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Jan 11, 2013 | 3:59 am

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SouthOxon

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Originally Posted by flyoff

I was on the phone to Amex yesterday as I wanted to question the value of my Plat card and spending a combined £600 a year on my BA PP and Plat.

I am astonished; I have always has the BAPP card free on the back of my Centurion (until the extortionate price rise) / Platinum (since then) card.

I would caution against relying on the Plat travel insurance since the February 2012 changes; the medical exclusion clauses are breathtaking.

As was mentioned in another thread the Hilton Gold Hhonors benefit seems to have been quietly dropped; it is no longer a selectable option in the Plat web site and the Plat benefits are now described merely as

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Elite tier membership with Starwood, Accor, Carlson, Hertz and Avis.

- so no Hilton.

So they massively raise the annual fee and slash the benefits (especially the devalued travel insurance) - how does that work?

Last edited by SouthOxon; Jan 11, 2013 at 4:43 am Reason: typo.

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