Which American Express Platinum?
Oct 9, 2017, 6:06 am
#31
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
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Looks to me like someone mixed up the request and input schlegfrs daughter as his spouse (for the 2nd FB Plat benefit) but she wasn't stripped of her status after the mistake was realized.
Oct 9, 2017, 11:18 am
#32
Moderator: Flying Blue (Air France & KLM)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Rotterdam, NL
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I don't think they can, as after you are disconnected from platinum for 2 you drop down 1 level per year (regular soft landing rules apply), assuming you make at least 1 qualifying flight.
Oct 17, 2017, 12:58 pm
#35
Join Date: May 2012
Location: AMS
Programs: BA KL LH Hilton Marriott
Posts: 1,233
Haha, I was about to say "that applies to my situation too" but then I saw it was my own comment.
Unless you want to become my new partner - and do some serious negotiating with my present one - then we have a solution for using them. A couple more years to PFL and then I will be cashing in.
Unless you want to become my new partner - and do some serious negotiating with my present one - then we have a solution for using them. A couple more years to PFL and then I will be cashing in.
Oct 18, 2017, 1:00 am
#36
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: France
Programs: FB Plat for Life, UAMP, BAEC, Accor ALL Platinum, Marriott silver, Hilton, Meliá silver.
Posts: 3,120
Oct 18, 2017, 1:07 am
#38
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: France
Programs: FB Plat for Life, UAMP, BAEC, Accor ALL Platinum, Marriott silver, Hilton, Meliá silver.
Posts: 3,120
Oct 18, 2017, 1:18 am
#39
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,412
Oct 18, 2017, 2:22 am
#40
Join Date: May 2012
Location: AMS
Programs: BA KL LH Hilton Marriott
Posts: 1,233
OK, one-and-a half million at the moment, but that is of course Award Miles and not Level. I do not do any business flying any more so it's all out of my pocket and I calculate wisely. I have qualified for Plat for 2018 and 19 already but will still need a couple of more years after that.
Of course I am aware of the devaluation issue (and now making the most of redeeming for my partner, who has 2-for-1 Platinum status) but just incase I have a year of flying less I don't want to take the risk of using miles to buy award tickets until I have reached the finish line.
Of course I am aware of the devaluation issue (and now making the most of redeeming for my partner, who has 2-for-1 Platinum status) but just incase I have a year of flying less I don't want to take the risk of using miles to buy award tickets until I have reached the finish line.
Nov 14, 2017, 1:28 pm
#41
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS(, HAM, TXL)
Programs: Flying Blue: Platinum, IHG: Spire, SIXT: Platinum
Posts: 18
i received the offer below from AMEX offering 50000 miles for moving from AF-KL gold AMEX to Platinum one! the offer says it is only for people who never had platinum card before! ( surprisingly i received it while i had the platinum a year ago)
i don't know if it works for everyone or just the ones who received the offer.
i don't know if it works for everyone or just the ones who received the offer.
Nov 14, 2017, 1:36 pm
#42
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,412
Feb 6, 2018, 12:37 pm
#43
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: TLS
Posts: 146
Wrong! I really mean the Gold FB status card.
Here is what happened : my daughter turned 18 in August 2016 and I ordered an AMEX FB Gold card for her. Some time later, she received a Platinum AMEX FB card AND a Platinumn FB status card (
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I immediately called AMEX and they told me they made a mistake, believing I ordered a Platinum AMEX instead of a Gold. They fixed the situation and my daughter got the Gold AMEX a few days later (and I was not charged for the extra Platinum). However, she kept her Platinum FB status card and in March 2017, she received a Gold FB status card. Hence my comment in my post.
Being an LTPE enabled my wife to get a Platinum FB status card when I ordered an AMEX FB Plat for her. Year after year, she received a new Platinum FB status card. So when my daughter got the Gold FB status card in March, I was not surprised as I thought that what was working with Platinum AMEX was also working for Gold AMEX.
Now, after reading your various comments, I realized my assumption was wrong. After some thoughts in this topic, I belive that my daughter's situation is very likely an exception due to the original AMEX Platinum glitch. And the Gold FB status card she received is due to the "soft landing" because she got the Platinum FB status card by mistake and has been recorded in FB info systems as such. If I am right, she will get a Silver FB status card next year.
My apologies if I raised some false hopes here.
Fred
Here is what happened : my daughter turned 18 in August 2016 and I ordered an AMEX FB Gold card for her. Some time later, she received a Platinum AMEX FB card AND a Platinumn FB status card (
)I immediately called AMEX and they told me they made a mistake, believing I ordered a Platinum AMEX instead of a Gold. They fixed the situation and my daughter got the Gold AMEX a few days later (and I was not charged for the extra Platinum). However, she kept her Platinum FB status card and in March 2017, she received a Gold FB status card. Hence my comment in my post.
Being an LTPE enabled my wife to get a Platinum FB status card when I ordered an AMEX FB Plat for her. Year after year, she received a new Platinum FB status card. So when my daughter got the Gold FB status card in March, I was not surprised as I thought that what was working with Platinum AMEX was also working for Gold AMEX.
Now, after reading your various comments, I realized my assumption was wrong. After some thoughts in this topic, I belive that my daughter's situation is very likely an exception due to the original AMEX Platinum glitch. And the Gold FB status card she received is due to the "soft landing" because she got the Platinum FB status card by mistake and has been recorded in FB info systems as such. If I am right, she will get a Silver FB status card next year.
My apologies if I raised some false hopes here.
Fred
Fred
Feb 7, 2018, 4:05 am
#44
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: UK/FR
Programs: FlyingBlue Platinum, Hertz PC
Posts: 886
That's interesting. It would mean that if we decided the change the beneficiary of the extra Amex Plat and the extra Plat status, the previous beneficiary would soft-land back to ivory within the next 3 years.
Feb 7, 2018, 4:41 am
#45
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or even sooner, if no level-mileage activity is recorded during any membership year.