Platinum Charge Card Renewal offer

[howardroark]

So my Platinum Charge card which I took last September is due for renewal at the end of this Month. I called them about offers and renewal fee and they told me that since have good spendings on my card they can offer me 60000 membership points for renewal, also since the renewal is due at the end of sep 24 I will pay the old fee that is 60K plus taxes...I have decided to go ahead and renew it... i am not looking too deeply into the cons of it as it has an aspirational value for me, i have dreamt of having a platinum amex card since decades ago when I was living in a mofussil town in india, i also have an Infinia , Magnus and a few smaller cards. I recently used the centurion lounge at delhi domestic t3 and it was a nice experience..that in itself is not worth the 60K and but all in all i am satisfied with the card and with these 60k mr points, and 60k inr renewal fee, it ain't such a bad deal....

PS: the Customer Representative said that they will credit the 60K MR points immediately just upon my assurance that I will renew the card at the end of the month and Voila...when I logged in later today into my account the 60k points has been credited to my account... 🙂

 

[hellobois]

I'm not sure whether you are asking for the opinion of others or just telling what you think.
Whether you are happy or in repentance or planning to do something big with the card or just showing off .....
Too much to handle bro 😕 😔

 

[howardroark]

I am not asking the opinion of others, I am just narrating the sequence of events, I have no repentance at all, as someone said before, if you are not sure if this card is for you it probably isn't, I am sure it is for me...

 

[Swastik]

I keep telling everyone that this card provides a lot value beyond miles and points game,

If you find value in this card, more power to you

And 60k MR points is a very decent retention offer

 

[theglobalinvestor]

Total spend on the card for the first year?

 

[howardroark]

Total spend on the card for the first year?

I am not sure exactly but I think it was in the region of 28l

 

[theglobalinvestor]

Nice, I was offered only 30k taj on 35L+ on my card last year. Planning to cancel this year.

 

[hellobois]

Nice, I was offered only 30k taj on 35L+ on my card last year. Planning to cancel this year.

where do you spend so much money? purchase of luxury items of just one time purchase of car etc?

 

[theglobalinvestor]

where do you spend so much money? purchase of luxury items of just one time purchase of car etc?

1.5 month trip around us/can with round trip business class flights from India for 7 of us including a 7 night Alaska cruise. Total spend was much more. This was just what I put on amex.

 

[coolguy1]

They used to offer even higher points before but 60K MR points is a good deal!

Enjoy the additional lifestyle perks coming next month. 🙂

 

[beast_boy]

I keep telling everyone that this card provides a lot value beyond miles and points game,

If you find value in this card, more power to you

And 60k MR points is a very decent retention offer

Hey Bro, can you please list down all the benefits that can be minted from this card.... please

 

[beast_boy]

1.5 month trip around us/can with round trip business class flights from India for 7 of us including a 7 night Alaska cruise. Total spend was much more. This was just what I put on amex.

Company expenses or personal bro ?

 

[PainX]

I am not sure exactly but I think it was in the region of 28l

How many points or any other benefits were you able to accumulate for 28L spend?

 

[howardroark]

How many points or any other benefits were you able to accumulate for 28L spend?

I was able to get around 190000 MR points for the 28l spend...

 

[PainX]

I was able to get around 190000 MR points for the 28l spend...

How much do they worth?

 

[howardroark]

How much do they worth?

other experts will be able to answer that better but I would say at least 85000 INR if I were to take taj vouchers for them....

 

[Swastik]

Hey Bro, can you please list down all the benefits that can be minted from this card.... please

I mean what can i say...i don't hold this card myself, too rich for my blood
It's more of an aspirational thing for me you know...

But let me give you my perspective of this card,
The only person i know who has this card for over 3 yrs now is one my dad's close friend, he flies a lot and stays in hotels frequently for work

Few reasons why he loves this card is :-
- no preset limit, so need to worry about spends or anything
- Centurion lounges much better then vanilla airport lounges
- he uses concierge as his personal assistant, to book flights and hotels, restaurant reservations and even gift deliveries
- he told us whenever he books personal trips with concierge he almost always gets upgrades and vip treatment in general, he had booked a base cat room without breakfast at Oberoi Calcutta with his wife for a few days to attend a wedding, he was upgraded to junior suit with executive lounge access and free breakfast, at Lalit and leela properties in goa and kerala he was upgraded to to superior cat room at higher floor with breakfast from base room without breakfast, just because he booked through concierge someone from Amex must have called up front office of these hotels to get him best possible treatment, and these are just few examples of the top of my head
- he buys health insurance through amex(from ICICI Lombard) and he told us how he got cashless treatment and prompt support when he had to get admitted in one of the big corporate hospitals in delhi

My point is you cannot really put a price tag on these things, no other card will get you these benefits,
Amex doesn't even have any official tie up with Oberoi, Lalit or Leela, yet he got preferential treatment anyhow
Oh Btw he also has an Infinia, yet he vouches for this card

 

[Swastik]

Hey Bro, can you please list down all the benefits that can be minted from this card.... please

I had recently gotten into an argument(i would rather consider it a friendly discussion) about this card on another thread, check it out below

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Thread 'Why I chose not to avail the 135k MR points offer to upgrade to AMEX platinum charge'

Sep 21, 2024

Overall lets admit in terms of rewards earning the platinum charge card is totally useless and reap in rewards even lower than an entry level card. So what do we get on this upgrade? - indirectly we are just buying 135k MR points.

So what am i doing instead?

My platinum travel is due for renewal, ill look in for a retention bonus. Heard they compensate with 10k points . I have also referred the same to my wife which has collectively given 30k bonus. (12k - wife, 8k me for ref and 10k retention) .. all that for a fees of ~10k incl gst( 4k for joining fees, 6k for renewal fees)...

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Full list of benefits and the potential can be explained by people much above my pay grade who own this card...

 

[howardroark]

Some pics of the Centurion lounge at Delhi t3 domestic departures...the food and service at the table was top notch and prompt, the masala tea ( nip) was amongst the best I have had at an airport... I believe they have different menus for different times of the day...

 

[Swastik]

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Some pics of the Centurion lounge at Delhi t3 domestic departures...the food and service at the table was top notch and prompt, the masala tea ( nip) was amongst the best I have had at an airport... I believe they have different menus for different times of the day...

The seating layout seems different from when i visited in feb,
I loved the airside seats view of the airport