Originally Posted by
JALPak
It's a relatively cheap way to get 50K FOPs. It could make a difference between Sapphire and JGCP, especially for those of us who don't have the time to take 50 HND-ITM flights.
I think the time savings is perhaps the most notable part here, but still–status is really only as good as your ability to use it with reasonable frequency.
Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
The cards come with a Japan issued Priority Pass, so also access to the PP restaurants which most US credit card PP does not. And the typical domestic Japan airport lounges are included as well, though being Sapphire kills the need for that. True, you don't get the Centurion Lounge, which could be nice but the Amex plat in Japan comes at what these days, 180,000 yen annual fee? So not a bargain.
Yeah, the Amex Plat isn't
a bargain, but you could get that and 1-4 additional credit cards for the same Annual Fee as the Luxury Card. I don't really see where any
outsized value comes from other than the time savings of accumulating 50,000 FOPs instantly (and that's if you're invited by JAL to begin with).
Originally Posted by
joejones
I love how they tout the ability to earn miles for tax payments, and then the fine print says that tax payments only accrue miles at 0.1%.
Tax payments are basically how I run up my MQD count at Delta each year. The JP Amex cards give $1 MQDs per 1000 yen, so that cuts down on that requirement significantly.
