American Express Platinum
American Express
American Express Platinum
Community$895.00/yr · Amex Membership Rewards · no foreign transaction fee
🎁 Welcome offer: 80,000 pts after $8,000 in 6 mo
Related community datapoints
- AU offer paid as rewards balance, not statement credit — An authorized-user offer's $25 posted one day after the qualifying transaction — but as redeemable rewards rather than a statement credit. Check your rewards balance before assuming an offer didn't track.
Earning rates
- 5x
✈️ Travel (flights, hotels)portal only
Flights booked direct or via Amex Travel; prepaid hotels via Amex Travel
- 1x
💳 Everything else
Statement credits
$2,344.40/yr- $15.00 Uber Cash$15/mo (+$20 bonus in December) for US rides & Uber Eats
- $25.00 Digital Entertainment credit$300/yr across select services, enrollment required
- $100.00 Resy dining credit$400/yr at US Resy restaurants, enrollment required
- $300.00 Hotel credit$600/yr on prepaid Fine Hotels + Resorts / Hotel Collection via Amex Travel
- $75.00 lululemon credit$300/yr, enrollment required
- $12.95 Walmart+ membership creditCovers a monthly Walmart+ membership
- $200.00 Airline fee creditIncidental fees on one selected airline
- $209.00 CLEAR Plus creditCovers a CLEAR Plus membership
What are the points worth?
- Cash back0.60¢ / pt
- Balanced1.50¢ / pt
- Aspirational travel2.00¢ / pt
💡 Weak as cash (0.6¢) — the value is in transfers. Rakuten payouts can land here too.
✈ Airlines: Delta SkyMiles, Air Canada Aeroplan, British Airways, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore KrisFlyer, Emirates Skywards, ANA Mileage Club, Avianca LifeMiles, Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Guest, JetBlue TrueBlue, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub, Hawaiian Airlines
🏨 Hotels: Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy, Choice Privileges
Community data points
anecdotalAU offer paid as rewards balance, not statement credit
An authorized-user offer's $25 posted one day after the qualifying transaction — but as redeemable rewards rather than a statement credit. Check your rewards balance before assuming an offer didn't track.
1 recent report · last reported 2026-07 · user-reported, not bank policy
Reward data is community-maintained and may be out of date — welcome offers in particular change constantly. Verify with American Express before applying. Not financial advice.