It's no different from employers paying new hires better than long term employees, or airlines running "status match" promos like Alaska who is giving higher status to low-level Delta fliers than to the long term Alaska loyalists. Amex RATs have decided that anyone with a plat is already "locked into the MR ecosphere" and isn't worth investing in. Since the Plat card is mostly a sock-drawer product anyway, I think it's shortsighted of them since they're missing out on the processing fees. Plus, like [MENTION=122713]notquiteaff[/MENTION], I don't see myself ever signing up for a new product that doesn't offer a SUB, especially if there's an annual fee attached.