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Hi!

You can get your own free Amex luggage tags. At least I did.

Here is what I did: I called about a month ago to the UK Platinum number and asked about getting a Platinum card even though I live in Denmark. They said that if I had a US Platinum card then they could transfer it over but otherwise I hardly had a chance. Then I asked if they could send me some information about the benefits of the UK Platinum card. They said "Sure" and took my address. Quite some time passed so I suspected that they had just thrown my address in the paper bin - but then today, I got a rather large letter contaning "Traveller Services" for the Platinum card. It had everything (except the card): applications for free Priority Pass, Hilton Gold, free Platinum and Gold additional cards, complete insurance rules, and a listing of which airlines would upgrade you etc. Quite interesting.

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Hey, must be a funny mistake... ;-) Don´t think that this will work with every one. (Of course not.) But I am curious: What do they say which airlines do offer upgrades to UK Plat?

Okay, here goes:
They have divided the year into three periods with different perks for each period, although these dates are old I guess the information still holds water, the tickets must all be full-fare:
(I'll assign these periods letters"):
A: 09.98-12.98
B: 91.99-04.99
C: 05.99-08.99

Air New Zealand
TO: Sydney, Business
A: Free companion and free upgrade.
B: Free companion and free upgrade.
C: Nothing.
TO: Auckland, Business
A: Free companion and free upgrade.
B: Free companion and free upgrade.
C: Nothing.

AmericanAirlines:
To: USA, First or Business
A: Nothing.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

Canadian Airlines:
TO: Canada and Latin America, Business
A: Nothing.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

Cathay Pacific
TO: Hong Kong, Business
A: Nothing.
B: Upgrade.
C: Upgrade.

Continental Airlines
TO: USA & Latin America & Caribbean, Business
A: Free companion.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

Emirates
TO: Middle East, First and Business
A: Free companion.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

TO: Far East & India & Australia & Africa, Business and Economy
A: Upgrade.
B: Upgrade.
C: Upgrade.

Malaysia
TO: Far East & Australia, Business
A: Upgrade.
B: Upgrade.
C: Upgrade.

Qantas
TO: Australia & New Zealand (departures from Frankfurt and Rome), Business
A: Free companion.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

South African Airways
TO: Johannesburg & Durban, First and Business
A: Free companion.
B: Free companion.
C: Free companion.

United Airlines
TO: USA, Business
A: Upgrade.
B: Upgrade.
C: Free companion.

TO: USA, Economy
A: Free companion.
B: Free companion.
C: Upgrade.

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GoldDust,

where are you obtaining your info from? I am a US AMEX Platinum cardholder, and have not heard of these luggage tags...

Regards,

DelrayChris

It's the information from the Travel Pack of the UK Platinum Card.

Better strike Canadian Airlines off that list. They are Amex had a messy breakup last April and I would doubt the international situation is any better than the one here in Canada. Can any Platinum Cardholder anywhere in the world take advantage of these route offers? I assume they must be booked through Amex Travel in the UK, but other than that...?

All travel must originate in the UK and as far as I know you must have a UK issued Platinum card.

For what it's worth, I looked at "moving" my UK Plat card to the States last year.
All it took was a phone call & a US address. (In actual fact they just opened a new account for me in the US).
However, when I got the details, decided to move it back - lots of the extra insurance cover (medical & travel) disappeared with the US card (and it's the only reason I pay for the card)...so if you want the extra cover &/or upgrade possibilities and you can get a UK address, it's possible (??)

According to the UK Platinum department you only need a US Platinum card - they can move that to the UK without trouble, and no UK address is needed. That's what they said!
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