Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Different cards even from the same card issuer can have different features. The Amex Plat card has no foreign transaction fees. The SPG Amex also has no forex fee. The Amex Honors cards both have a foreign transaction fee of 2.7%.
As a consequence, my Amex Honors card never leaves the country with me.
Quite surprising to see one Hotel card (Starwood) not have FTF and the Hilton one to have it. That makes this card significantly less valuable imo. Hopefully Amex removes it next year.