Originally Posted by
Wunk
Honestly, what is left in the AFKL platinum amex card that makes it worth 600 euros compared to a regular AMEX plat?
AFKL AMEX PLAT:
60 XP a year (1 international business class roundtrip basically)
Platinum for 2 if you are plat member
annnddd... I'm drawing blanks from here honestly.
The regular amex plat is 100 euro's more expensive, but you still get 1.5 amex points per Euro spent, which you can credit 1:1 towards AFKL miles OR any other program (clear flexibility benefit there), so the award miles earning isn't an incentive here now that level miles are gone.
Added to that, regular AMEX PLAT also gets you priority pass lounge access, which isn't even in the airline-based card.
Time to do a switch I guess
The level miles are gone indeed, but replaced by XPs, which serve the same purpose. However, the difference between gold and platinum is minimal,