The cash rebates not bad. But then again, my target is to be able to redeem business class tickets in the shortest time possible. So priority is still to use cards that helps to accumulate frequent flyer miles faster
Frequent traveller spotted lol
I used to hold the prestige card but changed to amex platinum (one night free stay and bunch of other benefits). All good besides the hefty fees but so many merchants don't accept amex payment. that's perhaps the biggest pain.
paiseh didnt see that. well, maybe they AD links then, seem legit for now. monitor awhile
Actually I dun really travel that much but then I beginning to find it torturous to travel by economy for any flights above 6 hours these days. So as much as possible I try to book / redeem biz class. Maybe I’m really getting old. Air travel is not really that enjoyable for me. I want to redeem biz class tickets for NY next year. Lol
Yup. Once you travelled by biz class, very hard to go back. Especially for longer flights.
I was considering the Amex Platinum Charge card and then decided not to take it after noticing they have restructured the rewards. It used to be $400 airline travel credits and now it is reduced to $200. While they have introduced entertainment credits and fashion credits, I just do not shop with Mr Porter for the fashion credits and not sure which service provider applies for the entertainment credits. The card gives access to Tower Club membership but I’m not that sure how often would I really go to Tower Club for entertainment. One of the best feature though is access to The Centurion lounge at airports. Centurion lounge is for sure better than most of the lounges under the Priority Pass membership.
I think the 10x accelerator (and 5x above 16k) is still worth if u buy pp from THG leh! No?
I have the Amex Platinum (not the Platinum charge card) which gives me the 10x accelerator. So I do not need to go for the Platinum Charge card (it’s $1872 vs $324 in annual fee). Have been thinking whether to upgrade my Platinum card to the Platinum charge card. In the end I decided to stay put
It’s 10x above 16k and 20x for first $16k.
Wah 4 biz class tickets to Europe every year??!
If keep getting watches from THG, definitely worth. Cuz no other cards give the miles for luxury shopping that's as good as the Platinum Charge card. 1st 16k is 7.8 mpd and then subsequently is 3.9 mpd.Wah 4 biz class tickets to Europe every year??!
So if spend 16k on watch with the Amex card, will get 320k points and this convert to KrisFlyer miles is 200k? I only use the 10x accelerator once to buy watch and can’t quite rem.
Update:
After using the calculator on the Amex website, spend $16,000 on watch at THG gets 100,000 MR points and this converts to 55,555 miles. And this is for the standard Platinum Card. For Platinum Charge card, it is 20x instead of 10x. This explains why the annual fee is so much higher for the Platinum Charge card compared to the standard platinum card.
No not 320k points. It’s 200k points. So that’s 125k miles.Wah 4 biz class tickets to Europe every year??!
So if spend 16k on watch with the Amex card, will get 320k points and this convert to KrisFlyer miles is 200k? I only use the 10x accelerator once to buy watch and can’t quite rem.
Update:
After using the calculator on the Amex website, spend $16,000 on watch at THG gets 100,000 MR points and this converts to 55,555 miles. And this is for the standard Platinum Card. For Platinum Charge card, it is 20x instead of 10x. This explains why the annual fee is so much higher for the Platinum Charge card compared to the standard platinum card.
Yup the nerfing is quickly devaluing the Amex Plat charge. All the persnickety terms and conditions (e.g. $75 per half year for Mr Porter) take away from the "premium" branding... like you really think so many relatively well-to-do, presumably busy people have so much leisure to keep track of when they last bought something for a $75 rebate... Also highly dislike how you have to log into the app/ website to click buttons and "save" the benefits to your card, instead of them being readily available as a matter of course.
Yeah the most useful benefit is the air travel credits but that has been reduced. There are $400 overseas and local dining credits but the restaurants may not always be to your liking. Then there is lifestyle and entertainment credits, not sure how much I will use those. The 10x accelerator is probably one of the best benefits for the card but I can stick to my current membership to have that even if it is not 20x for the first $16,000 spent at 10x accelerator program partners. Complimentary parking at Great World City during weekends is good but then doesn’t cost that much to park there in any case. Just saw that they have complimentary Como C5 membership for 12 months (seems like it is a new perk). Previously it was stated that the qualifying income to apply for it is 200k per annum but they remove this requirement it seems.
Using lifestyle credit to buy wines is the best, $600 worth of wine and you only pay $200. The supplies I bought could last a few months if you are a semi regular wine drinker at home. The massage spa credits not worth: mainly overpriced spas at hotel. Money on wines is better.
I don’t drink much wine at home unfortunately. Only occasionally that one or two glass when dining outside. i probably only drink one to two bottles at home in a year max. So will be under utilised for me for this particular lifestyle credit. The spas not of much use too. I ever use the voucher from Amex for a half priced spa session and it ended up with them pressuring me to buy spa package from them.
