200 Airline Fee Credit
- Fee Credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre✓
- Should also include all other standard American Express platinum benefits that are not directly listed on the offer page (e.g Boingo internet & SPG gold status)
Our Verdict
American Express only allows you to get the sign up bonus on each of their cards once. They often have targeted offers where this card comes with a sign up bonus of 100,000 points, the annual fee of $450 is not waived though. I personally value 75,000 MR points at more than $450 so I won’t be signing up for this promotion. If you haven’t received one of these targeted offers, we’d recommend checking your special offers with American Express.
If you don’t like the idea of paying the $450 or are considering going for the 40,000 public offer currently available then this will be a much better alternative. As always there is some risk in using this link as it’s supposed to only be for
Additional card holders also get the Global Entry/TSA Pre check fee credit and the annual fee of $175 is waived for the first year, so this could also be a good option to get that reimbursed for your spouse/partner (additional card holders do not get the airline credit).
I personally don’t think this card is worth keeping past the first year, or putting every day spend on it because it earns at such a slow rate (even with the 5,000 point bonus. You’d be much better off going with the EveryDay preferred which earns 1.5x points on all purchases if you hit 30 purchases per month).
We’ve updated our master list of CC bonuses to include this offer.
Direct link to offer [non affiliate link] | Screenshot of offer
HT to Poor Student Blog & this FlyerTalk thread
