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Old Jan 4, 2022 | 4:23 pm
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McCarran
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Gold (OWS), Hilton Gold
Posts: 85
Originally Posted by konsulentti
New Amex Platinum perk at HEL Wine and View restaurant. Free shrimp sandwich, cold drink, hot drink and a glass of wine. Anyone already
tried this one?
Haven’t tried but got me thinking about some downsides: Wine and View has quite bad (short) opening hours currently. The offer oddly only has a shrimp sandwich, and many are allergic to seafood/fish. They could and should have another option as well. Anyway, nice that they add some perks. Would be nice if the wine offered was champagne, but that’s too much to ask I guess.

I took took the plat card again during the ongoing referral campaign. In the past 2 years the card would have been totally useless IMO, so now they seem to be trying at least.

The current Dining by Amex is quite nice. Dining benefits are very high on my list. Concert tickets are a useless perk from my POW, and PP lounges (and AY lounges) will probably be as packed as ever post-Covid.

I tried the 100€ restaurant cashback recently, and the discount was posted on the card in a matter of days. Good job. Fingers crossed for more perks like this.
Also called their travel service for some FHR and Hotel Collection rates, and the Sweden-based CS agent was very, very service oriented and willing to help.
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