Amex Platinum: Employee card benefits?
Nov 4, 2008, 1:29 pm
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Amex Platinum: Employee card benefits?
If you get the Amex Business Platinum and get employee cards, do you know if they get the lounge access and other benefits too? Our new company cards say "American Express Business Platinum" and I was wondering if that meant I had the benefits also.
Nov 4, 2008, 2:47 pm
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If they are the actual Charge Card version they do. Check their website and match up the picture. If yours looks like the Charge Card that costs approx $400 or so a year, you're good to go.
If they are the actual Charge Card version they do. Check their website and match up the picture. If yours looks like the Charge Card that costs approx $400 or so a year, you're good to go.
Nov 4, 2008, 3:54 pm
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There's a product that says on the face of the card "American Express Platinum Business" that is a credit card, not a charge card, and does not NOT come with the Platinum charge card benefits. Are you sure you don't have one of those? As someone else said, if the face of the card has the portrait of the Roman Centurion dude in the middle, kind of like US money, then it's a charge card and has the benefits. If no Roman dude on the front, then it's a credit card and probably has little in the way of extra benefits.
Nov 5, 2008, 11:43 am
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Yeah - this is very confusing. The rebranded the business credit card not too long ago and I received a new 'platinum' card. I had to call up customer service to figure out ... it was. The CSR said it caused confusion for people. There are no substantial benefits tot he platinum credit card.
Nov 5, 2008, 4:24 pm
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This card provides lounge access to a primary and all additional Platinum Cardmembers:
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...CARDS/92/0/0/0
The following cards do not have lounge access for a primary cardmember nor for secondary:
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...RDS/136/0/0/-1
http://www133.americanexpress.com/os...cr001_main.asp
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...do?pmccode=141
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...CARDS/92/0/0/0
The following cards do not have lounge access for a primary cardmember nor for secondary:
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...RDS/136/0/0/-1
http://www133.americanexpress.com/os...cr001_main.asp
https://www143.americanexpress.com/c...do?pmccode=141
Nov 5, 2008, 11:14 pm
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TAHKUCT's links are better than my description. They keep changing the card designs, so what I said isn't quite right anymore.