[Expired] [YMMV] 75,000 Point Upgrade Offer To American Express Business Platinum

The Offer

Direct link to offer (if you’re not eligible, try this link for 50k)

• American Express is offering an upgrade bonus as follows on their American Express Business Platinum card:
  • Receive 50,000 points after $10,000 in spend within 5 months
  • An additional 25,000 points if you spend an additional $10,000 in the same period

 

Card Details

• Annual fee of $450 is not waived the first year
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 5x points per $1 spent on all Hotel & Airfare purchases made from amextravel.com
  • 2x points per $1 spent on purchases made directly from the American Express travel website
  • 1.5x points per $1 spent on qualifying purchases of $5,000 or more (up to 1 million extra points per year)
  • 1x points on all other purchases
• 50% of points back when redeemed for first/business class tickets or any fare class with your selected airline
• $200 airline incidental credit per calendar year
• Lounge access:
  • Centurion lounge access
  • International American Express lounge access
  • Delta SkyClub lounge access
  • Priority pass select membership
  • Airspace lounge access
• Internet Access:
  • 10 free GoGo passes
  • Unlimited Boingo internet access
• SPG gold status
• Fee Credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre✓
• No foreign transaction fees
• View these other hidden benefits

[Read: Premium Cards Compared: Chase Sapphire Reserve, American Express Platinum & Citi Prestige]

Our Verdict

There was a previous upgrade offer for 50,000 points after $10,000 in spend, this is the same but with the ability to earn an additional 25,000 points with $20,000 total spend across five months. You should read the following two posts before considering this:

• Everything You Want To Know About American Express Upgrade Offers
• 23 Things Everybody Should Know About American Express

There is no pull hard and you should be able to get this bonus even if you’ve held the card before (just make sure to check the fine print as some of these upgrade offers contain the no bonus language). In addition there are datapoints of people upgrading to a card they’ve never had before, getting the upgrade bonus and then still being eligible for another bonus down the track.

If you have any questions surrounding upgrade offers, I strongly recommend you read this post first. You can read our guide to the new American Express Platinum benefits here. There are also currently the following upgrade offers on other cards:

• [YMMV] 60,000 Point Upgrade Offer To American Express Platinum
• 100,000 Hilton Honors Surpass Upgrade Link, No Once in a Lifetime Language
• [YMMV] American Express Blue Cash Preferred $150 Upgrade Offer
• [YMMV] American Express Business Platinum 50,000 Point Upgrade Offer (might be targeted for this if you’re not targeted for the 75k offer)

Hat tip to reader Amberailene