I do find myself questioning the usefulness of this credit, when people are being told for example, SkyClub admittance is covered, but Skyclub beverages will not be. Especially since Amex is constantly trying to persuade you to not only have a Platinum Card for yourself, but to pay a secondary user fee for your S.O., children, etc.

I guess change fees and baggage fees are the only things this fee is really guaranteed to always work for. is that correct?