london2tim

Hi all
I have a question to ask - maybe someone here was in the same situation or knows the answer:
I am holding the Platinum Charge UK card - atm it has a fee of Ł450 ($575) and comes with less benefits that the cheaper US version
Long story short - i wanna downgrade to the green one (still wanna have the charge card but not interested in paying so much for very limited benefits, terrible concierge service and no real useful promotions)
The only real drawback is losing the Priority pass - which is something i use - but doesnt not make wanna me pay Ł450/year
My questions is:
i have recently received a new Priority Pass (valid thru April 2020 - as my current one expired this month)
Of course they didnt knew i was planning to cancel my Amex - so my question is - will i still be able to use that card after i cancel my platinum? From what i recall - they dont ask you for the Platinum card when you use the PP lounges and the card is valid thru 2020

Unless of course Amex will notify them and they will cancel my card??

mia

They will. The expiration date printed on the Priority Pass card is a "not later than" date.

echino

From my experience: your card will still work, but you will be charged US$27 per person per visit by Amex.

Steve M

I recently cancelled my Amex HHonors Surpass card, and it had a Priority Pass membership benefit. A few weeks later, I got a letter from PP that explained that the complimentary PP membership terminated along with my Surpass card, but they extended the base level of PP membership to me for free until the expiry date on the PP card. I would be charged $27 for each visit. Now that I think of it, it's not clear to me how they would collect on that charge, since the only credit card they presumably knew about was the Surpass. I don't think Amex would give them one of my other accts. Perhaps I had to activate this offer by supplying PP an alternate credit card. I don't remember that part of it, since I have another PP membership.

mhdena

Pay at the desk upon entry.

mia

To my knowledge Priority Pass never collects payment at the lounge.

PilgrimsProgress

Cancelled personal Amex Plat couple of days ago. Got two separate e-mails today:

1) "we've cancelled your enrollment in Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold status. Your program enrollment number is no longer active. You will be receiving confirmation from Starwood shortly."

2) "we've confirmed the cancellation of your enrollment in Hilton HonorsTM Gold Status. Your program enrollment number is no longer active. You will be receiving confirmation from Hilton shortly."

Hope gold status will continue till expiry date mentioned on physical card. It will be sad if the status abruptly terminates. Any recent DPs? Thanks!

mdosu

interesting. I used SPG Gold to status match to Marriott Gold. Do you think Marriott Gold will also cancel too? I noticed you're Marriott Gold, but not sure how you obtained it.

Separately, I also status matched rental cars as well. I highly doubt they the 3rd parties will cancel your status, but they may ask you annually to confirm your existing status linked to the AMEX benefits. All my rental car statuses are based of National Exec, which based on past posts indicate doesn't get cancelled.

I just want to maintain my Hertz 5-star and Marriott Gold. :-)

mdosu

not sure, does Delta swipe your AMEX card normally? If they don't, they probably just go off the expiration date on the card.

cplush

They swipe it, so you lose skyclub once its dead.

mhdena

As I was leaving the Alaska Boardroom at LAX a few weeks ago, someone was paying $45 to enter.

mia

They were buying a day pass, rather than using a Priority Pass membership. The question I was discussing is whether a lounge will collect the $27 fee which applies with some Priority Pass memberships for admission or guests. The lounge will never collect a fee on behalf of Priority Pass.

GUWonder

Have you yet heard back from Starwood and Hilton about this?

PilgrimsProgress

Nothing yet, I am still gold in both programs when I checked the web site, but it's been less than a week. Watch and wait ...

flymax77

can anyone else confirm the swipe for delta upon entry?

I have a delta flight coming up but will likely wait to cancel after the flight if the delta sky lounge status terminates immediately...