mia

I doubt this is true, and I don't see why it would be important. American Express knew that Chase was the issuer of both they CO and UA affinity credit cards, and they knew that Chase is aggressive is seeking exclusive arrangements.

It will be interesting to see how long American Express maintains the new level of benefits without raising the annual fee.

mbreuer

For anyone who took the offer: how long before you received the package in the mail?

brosnan6

Called back again today as the primary cardholder on a Centurion account and the representative said that they had already sent a membership out back in September. Obviously we haven't received anything on this end otherwise I wouldn't have called, but she said she would make sure that a replacement membership kit goes out first thing next week.

I also inquired about getting this for additional cardholders and she said that while it was for primary cardholders only, she would submit the request to a supervisor to get at least 1 more membership added out of the 3 supplementary cards we have.

Frankly I think it's absolutely stupid that we pay a substantial annual fee for additional cards that also experienced the same loss of CO lounge access as the primary card did, yet Amex feels it reasonable to only offer one membership per account as a replacement for CO access.

hvnflyer

Chase and Continental have been getting very greedy and they are taking away many of the benefits of the Pres Plat card. 1000 Flex miles were obtained after $5000 dollars spent and now they can not be used above their platnium theshold on the airline. As a person who charges over $500,000 a year formally on my Chase card, I have found that the new gold card from AMEX is far superior as these flex miles are now no good to me...AMEX has triple miles on airline purchases and other double mile benefits and I am sorry to have to cancel my Chase card but they need to look at their most frequent spenders

Often1

*A is a reimbursement system. When a US card is used at another *A club, US reimburses that carrier $X. I suspect here that part of the deal is that Amex eats part of that $X. To make it worthwhile, I presume that Amex is looking at the $ spend on the card because that + fee is how Amex makes its money.

mbreuer

I believe that COUA and US have a different agreement - full reciprocity.

sapman986

I haven't got it yet (about a month later). Will need to follow up with them next week.

aanswer

I got this offer back in May (May 25th to be exact) and have been happily using this benefit. Since I only have another 6 months left on this, I'd be curious to see what happens.

My annual fee is due this month, so I might have some leverage on that.

Quick update: Called AMEX and they offered me 50K MR points to stay. I accepted. Combining that with the $200 fee, extended warranty (used it for a $230 lens) and some other charges, I'm still sticking with the card.

FinalF137

I got the club membership packet from US Airways, I was surprised to see AMEX drop literature in it, that has me thinking that this AMEX/US Airways relationship is a little more involved, hopefully they are testing it out to continue it as an ongoing benefit if CO/UA/*A don’t raise heck.

It took about 3 full weeks from the phone call to get the card in the mail

flydrha

Anyone know if the deal is still live? I called Amex and they seemed clueless...

mbreuer

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If you didn't, I'd try calling during normal business hours. I was transferred to someone in marketing (I think). I doubt they're in outside of 9-5 m-f est.

Also - still waiting - called, they said I should have received the package and will follow up within 3 days.

pcharles

Strike out here? Phone rep told me there is no such offer or service. The same rep couldnt get my spend totals correct either versus what is clearly on my account statements, so I dont have a lot of faith in that one.

I would appreciate some advice on what's the best way to try and acquire this. Best to call back, SM, or ?
Thank you.

chewy3

Took about 3 weeks for me to receive the package. Annoyingly the membership starts on day one, not when you receive the card.

PaulInTheSky

It makes much more sense to get AMex PLT. I will upgrade it to PLT next month. Also, it looks like I made the right choice of not renewing the US Club membership a few months ago.

mia

This is not a published benefit of the Platinum Card. I would be surprised if American Express would offer this to "new" Platinum card accounts.