Plat Card just paid for itself
I must admit that part of the reason I paid the $300 to get a plat card is b/c I thought it was cool. Ever since then, I've been questioning its value - I don't fly NW as much as I used to, I wasn't getting use of the WorldClub benefit that much, etc... However, two weeks ago - the card paid for itself and then some.
We flew into MCO to go to Port Canaveral for a cruise. We got into the airport around 10:30 and had reserved a car with Avis - not on the Plat Amex, mind you. When we got there - HUGE line at the Avis counter - and every other counter - as it was the weekend of the Daytona 500 - and Avis had NO CARS. None. Sorry, we can't help you. The same for Hertz and National.
I called the Plat help line - and within about 20 minutes, they had a car for me with Thrifty. Went to Thrifty - they said - we have no cars, we can't even get on to our own system, what is your reservation #? The reservation # given to us by Amex overrode the lockout - and we had a car reservation. Even they were amazed.
That was worth the 300 bucks - easy.