AMEX Platinum Losing Boingo [USA]
Mar 4, 2019, 1:49 pm
#1
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AMEX Platinum Losing Boingo [USA]
Just saw this reported by DoC
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/ameri...ternet-access/
I actually liked this benefit. I installed the iOS profile and would automatically connect to Boingo hotspots in several US airports. Outside the USA I used the Boingo app which got me on various hotspots. To bad to see it go.
Effective May 1, 2019, Boingo Preferred Plan will no longer be a benefit on the Platinum CardŽ. Card Members who are enrolled in Boingo Preferred Plan as of 4/30/2019, will continue to have access to this benefit until 12/31/2019
I actually liked this benefit. I installed the iOS profile and would automatically connect to Boingo hotspots in several US airports. Outside the USA I used the Boingo app which got me on various hotspots. To bad to see it go.
Mar 4, 2019, 2:31 pm
#2
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Just saw this reported by DoC
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/ameri...ternet-access/
I actually liked this benefit. I installed the iOS profile and would automatically connect to Boingo hotspots in several US airports. Outside the USA I used the Boingo app which got me on various hotspots. To bad to see it go.
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/ameri...ternet-access/
I actually liked this benefit. I installed the iOS profile and would automatically connect to Boingo hotspots in several US airports. Outside the USA I used the Boingo app which got me on various hotspots. To bad to see it go.
Mar 4, 2019, 2:45 pm
#3
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Mar 4, 2019, 3:06 pm
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, MR LTT, HH Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 32,063
That's terrible news. Wonder when Amex will communicate this. Probably same true then for other cards that offered that benefit. Hope Amex will look for a replacement!
Mar 5, 2019, 6:30 am
#6
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD
Posts: 6,912
I actually use this benefit quite a bit. I wonder if they paid a fee, or a pay for use amount to boingo. I don’t foresee my keeping the plat more than another year at this point.
Mar 5, 2019, 7:21 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: WN A-List Pref, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat
Posts: 460
In terms of MR cards, I'll keep my EDP and Blue for Business Plus.
Mar 5, 2019, 8:02 am
#9
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I am certainly in the same boat. I find it very hard to justify the renewal. For the nearly the same earning and spending potential as the Platinum / Gold card combination, I can just use my Prestige and be done with it.
In terms of MR cards, I'll keep my EDP and Blue for Business Plus.
In terms of MR cards, I'll keep my EDP and Blue for Business Plus.
Installing the iOS profile easily connected me to select hotspots in airports like DTW or EWR (passpoint secure). The app on iOS isn't the best and is a bit janky but helped in Asia connect to various hotspots.
Mar 5, 2019, 8:22 am
#10
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This blog article from 2017 indicates that the MasterCard Boingo offer was not available to USA issued cards:
https://awardwallet.com/blog/free-bo...rcard-holders/
Things do change, and it's easy to verify if your MasterCard is eligible here:
https://redeem.boingo.com/mcsi/
https://awardwallet.com/blog/free-bo...rcard-holders/
Things do change, and it's easy to verify if your MasterCard is eligible here:
https://redeem.boingo.com/mcsi/
Mar 5, 2019, 1:41 pm
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Mar 5, 2019, 7:57 pm
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Does the Citi Prestige offer this benefit? On the Boingo website where they list plans they note an AMEX plan and a MasterCard plan. Do we know which MasterCards offer this?
Installing the iOS profile easily connected me to select hotspots in airports like DTW or EWR (passpoint secure). The app on iOS isn't the best and is a bit janky but helped in Asia connect to various hotspots.
Installing the iOS profile easily connected me to select hotspots in airports like DTW or EWR (passpoint secure). The app on iOS isn't the best and is a bit janky but helped in Asia connect to various hotspots.
Mar 5, 2019, 10:51 pm
#14
Ambassador: Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: BWI
Posts: 7,390
A disappointing development... I use Boingo at airports often and most recently this past Sunday at PHX.
Hopefully a new benefit is in the works. I would welcome inflight WiFi reimbursement or more relaxed parameter for airline travel reimbursements as a substitute for losing this benefit.
Hopefully a new benefit is in the works. I would welcome inflight WiFi reimbursement or more relaxed parameter for airline travel reimbursements as a substitute for losing this benefit.
Mar 6, 2019, 10:21 pm
#15
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A disappointing development... I use Boingo at airports often and most recently this past Sunday at PHX.
Hopefully a new benefit is in the works. I would welcome inflight WiFi reimbursement or more relaxed parameter for airline travel reimbursements as a substitute for losing this benefit.
Hopefully a new benefit is in the works. I would welcome inflight WiFi reimbursement or more relaxed parameter for airline travel reimbursements as a substitute for losing this benefit.