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American Express Platinum Card® and Centurion® Card Benefit

You can receive up to $200 in Uber Cash annually by adding your Consumer Platinum Card® or Centurion® Card from American Express as a payment method on your Uber account.

The Amex Benefit in Uber Cash is distributed in monthly increments of $15, plus a $20 bonus in December (for $35 in December total). This amount can be used for Uber services in the United States. The Amex Benefit will expire at the end of each month and will not roll over to the following month.

To use the Amex Benefit in Uber Cash:

1. Enter your destination on the home screen
2. Tap on your payment method
3. Select Uber Cash (If you're using ride profiles, tap Change and select Uber Cash)
4. Request a ride

To find your Uber Cash balance, tap the menu icon in the top left corner of your app and select 'Payment'.

When Uber Cash is selected as your payment method, the Amex Benefit will be applied to your fare. When your Amex Benefit isn't enough to cover the cost of the ride, you will be presented options to top-up your Uber Cash using a payment method on file. Alternatively, you may choose to pay the remaining balance for the cost of the ride using your preferred payment method. You can view your current Amex Benefit balance by tapping 'Payment' in the main menu of your Uber app.

You will receive the Amex Benefit each month as long as your Card remains eligible and is a payment method on your Uber account. If your eligible card is added to multiple Uber accounts, the account that you added the card to first will receive the benefit.

If you already have an eligible card on your Uber account, the benefit will automatically be applied to your Uber Cash balance. To add an eligible card to your Uber account, go to the 'Payment' section of the Uber app and select 'Add Payment Method'.

The Basic Card Member is eligible to receive this benefit. Additional Card Members are not eligible. You'll receive $15 in Uber Cash each month (plus the $20 bonus in December) for each eligible card on your Uber account.

How to switch which Uber account gets the Amex Benefit:

1. Delete the eligible card as a payment method on the Uber account(s) with the eligible card on file that you do not wish to receive the benefit.*
2. Add the eligible card as a payment method on the Uber account you wish to receive the benefit. If the eligible card is already on this account, skip this step.
3. Complete steps 1 and 2 by 12:00 AM EST on the 1st day of the applicable month that you want the Amex benefit to apply to the applicable account. The benefit will switch accounts for the new month.

*You can always re-add your eligible card on the additional account(s) after completing these steps if you wish to use this eligible card as a payment method in those additional account(s).

Members with an eligible card will have access to UberVIP in select US markets. UberVIP is currently available in Atlanta, Dallas, Nashville, New Jersey, New Orleans, and New York City, and will be expanding to new cities beginning January 2019.

If you have specific questions about your American Express Card or other American Express benefits, please call the number on the back of your American Express Card.

For more information and to see the terms and conditions please visit uber.com/amex

Multiple $15 credits can be added to a single uber account by two different AMEX platinum cards and each card will trigger an increase of $15 to the credit balance.
If you are the primary Card Member on multiple eligible Card accounts, and those Cards are payment methods in your Uber account, you will receive the combination of credits for multiple Cards. For example, if you have two eligible Cards, you will receive $30 in credits each month for the combination of the two $15 credits. In December, you will receive $70 for the combination of the two $35 credits.
Your uber app must be set to request rides in 'personal' profile mode - other options (family, business) will not offer the AMEX credit


Terms of the Uber benefit (as of 2017-12-15, maybe obsolete):
Only Basic Card Members on a Platinum Card account are eligible for Uber VIP and monthly ride Credits. To receive this benefit, you must have downloaded the Uber App version 3.219 or later for iOS or version 3.126 or later for Android and your eligible Platinum Card must be a method of payment in your Uber account. If you are assigned a new Card number, you must update your method of payment in your Uber account. Cards added to your Uber account through a third party such as Apple Pay or PayPal will not be eligible. A Platinum Card account may receive this benefit on one Uber account. If the same Card is added to multiple Uber accounts, only the first Uber account to which the Card is added will receive the benefit. Uber VIP is available in select cities and is governed by Uber's terms and conditions. Credit may be applied to all Uber car types and UberEATS orders. To redeem monthly ride Credits, you must select to use the Credit in your Uber app prior to completing the Uber ride or placing the UberEATS order. The discount will not apply to previous Uber transactions and cannot be used when paying with an UberFAMILY profile. New and existing Uber users are eligible. Uber will apply discount at the point of sale. There is no limit to the number of transactions you may apply the Credit to each month, up to a total of $15 in Credits per month. Each year in December, you may apply up to $35 in Credit. The discounted cost of a ride will be displayed on your post-ride email receipt. If you are eligible to receive additional Membership Rewards points on your ride transaction, points will be awarded on the balance after Credits are applied. Credit may only be applied within the United States. Monthly ride Credit expires at 11:59 PM Hawaii Standard Time on the last day of each month. Unused Credit will not carry over to the following month. Credit will be applied for the month in which the transaction is completed. If transaction is eligible for another promotion that you have added to your Uber account, the promotion will be applied before the Credit. Certain Uber-branded credits may be applied to your balance prior to this Credit. For purposes of fulfilling upon this benefit, American Express will share with Uber certain information about your card, including the card type, and updated Card information from time to time. If you do not wish to participate in this program, please call the number on the back of your Card.
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Old Jul 4, 2018, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by GiantCow
Literally no way not to "game the system" when credits get posted on the first of each month.
You could use the current month's credit before cancelling the card.
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Old Jul 4, 2018, 4:42 pm
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Originally Posted by mia
You could use the current month's credit before cancelling the card.
And this is not "gaming the system" how?
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Old Jul 4, 2018, 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by GiantCow
And this is not "gaming the system" how?
It's using the credit while the American Express card is still open and the method of payment on the Uber account.

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Old Jul 4, 2018, 6:49 pm
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Originally Posted by mia
It's using the credit while the American Express card is still open and the method of payment on the Uber account.
There's nothing to "game" with respect to the uber benefit, which is why I've been putting quotes around it. The credit is deposited to the uber account, the amex card doesn't even have to be the method of payment.

Whether the card is open or closed at the time the credit is used makes no difference, you'll get the AF refunded either way (assuming you're canceling when the AF rolls around, and quite honestly, why would you cancel any other time?).
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Old Jul 5, 2018, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by mia
It's using the credit while the American Express card is still open and the method of payment on the Uber account.
Exactly, kind of like using your Platinum Amex Card for lounge access at Delta before cancelling it, vs trying to get in to a Delta Sky Club with it after canceling the Amex Card.
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 2:17 pm
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My wife both have a Plat card and added it to our respective Uber accounts. I read in the wiki that I can add both cards to a single Uber account for a combined $30 credit. I tried to do that and added my wife's card to my account and it did not work. Is there a procedure I need to follow like unregistering her card first or something like that?
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 4:56 pm
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My wife both have a Plat card and added it to our respective Uber accounts. I read in the wiki that I can add both cards to a single Uber account for a combined $30 credit. I tried to do that and added my wife's card to my account and it did not work. Is there a procedure I need to follow like unregistering her card first or something like that?
Uber app won't let you add the platinum credit card? Or credit didn't apply after Uber ride?
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 7:44 pm
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It let me add my wife's Platinum card to my Uber account, however, I do not see her $15 credit in my account. The basic question is how can I add two Amex Platinum cards (her and mine) to a single Uber account (mine) so I have a single $30 credit rather than two $15 in two different accounts? I had originally added her Platinum card to her Uber account and she has been receiving her credit like she should have.

I removed her card from her account and added it to my account, however, this month's credit is still on her account. I guess on August 1st, I will see where her new credit will be posted.
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 7:47 pm
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Amex sends the credits to Uber to get posted the first of the month, they don't get moved.
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Old Aug 17, 2018, 2:02 pm
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Originally Posted by sethb
Amex sends the credits to Uber to get posted the first of the month, they don't get moved.
Yes, this is exactly what happened. I added her Platinum card number to my account and I got a $30 credit. Much better to use this way instead of two single $15 ones.
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 2:01 pm
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Does anyone know whether the credit works when you split the fare?

I have Amex Plat and my wife also has Plat - so if we split a fare into two, can we use both credits at the same time?
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by samwise6222
Does anyone know whether the credit works when you split the fare?

I have Amex Plat and my wife also has Plat - so if we split a fare into two, can we use both credits at the same time?
Yes, it has worked when I have split the fare with a friend of mine.
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 2:53 pm
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Originally Posted by IndyHoosier
Yes, it has worked when I have split the fare with a friend of mine.
Awesomesauce. Thanks!
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 5:11 pm
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Originally Posted by samwise6222
I have Amex Plat and my wife also has Plat - so if we split a fare into two, can we use both credits at the same time?
Not if she's your AU (which doesn't get the Uber credits) (or vice-versa).
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Old Sep 20, 2018, 6:28 pm
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Originally Posted by kennycrudup
Not if she's your AU (which doesn't get the Uber credits) (or vice-versa).
2x annual fee paying cards. She gets $15 credit and I get $15 credit every month.
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