I’ve previously reported on the fact that American Express Business Platinum cardholders will be loosing their Regus Platinum Office benefit. Cardholders are supposed to have access to this benefit until May 1st, 2015 (or until your card member anniversary date if you’ve applied between January 1st, 2014 & April 30th, 2015).
Today I received an interesting tweet from Shashwat Sapre stating that he received a $100 statement credit because of this discontinuation. After a little more tweeting back and forth, this is what happened:
- He went to use this benefit and tried to enroll
- Was told that it was discontinued January 1st, 2015
- Automatically received a $100 credit from American Express
It’s kind of confusing that American Express are stating that this benefit will run until May 1st, while Regus are saying that this benefit was already discontinued January 1st of this year. The benefit is no longer being advertised on the application page (although I’m unsure if it ever was).
It looks like you might be able to use this to your advantage, I envisage two possible scenarios:
- Try to use the benefit with Regus, hope they say no and you receive an automatic credit
- Call American Express stating that you’re disappointed this benefit is going away, either directly asking for compensation or hinting for it
I imagine a lot of my readers have this card after the 100,000 point sign up bonus and a $100 statement could help offset the massive $450 annual fee. American Express has also released a new benefit today, you can sign up for 10 free gogo in flight passes for free.
