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Old Sep 20, 2025 | 11:27 am
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FWIW, I think that whether this refresh is good/bad/neutral all depends on how you value the benefits. Here's my personal valuation of the new stuff:
  • 400 Resy credits, $100/quarter - must register Worth $350 to me. Very likely we'll use full value 4x as we already go to Resy restaurants. Small loss in value in having to use Plat (1x) as opposed to Chase Sapphire Reserve (3x)
  • $25/month for digital entertainment credit, up from $20/month Worth $300 to me. Already have multiple purchases that are eligible for credit.
  • $600 hotel credit thru FHR, $300/half year - up from $200 for entire year The AMEX Plat Biz card has added $600 hotel credit, having none before. Hard to say, but I'll go with $300 per year. Often I can get better deals than FHR.
  • $120 UberOne credit - costs $10/month so covers that charge - benefits include $0 Delivery Fees, savings of up to 10% off on eligible orders, Uber One credits on rides Worth $120 as I already get that.
  • Leaders Club sterlling status - must register I registered but I doubt this will be of any value to me.
  • $300 lululemon credit, $75/quarter, enrollment required Wife and daughters sometimes buy there. I'll say $125.
  • $200 Oura ring credit Nope, and it's not worth my time to buy anything and try to resell it.
So, the above is worth about $1,195 to me. In addition, there's the airline incidentals that is worth pretty close to $200 on Southwest (I do the buy cheap, cancel, hold funds routine), $200 Uber, Saks, Clear, Trusted Traveler, 5x points on airline purchases.

And after all that, a whole lotta lounge access. So for me at least, this is a good thing.

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