Originally Posted by
RedSun
Here at FT, almost no one uses AmEx Platinum card to swipe in grocery stores, or department stores. We use Platinum exclusively for air tickets. "Swipe fee" is a generic terms for "credit card spending". AmEx earns "swipe fee" on all purchases, air tickets included.
I might be missing your point, but I'm fairly certain most Platinum card holders are NOT on FT. I know several people personally that use their AMEX Plat as a primary card, they generate swipes lots of places. Amex will have that data, we don't