USA Business Platinum Offer 100k/$5k+$10k - PUBLIC
Oct 7, 2016, 12:36 am
#16
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Scottsdale AZ
Posts: 727
for the minimum spend- it says no cash equivalents. Does anyone know if payusatax.com or equivalents are considered cash equivalents by AMEX? (Sorry if slightly off topic, I tried to google it and couldn't find an answer). Self employed and can meet $15K with my estimated taxes.
Oct 7, 2016, 12:09 pm
#19
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Mrs. lkar applied yesterday and received a pending review message along with a telephone number to call. She actually has a business so she gathered everything to be prepared to answer questions about the business and called this morning. It turns out it was just identity confirmation, though it was much more involved that prior identity confirmations. Lots of questions (though not about the business or income, etc.) and they called us back on the number associated with the account. Took a while actually, but approved in the end.
Just a small point here. Some of the online tax credit card processors divide the payments up between the tax payment and the service fee. Doesn't matter if you're making a $15k payment for the annual fee, but anyone who is looking to get the first $5k or breaking their payments up, pay attention, because I think you'll only get the 1.5x if the charge is $5k, so if you paid $4950 in taxes thinking the fee would get you over $5k, you may end up short on the 1.5x. And also worth noting that if you make a $15k tax payment, you'll get 1.5x on the $15,000, but probably only get 1x on the $300 fee. (Not a big deal, but an FYI.)
Just a small point here. Some of the online tax credit card processors divide the payments up between the tax payment and the service fee. Doesn't matter if you're making a $15k payment for the annual fee, but anyone who is looking to get the first $5k or breaking their payments up, pay attention, because I think you'll only get the 1.5x if the charge is $5k, so if you paid $4950 in taxes thinking the fee would get you over $5k, you may end up short on the 1.5x. And also worth noting that if you make a $15k tax payment, you'll get 1.5x on the $15,000, but probably only get 1x on the $300 fee. (Not a big deal, but an FYI.)
Oct 7, 2016, 2:11 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: AA PLAT, UA Silver, SPG PLAT, Marriott PLAT, Hyatt PLAT, HH Diamond
Posts: 57
Is there a fee for adding authorized users? My wife applied and I would like to be AU on the account. Do AU get all the benefits (aside from $200 credit)? I'm hoping to cancel my AMEX PLAT personal card and just be added onto this card.
Oct 7, 2016, 2:41 pm
#21
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Location: Miami, Mpls & London
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BUSINESS Platinum is $300/year for each Supplementary Platinum card, which receives all of the benefits of the primary card. The airline fee reimbursement benefit is shared by all cards, capped at $200 per account, not per card.
This is very different than the personal Platinum, $175/year for up to three supplementary Platinum cards.
Supplementary Gold cards are less expensive, and supplementary Green cards are free, but no benefits.
This is very different than the personal Platinum, $175/year for up to three supplementary Platinum cards.
Supplementary Gold cards are less expensive, and supplementary Green cards are free, but no benefits.
Oct 7, 2016, 2:44 pm
#22
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: AA PLAT, UA Silver, SPG PLAT, Marriott PLAT, Hyatt PLAT, HH Diamond
Posts: 57
BUSINESS Platinum is $300/year for each Supplementary Platinum card, which receives all of the benefits of the primary card. The airline fee reimbursement benefit is shared by all cards, capped at $200 per account, not per card.
This is very different than the personal Platinum, $175/year for up to three supplementary Platinum cards.
Supplementary Gold cards are less expensive, and supplementary Green cards are free, but no benefits.
This is very different than the personal Platinum, $175/year for up to three supplementary Platinum cards.
Supplementary Gold cards are less expensive, and supplementary Green cards are free, but no benefits.
Oct 12, 2016, 7:09 am
#23
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,066
100K Amex Business Platinum Offer
Earn up to100,000 Membership Rewards® points
Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $5,000 and an extra 50,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 all on qualifying purchases on the Business Platinum Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Offer expires January 25, 2017.†
Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $5,000 and an extra 50,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 all on qualifying purchases on the Business Platinum Card within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Offer expires January 25, 2017.†
Oct 12, 2016, 9:10 am
#26
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Probably not. They styled Business Gold Rewards as Enhanced for awhile after a refresh, and it was not considered a new product. I think it's the same card with some new features.
Oct 15, 2016, 1:14 pm
#27
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PHL
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, AA Gold, FB Gold, ITA Volare Executive
Posts: 3,294
$15K okay in one fell swoop?
This is continually touted as spend $5,000 for 50,000 MR points within 3 mos.; and then spend another $10,000 for 50,000 MR points within (the same) 3 mos.
I am assuming that you would get all 100,000 MR points for one $15,000 purchase.... Just double-checking to see whether this is an accurate assumption, what with all the clawbacks reported recently for technical violations of express rules.
P.S. -- ikar, great point about the separation of fees on taxes and related purchases (like tuition paid by credit card)
I am assuming that you would get all 100,000 MR points for one $15,000 purchase.... Just double-checking to see whether this is an accurate assumption, what with all the clawbacks reported recently for technical violations of express rules.
P.S. -- ikar, great point about the separation of fees on taxes and related purchases (like tuition paid by credit card)
Oct 17, 2016, 11:57 am
#28
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
This is continually touted as spend $5,000 for 50,000 MR points within 3 mos.; and then spend another $10,000 for 50,000 MR points within (the same) 3 mos.
I am assuming that you would get all 100,000 MR points for one $15,000 purchase.... Just double-checking to see whether this is an accurate assumption, what with all the clawbacks reported recently for technical violations of express rules.
I am assuming that you would get all 100,000 MR points for one $15,000 purchase.... Just double-checking to see whether this is an accurate assumption, what with all the clawbacks reported recently for technical violations of express rules.
"To be eligible to earn 50,000 additional points, you must charge $5,000 of qualifying purchases*, OR to be eligible for another 50,000 additional points (for a total of 100,000 points), you must charge a total of $15,000 in qualifying purchases*."
Oct 17, 2016, 3:13 pm
#29
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: MSP
Programs: Mariott Gold, SPG Gold, IHG Platinum, HHonors Gold
Posts: 32
Someone on here posted a picture of a snail mail offer for their biz plat @ 250k points. I believe it was $50k spend within 5 months... like 50k MR points at each $10k spent I believe.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:42 pm
#30
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