Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
I've had the card since it came out and you used to be able to get Platinum status with $5K in spend and they had a VIP card with $10K a year in spend that got you a lot of the diamonds benefits like express cashier service and use of the priority taxi and buffet lines but it's my understanding they eliminated both those benefits a few years ago and the platinum is just for new card holders for the first year.
Technically they don't give you Platinum but they give you 5,000 tier credits for spending $5k, which is the same number of credits required for Platinum