Luxury Benefits And Travel Privileges Of The Platinum Amex Card

The Amex Platinum Card is, hands down, one of the best rewards cards currently on offer.  If you have good credit and are looking for a card with serious benefits, you may really want to consider choosing this one.

The concierge service and the “By Invitation Only” programs, alone, should make you love this card to pieces.  If you frequently book tours, packages, dinners or events for clients and other folks, you can’t get better help than this!  The “By Invitation Only” is particularly special, allowing you access to several very exclusive events.

Another useful feature for cardholders is the partnership Amex has with a surprisingly generous number of popular restaurants, who have Platinum-reserved seats so you can call up for a last-minute reservation and get instant seating.  It’s not the best seats - but you’re in!

Should you be a frequent traveler, you might even enjoy this more than a regular travel rewards card.  Check out these great travel privileges:

Optimal bookings. Basically, these guys will facilitate your entire booking, arranging it to make the best use of your rewards points.

Airport lounge access. Granted, most other travel and airline cards will probably get you lounge access but this card does it whiel offering so much more.

Hotel and villa benefits. Using the Amex Platinum gets you instant room upgrades, free late checkouts and special amenities at over 600 luxury hotels and a number of gorgeous villas.

Free complimentary ticket. With over two dozen international airlines, you can get a complimentary ticket (of same value) when you use the card to purchase a business class or first class ticket.

Gold Starwood membership. If you like staying at the Starwood, this card automatically gets you Preferred Guest membership at no cost!

Global assistance. Called the Premium Global Assist, this is a hotline Amex provides for all Platinum cardholders.  You can call them 24/7 anywhere in the world for emergency medical and legal assistance.

The card is pretty expensive to get and maintain but if you manage your balance well and make use of the benefits, the value you can get out of the Amex Platinum card is truly something else.