Hi Everyone,

I currently have the Amex Platinum US edition and have recently moved to Germany. I noticed there is a German version of the card and I am considering switching. See below my reasoning (The euro values were converted to USD for comparison.)



The major problem with keeping the US version in Germany is that I cannot use the airline credit or the travel credits.

With all of the gift card options gone to the wind, and my flight paths only being LH, SAS or AC (none of the amex options), I cannot utilize the airline credit. The Uber credits are only valid for rides within the US so those are also gone. The Saks credit is the only one that can realistically be used in their online shop.

The German card gives 200 euro travel credit I can use on the amex portal, and 200 euro for Sixt rides, these I can use.

By this reasoning, the German card seems more attractive for me. My concern is that it seems to only earn 1x on everything, no 5x for travel. And it also seems to have a 2% foreign transaction fee.

What do you guys think, am I missing something here?

Thanks!