Hi all -

I am considering switching to the Amex Platinum from my current citi prestige card .. I need to keep the prestige through December as I have a 4th night free booking to finalize but then I think I will let that card go.

With the Amex Platinum - what is the best signup offer currently available and what is the best way to go about getting that? Do they ever waive the annual fee in the first year?

I also need to get a secondary card for my wife. It looks like I can get a 'free' gold card if I sign up for the platinum .. is that solely if the gold card is used as the secondary card? Or can I get a platinum secondary card for her as well as (two, one for each of us) free gold cards? Reason being that I do a lot of spend on restaurants and the gold has a better restaurant earning rate than the Platinum.

Anything else I should be thinking about?

Thank you for the help!