Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
An Old-Timer’s Thoughts on Premium Class Travel
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Business Platinum Card from American Express
- Earn 90,000 MR points upon spending $15,000 in the first three months
- Plus, earn 40,000 MR points upon making a purchase in months 14–17 as a cardholder
- And, earn 1.25x MR points on all purchases
- Also, receive a $200 annual travel credit
- Transfer MR points to Aeroplan and other frequent flyer programs for premium flights
- Unlimited airport lounge access for you and one guest at Priority Pass, Plaza Premium, Centurion, and other lounges
- Credits and rebates for business expenses throughout the year with Amex Offers
- Bonus MR points for referring family and friends
- Qualify for the card as a sole proprietor
- Annual fee: $799
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You should try a few 45 minute YYZ-YGK runs to get back that good ol economy spirit. Seriously though, they’re decent flights if the prices are right. While you’re talking about economy, I’ve been thinking as I’ve enjoyed reading about your premium travels that it would make a great April Fool’s post someday if you gave one of these short flights the full review experience!
You know what, that’s actually not a bad idea 😉
well if one day miles & points come to end. one can go the route of paying for the J/F flight and pay it off with points with amex. 🙂
I’m flying BA first on their A380 from Chicago to LHR in 6 weeks, cannot wait.
Enjoyed reading your article Ricky. Looking forward to trying ANA, TG and Asiana F on my 2019 Tokyo / BKK trip from YYC. One small thing, think you need to update the RBC Avion 25K link on the right side of your webpage, believe its back to 15K now.
Thanks for catching that, Chris – it did indeed require updating. Nowadays, while the 25K First Year Free offer is no longer available, there’s an offer for 15K First Year Free + 10K after $1,000 spending. I’ve updated the article and link to reflect that.
Your article is very timely as just last night I booked my first F in JAL: LAX > NRT > KUL. (Second leg is J.) Waking up today, I almost can’t quite believe this is finally happening. As someome on a very modest income, it’s simply amazing that I’ll get to experience this.
Congrats! I’m very happy for you. Make sure to savour the delicious onboard dining and try the made-to-order sushi bar in the First Class Lounge 🙂
I am new to the churning game, so my only Business Class experiences are via work, so YYZ-HKG/HND. Air Canada was my first experience in Biz, and I had the same feeling, "I cant sleep like this, I don’t know why everyone is so excited for these Lie Flat seats". I chalked it up to me being a big guy (6′ 0" 275lb). But then I experienced Cathay to HKG and I understood. Biz doesn’t suck, AC Biz sucks! Its interesting to see the different airlines and how they stack up.
Oh, and the stationary ads are fine, just dont put any pop-ups, or those ones that mess with the scrolling like newspaper have started using.
I have no problems with the Ads. The more successful this blogs is for Ricky, the more incentive he has to post! 🙂
The problem is that Ricky makes it look too easy. I think the average collector needs to taper their expectations of luxury travel, like myself.
I have to say, the ads are really annoying. Definitely not something to add if you want to keep people coming back.
Content is good as always but the addition of ads is not welcome in my opinion.
Annoying yes, but I imagine bloggers gotta make money somehow! Keep up the great content Ricky, the ads are OK.
Well yes – I see your point but I would imagine they pay and so they are a necessary evil. Makes no difference to me – excellent content and so the ads don’t matter.