Yes - Amex increased the Plat annual fee from $499 to $699 (CAD), but you get an annual $200 credit through the travel website - it drives traffic to the site. the problem is that the search engine is crap, and I can never seem to book a flight in the specific class I am looking for. With travel being lighter the last couple of years, I have been concentrating on Marriott to keep my status, so haven't booked hotels thru Amex either.

That leaves booking short commuter flights or car rentals, to burn off my $200 - it's a pain. it would be so much easier if they just used the same search engine used by Kayak or google flights.