American Express To Offer Platinum House In NYC (11/30-12/1)

American Express will be opening a pop up ‘Platinum House’ to celebrate small business Saturday (11/30 & 12/1), this will provide Platinum & Centurion cardholders complimentary access. Inside the popup will be small bites of food from Cote, Legacy Records and Wayan restaurants. In addition the following will be offered:

  • Made Of protein beverages by Kirsty Godso
  • Specialty cocktail using Gotham Greens by Viraj Puri
  • Custom gift wrapping curated by Sarah Andelman (up to two gifts per person)
  • Signed copies of More Than Enough and Meet & Greet with Elaine Welteroth (1PM to 3PM on November 30th – complimentary books will be available while supplies last)
  • A local NYC shopping guide curated by Elaine Welteroth, Kirsty Godso, and Zanna Roberts Rassi

Platinum house will be open from 12PM until 5PM each day and is located on 5 East 17th Street. Platinum & Centurion cardholders can bring up to three guests each. American Express has done similar Platinum houses at Coachella & in London in the past. I personally think these are just a bit of waste of money and prefer that card issuers focus on benefits that can help all cardholders.

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Steve
Steve (@guest_843880)
November 16, 2019 14:57

All that’s missing is a “meet the rat team”

Parts Unknown
Parts Unknown (@guest_843836)
November 16, 2019 12:03

Weird thing is that if you tell yourself about it, they ban you for life.

CM
CM (@guest_843837)
November 16, 2019 12:06

No shits, about to file that arbitration action myself.

Stacking Points
Stacking Points (@guest_843823)
November 16, 2019 11:26

Very interesting.

Elaine Welteroth is an extremely controversial figure (mostly due to her divisive, radical leftist politics), so I’m quite surprised that such a large national brand like American Express would want to associate itself with her.

Perhaps Amex will host a panel event with Angela Davis and Nicolas Maduro in 2020?

qmc
qmc (@guest_843829)
November 16, 2019 11:45

Interesting, I’ve heard of Maduro (venezuelan president), and Angela Davis (political activist, marxist) and I understand why those would be considered extremely controversial, but the first two pages of google of welteroth with “political” or “controversy” doesn’t really turn up much.

Anyways, this probably isn’t the place to cover politics, yours, mine, hers, or anyone else’s, but I don’t get the “divisive, radical leftist politics” controversy.

M
M (@guest_844161)
November 17, 2019 01:52

Agreed — Elaine Welteroth seems pleasant, bland, and speaks entirely in cliches. IOW she hardly has any content to be divisive.

Cjrmets
Cjrmets (@guest_843803)
November 16, 2019 10:29

The whole point is to feel like you’re part of some exclusive club. Too bad that the Platinum Amex is so unexclusive that practically anyone who hasn’t tanked their credit can get it. The only way a Centurion cardholder would go to this event is if his wife dragged him along. Status seekers. Welcome to our Brave New World

HaveMiles
HaveMiles (@guest_843824)
November 16, 2019 11:34

Any time I walk into a crowded CL I am reminded how exclusive card “membership” is 🙂

David
David (@guest_843787)
November 16, 2019 09:38

Sounds like marketing is like “Oh shit, they gave us how much money this year? Crap, how do we quickly waste a shit ton of it?”

LNK
LNK (@guest_843790)
November 16, 2019 09:42

Sound like someone who live too far away from NYC

MrObvious
MrObvious (@guest_843850)
November 16, 2019 13:19

Sounds like another NYC millennial who needs to feel “elite”.
“See my metal card collection!!!”

Lou
Lou (@guest_843791)
November 16, 2019 09:46

Useless comment above.

Mastercard
Mastercard (@guest_843783)
November 16, 2019 09:22

I remember when Mastercard had a lounge in Manhattan at Columbus Circle mall with free WiFi…a place to relax, on the floor above the mall concierge.

You did not need a premium card like Amex. My Mastercard debit card worked and also my USAA credit card.

Ethan Smith
Ethan Smith (@guest_843772)
November 16, 2019 09:05

Nice. Have business platinum. Will be there. Just free small bites ?