Originally Posted by anonplz
I've enjoyed having the platinum card, and gotten my money's worth out of it, but I'm not sure I'll renew at my anniversary date. It's expensive, and Gold is almost as useful. I'll really have to think about it.
Depends on what you intend to do. I have found that the Airline Clubs, the Starwood upgrades, and the rental car cards are the only really usefull benefits. I have used the International Air benefit once but they charge you full business fare for the paying passenger. That is usually more than two discount business tickets to the same place. You also have to make your own way to the gateway cities. I was just quoted over $9000 for a ticket from IAH to London on Continental. I can buy a business ticket from phoenix non-stop for about $3600 on BA. Some of the benefits are good, some not so good.