Wow, is this for real? If so, that's just crazy. Not that PC Plat will get you much, but if this is true then it will just devalue it even more.
At least it takes me three or four IC stays to requalify platinum, but now I can just get some credit card. If platinum becomes even easier to get though, maybe they are thinking about creating a diamond level at 150k points or something actually challenging to get.
I'll keep my eyes out for this in my mailbox.