Amex Platinum & DL Reserve Card
Jan 7, 2015, 11:39 am
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Amex Platinum & DL Reserve Card
Does anyone have both the platinum charge card and the DL reserve card from Amex? Is there even a point to have both? What bonuses do you get out of the reserve card you dont out of the platinum?
Jan 7, 2015, 11:49 am
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Plat charge card: PP lounges, AmEx Centurion lounges without paying a fee, PTS, FHR, Fine Dining, possibly better rental car insurance, National and Hertz memberships, IIRC SPG Gold, international business class airline program, MR points, concierge service.
Reserve card: RDMs, 15,000 or 30,000 MQMs, possibly slightly higher DL upgrade priority, MQD waiver
Until recently the Reserve card had foreign transaction fees
Reserve card: RDMs, 15,000 or 30,000 MQMs, possibly slightly higher DL upgrade priority, MQD waiver
Until recently the Reserve card had foreign transaction fees
Jan 7, 2015, 11:55 am
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I have both - Reserve gets you 30k MQMs with $60k spend + Skyclub entrance. AMEX Plat. also gets you Skyclub entrance, + $200 per year airline fee credits, + will pay the $100 Global Entry fee, + Priority Club membership (very nice international lounges overseas) + Centurion Club entrance (and a guest) - they are VERY nice, + National Executive & Hertz Gold, + other stuff. I keep the Reserve card strictly for the MQMs.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:01 pm
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I currently have the platinum charge card and platinum DL card, but I was wondering if it was worth it to have platinum charge and reserve DL. Though as I can see the only big jump up is the bonus MQM?
Jan 7, 2015, 12:05 pm
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You also get matching RDMs when you reach the MQM thresholds. Reserve MQMs can be gifted to others.
Jan 7, 2015, 12:22 pm
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For me, I said no - it's not worth it. If the extra MQM get you over a threshold for status, then it might be worth it. Depends on how much you value that status.