Originally Posted by
Global Adventurer
I don't recall ever plopping down my platinum card. I insert it in the card reader. Only a few times I've handed it over to front desk receptionists at hotels to use for Amex Offers, because they didn't have a portable card reader. But that's about it.
And reality, most places you would “plunk it down” (except at the airport at the airline’s counter, or when necessary for offers or credits) are only going to be 1X spend. So apart from working off the spend needed for the SUB, it makes no sense to “plunk this down” at a restaurant or a grocery store (1X) or some other merchant (very likely 1X), unless there is a credit or an offer behind it.