Fidelity Platinum from American Express cardholders should have or will receive a mail out informing them that on April 9th the card will be discontinued. If an annual fee has been paid, a prorated annual fee will be applied. This card hasn’t been available for new applications for years, but lots of people still had the card because the annual fee was only $320 and it came with the same benefits as other flavors of the Platinum card. This won’t come as a big surprise as American Express had in recent years partnered with Charles Schwab and Fidelity ditched the American Express card for Visa when they switched from Bank of America to U.S. Bank.
Hat tip to reader Karl L
If you log into your Fidelity account, they have a web page about the changes: https://www.fidelity.com/accounts-trade/the-fidelity-card-next-steps
At the bottom of the web page is a targeted offer. The offer I saw was $200 after $2000 spend if I applied for the Visa card. I had a Fidelity Gold Amex card.
You have to log in to view the webpage, so it’s probably targeted only to existing Fidelity Amex holders.
I wonder if financial institutions realize what a hassle it is for their customers when they change their partnering arrangements.
They are also discontinuing my Fidelity Gold card, which I have had for probably 40 years. I don’t use it, but have kept it since there is no fee to help my credit rating.
Thanks for the info