The American Express Platinum Card has the potential to completely change your travel experience if you often associate airports with long lines and plastic seats. This card discreetly improves practically every step of the trip, from the time you book your flight until the day you return home with duty-free bags. Here’s why frequent travelers (and even jet setters on occasion) vouch for the Platinum experience, and how you can too.
In more than 130 countries, live like a VIP!
Don’t bother looking at the gate for an extra electrical socket. Enter more than 1,400 lounges across the globe by flashing your Platinum Card, including The Centrurion® Lounge, Delta Sky Club®, Escape Lounges, Priority PassTM locations, and a few local lounges in India. Free Wi-Fi, gourmet snacks, handcrafted beverages, and baths that make a red eye feel sophisticated are all available.
The Benefit of Airline
Amex frequently offers Platinum Cardholders exclusive discounts, upgrades, or bonus mile promotions since it has partnerships with some of the best airlines in the world, including Air India, Etihad, Qatar Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, United, and more. In other words, you spend more time selecting windows or aisles and less time comparing prices.
Five-Star Accommodations, Per Your Request
• FHR, or Fine Hotels & Resorts®
By booking through FHR, you may access benefits worth up to ₹44,300 per stay, including room upgrades, a US$100 property credit that can be used for a celebration supper or spa treatment, a guaranteed 4 p.m. late checkout, and noon check-in (if available).
• The Hotel Collection
You can extend the vacation vibe by booking two nights or more and receiving a US $100 experience credit plus upgrade eligibility.
• Program for Domestic Lodging
Save 50% on suites at Oberoi, get 25% off at Taj, SeleQtions, and Vivanta, or get an additional free night at The LaLiT when you stay two or more nights. Turning a business trip into a short vacation? Sure, please.
Elite Status Instantly (No Nights Needed)
Avoid the typical loyalty grind by using Platinum to get directly to: Hilton Honors Gold; Marriott BonvoyTM Gold Elite; Radisson Rewards Premium; and Hertz Gold Plus Rewards.
• The Postcard Sunshine Club Platinum, Accor Plus Traveler, I Prefer Titanium, and Taj Epicure
Anticipate complimentary breakfasts, priority car rental lines, late checkouts, and accommodation upgrades upon arrival—all without having to accrue dozens of stays beforehand.
Protection That Accompanying You
Why Up to ₹5 crore is covered for air accidents when you purchase your ticket using the card.
• For the first seven days of every travel, US $50,000 is covered by international medical insurance.
• Purchase Protection: 90 days of protection against the majority of material goods being lost or damaged.
You have true peace of mind built into every swipe when you add round-the-clock worldwide support for last-minute reservations, forgotten anniversaries (flowers, sorted), or misplaced passports.
Points for Rewards That Never Expire
• 3× points for all foreign exchange purchases; up to 20× points for more than 20 premium brands through Rewards Xcelerator; 1 point for every ₹40 spent on other purchases; additional 5× when using the Reward Multiplier portal to shop.
Use them for exquisite meals, travel, lodging, or more than 500 other redemptions. Or just use points to pay your statement. Because they’re evergreen, you can stockpile or buy them as you like.
Sweetener for Renewal
Once your annual spending reaches ₹20 lakh, you will be eligible to get coupons worth up to ₹35,000 upon renewal. Even when you’re not traveling, it’s the card that never stops giving.
Do You Qualify?
If you: • Have a decent credit history and are at least 18 years old; • Make at least ₹25 lakh (if you work for a living) or ₹15 lakh (if you work for yourself) each year, you should be fine to go.
• Residing in one of the more than thirty qualifying Indian cities (think Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, and many more)
Are You All Set to Take Off?
The American Express Platinum Card makes every leg of the trip a bit (or a lot) more opulent, whether it’s a two-week round-trip around Europe or a quick fly to Goa. Think of it as your ticket to a world where travel is less like a chore and more like a way of life, complete with lounges, five-star suites, elite status, rock-solid insurance, and points that accrue naturally.
Get ready—Platinum style is in store.
