Amex Platinum Charge Application Cheating case

[Noaxis]

I earlier has Amex MRCC, that time I got 1,25,000 points Platinum Charge upgrade offer, applied, but since it was taking a lot of time, I closed that card last year.

March this year I called Amex customer care and told them that I am interested in applying for Platinum Charge Card, but only if I get 1,35,000 points offer. That person took some special approval and confirmed to me that it's approved on exception basis for me, and I would need to call customer support as soon as I get Plat Charge (before activation).

Applied for card, no income documents were required on the website, got card in 3 days, called customer care, they told there's no such offer. Escalated to customer service head India, they retrieved recording, and then again apologized that it can't be done.

Need help 😭

 

[coolguy1]

Do you have any call recording or email record of the employee promising the 1.35L points?

There was someone who got their gold charge card membership renewed at an 80% discount because the same was promised to them by Amex chat support. Similarly, if you can manage to get the evidence, there is a small chance.

 

[drsel]

I earlier has Amex MRCC, that time I got 1,25,000 points Platinum Charge upgrade offer, applied, but since it was taking a lot of time, I closed that card last year.

March this year I called Amex customer care and told them that I am interested in applying for Platinum Charge Card, but only if I get 1,35,000 points offer. That person took some special approval and confirmed to me that it's approved on exception basis for me, and I would need to call customer support as soon as I get Plat Charge (before activation).

Applied for card, no income documents were required on the website, got card in 3 days, called customer care, they told there's no such offer. Escalated to customer service head India, they retrieved recording, and then again apologized that it can't be done.

Need help 😭

You have been saved.
Do not activate the card and get it cancelled and save 70800.

Watch the expert video on Platinum charge card by senior credit card expert Spend wisely on YouTube to understand how you have been saved.

 

[Noaxis]

Do you have any call recording or email record of the employee promising the 1.35L points?

There was someone who got their gold charge card membership renewed at an 80% discount because the same was promised to them by Amex chat support. Similarly, if you can manage to get the evidence, there is a small chance.

Unfortunately I didn't record that call (it was not chat) since it was Amex, and hence I thought I can trust them.

Planning of moving to Ombudsman for the same, seems like there's no other way for it .

 

[Noaxis]

You have been saved.
Do not activate the card and get it cancelled and save 70800.

Watch the expert video on Platinum charge card by senior credit card expert Spend wisely on YouTube to understand why you have been saved

Have major hotel spendings and international trip planned for this year, and that's where this card will be very much helpful. Mariott points would have been very much usual to give me hotel for that trip and suite upgrade as well.

It's about if you know how to extract value from of this card, otherwise it would be useless to burn that much amount of money.

 

[drsel]

Have major hotel spendings and international trip planned for this year, and that's where this card will be very much helpful. Mariott points would have been very much usual to give me hotel for that trip and suite upgrade as well.

It's about if you know how to extract value from of this card, otherwise it would be useless to burn that much amount of money.

Then it's a no brainer to get Axis Atlas card for 10% returns --
10% on direct hotels-- both domestic and international hotels, both offline and online payment.
10% on direct flights--both domestic and international flights, both offline and online payment.
10% on Traveledge flights.

Also Marriott hotels need 25000--55000 points for just one room night !!! It's crazy.

 

[drsel]

Unfortunately I didn't record that call (it was not chat) since it was Amex, and hence I thought I can trust them.

Planning of moving to Ombudsman for the same, seems like there's no other way for it .

Don't waste your time you don't have any case, you don't have any proof.
You have to show on the Amex website where 135000 points are guaranteed

 

[elite34700]

Unfortunately I didn't record that call (it was not chat) since it was Amex, and hence I thought I can trust them.

Planning of moving to Ombudsman for the same, seems like there's no other way for it .

Case won't sustain coz its an employee greed, regulator can't get you something which doesn't exist in the first place.

 

[ccdc]

yes bro...dont activate card...

 

[AlphaCAT]

I am applying for Platinum card on C2C basis as didn’t get approved without Income docs .

Earlier I thought 125MR points + 20k MR (Referral) would totally compensate the joining fees .

But C2C doesn’t work with referral (MGM) , so know only 125k MR points at max .

Now let’s say 125k MB points are worth 62.5k. I will be effectively paying just 8k .

And if i wait for Q4 , 125k MB points will be worth 1,62,500 MB points worth Rs 81,250 .

Plus 10k Taj voucher is an add on on birthday. Plus Amex gives quite a lot of targeted offere for Plat card !

Is it not worth taking this card if I get atleast 125k MR points as joining benefit ?

Amex experts , plz shed some light 💡

 

[hrish88]

I am applying for Platinum card on C2C basis as didn’t get approved without Income docs .

Earlier I thought 125MR points + 20k MR (Referral) would totally compensate the joining fees .

But C2C doesn’t work with referral (MGM) , so know only 125k MR points at max .

Now let’s say 125k MB points are worth 62.5k. I will be effectively paying just 8k .

And if i wait for Q4 , 125k MB points will be worth 1,62,500 MB points worth Rs 81,250 .

Plus 10k Taj voucher is an add on on birthday. Plus Amex gives quite a lot of targeted offere for Plat card !

Is it not worth taking this card if I get atleast 125k MR points as joining benefit ?

Amex experts , plz shed some light 💡

you can take this card if it matches your lifestyle.its mainly useful for people who travel and dine frequently.but you can try it for 1 year as points and taj voucher will cover more than the fee you paid.

if you have any specific questions in mind post that else you can check other threads where this card has been discussed in detail.

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

Then it's a no brainer to get Axis Atlas card for 10% returns --
10% on direct hotels both offline and online.
10% on direct flights both offline and online.
10% on Traveledge flights.

Also Marriott hotels need 25000--55000 points for just one room night !!! It's crazy.

You can check this sheer.
Prepared by a fellow enthusiast.

Many Marriot properties starts from 6000 MB points per day

Marriott Global Point Value Table - 8000 Properties!

 

[money'r_dekha_nai]

I am applying for Platinum card on C2C basis as didn’t get approved without Income docs .

Earlier I thought 125MR points + 20k MR (Referral) would totally compensate the joining fees .

But C2C doesn’t work with referral (MGM) , so know only 125k MR points at max .

Now let’s say 125k MB points are worth 62.5k. I will be effectively paying just 8k .

And if i wait for Q4 , 125k MB points will be worth 1,62,500 MB points worth Rs 81,250 .

Plus 10k Taj voucher is an add on on birthday. Plus Amex gives quite a lot of targeted offere for Plat card !

Is it not worth taking this card if I get atleast 125k MR points as joining benefit ?

Amex experts , plz shed some light 💡

Can you (or maybe other Amex experts) share the strategy behind how to "negotiate" for 125k MR instead of Taj voucher as joining bonus? I want this card but that Taj voucher thing stopping me.
The only clear cut way to get MR points seems to be an upgrade offer(but I have no emails yet, asked in Amex chat to trigger one manually and they said "all cards are different and no such upgrade exists in Amex"🥴).

 

[AlphaCAT]

You can check this sheer.
Prepared by a fellow enthusiast.

Many Marriot properties starts from 6000 MB points per day

Marriott Global Point Value Table - 8000 Properties!

Got a better price for Westin Pune and booked it just now .

10,500 points for 1 night (19-20 August)

 

[anirban.choudhuryanirban.choudhury is verified member.]

Got a better price for Westin Pune and booked it just now .

10,500 points for 1 night (19-20 August)
View attachment 60853

The sheet only shows average price, MB is dynamic in nature.

 

[AlphaCAT]

I am applying for Platinum card on C2C basis as didn’t get approved without Income docs .

Earlier I thought 125MR points + 20k MR (Referral) would totally compensate the joining fees .

But C2C doesn’t work with referral (MGM) , so know only 125k MR points at max .

Now let’s say 125k MB points are worth 62.5k. I will be effectively paying just 8k .

And if i wait for Q4 , 125k MB points will be worth 1,62,500 MB points worth Rs 81,250 .

Plus 10k Taj voucher is an add on on birthday. Plus Amex gives quite a lot of targeted offere for Plat card !

Is it not worth taking this card if I get atleast 125k MR points as joining benefit ?

Amex experts , plz shed some light 💡

Amex Platinum services straightaway denied 135k MR points . They are ready to provide 100k MR points though !!

 

[ALOAK]

Amex Platinum services straightaway denied 135k MR points . They are ready to provide 100k MR points though !!

Take that even that is good I have seen people getting rejected for 1lkh MR. If you really want plat chg

 

[elite34700]

Amex Platinum services straightaway denied 135k MR points . They are ready to provide 100k MR points though !!

It’s a good offer if you ask me . If you are a frequent traveller , you should take it and burn for Marriott stays or business class tickets.

 

[neel]

What do I do with my 30000 points. I'm gonna close play travel and MRCC

These seem useless

 

[AlphaCAT]

Take that even that is good I have seen people getting rejected for 1lkh MR. If you really want plat chg

I was taking Plat Charge solely for the 135k MR points . Even 125k would have been good. But earlier I missed out on 8k Apay voucher and 20k MR points Referral offer . And now missed on 35k more MR points . Now value proposition has dipped by 8k Apay and 55k MR points so contemplating wether to go ahead or not !!

I don't have any international trips planned. Was after MR points just for the killer proposition which I would have got . Well 100k MR points isn"t also that bad , provided I transfer them at around 30% bonus in Q4 !!