Business Platinum Card from American Express
130,000 MR points
The Ever-Blurring Line Between Cash and Points
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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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I just bought Aeroplan points with the recent promotion, but my hopes have been dashed. I hope to see your thoughts and advice on the new Aeroplan MPM changes.
I love all your amazing mRTW adventures, and was about to book my very first (YYZ-LIS-MUC-JTR-VIE-IST-CAI-DXB-SIN-PER;PER-SIN-DPS-BKK-ICN;NRT-TPE-YYZ) but now everything seems shot with the massive devaluation.
To add : I suspect there are many readers who have one of the following mindsets : (1) Biz must be nice, but I’d rather fly more often in economy or (2) I choose to fly my family rather than myself in First class.
I fail in the latter and when you consider 6 people, with school and jobs, flying the aspirational isn’t a realistic possibility atm. All this to say : the Platinum’s $ is much more valuable to my family than the points. Redeeming now, at 1000:20 and putting the cash in a travel account (for those who can) adds the flexibility a large family covets. Many hobbyists will not « need » those MR rewards because they ALSO have a stash of points in other loyalty programs.
Are you sure that there won’t be a transfer bonus for Avion this year?
It’s a bit late for the usual spring bonus, so I assume that has been skipped over and we may see one in the fall.
This plat card promo is killing me, in a good way though. Both my $ and MR balance is high and increasing daily as I put everything I can on it. I can afford to certainly to cash out a huge number to save some cash but I so want a huge stash to travel ‘in style’ when this is all over. But that might be years away. Well at least I have til July 20 so it gives me plenty of time to think about it. I am rather embarrassed what I just wrote, seeing how people are struggling through on a daily basis now. Perhaps I need to step back a bit from this game.
Perhaps you just need a better choice of words than saying the Double Rewards promotion is "killing you" – even though we all know what you mean 🙂
Points redemption for annual fee? Whats that all about? Do you get a better exchange than 2cents per point?
Still 2cpp, it just displays differently on the statement.
It’s the same, it just codes slightly differently when you use points for the annual fee I think.