Amex Platinum refresh provides new journey advantages for 2025

• The American Express Platinum Card has elevated its annual price to $895.
• Cardholders now obtain as much as $300 twice a yr for resort bookings.
• Benefits embody credit for Uber, CLEAR+ membership, and airline baggage charges.

An unique bank card simply overhauled its advantages, offering extra worth for vacationers.

But it’ll additionally value extra money — a hefty $895 per yr.

The newly refreshed American Express Platinum Card features a extra beneficiant assertion credit score profit for motels booked with one of many bank card firm’s journey collections.

There’s additionally new and improved advantages for rideshares with Uber, expedited airport safety with CLEAR+, credit for airways’ baggage charges and entry to airport lounges worldwide.

Here’s what vacationers ought to know in regards to the refresh, if they’ve, or are contemplating, the American Express Platinum Card.

Amex Platinum annual price enhance

The newly refreshed American Express Platinum Card has an annual price of $895.

The new price, up from $695, takes impact instantly for brand new card members and Jan. 2, 2026 for present members, in response to American Express.

New Amex Platinum Card advantages

The new American Express Platinum Card advantages embody as much as $300 in assertion credit each six months for resort reservations with Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection bookings made via American Express Travel. Card members should use the Platinum Card to pay for the keep to get the profit. The profit was beforehand $200 in assertion credit.

Other journey perks with the Platinum Card embody:

• 5x rewards factors for reserving pay as you go resort reservations via American Express Travel.
• 5x rewards factors for reserving flights via American Express Travel, as much as $500,000 per calendar yr.
• Access to greater than 1,550 airport lounges in American Express’ Global Lounge Collection, spanning greater than 500 airports world wide. At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, these embody the Escape Lounges on Terminals 3 and 4, Delta Sky Club in Terminal 3, and the Centurion Lounge and Chase Sapphire Lounge in Terminal 4.
• Up to $120 in assertion credit for an UberOne membership, plus $200 in Uber Cash yearly — $15 per thirty days plus a bonus of $20 in December — when including the Platinum Card to an Uber account and utilizing it to pay for rides and meal deliveries.
• Up to $209 in assertion credit for a membership to CLEAR+, a personal service at airports nationwide that makes use of biometric expertise to hurry up the method of getting via airport safety.
• Up to $200 in assertion credit for luggage charges and different further charges charged by an airline when paying with the Platium Card. The card member should choose one qualifying airline to obtain the credit; qualifying airways are topic to alter.
• Lower fares on choose seats on worldwide flights via American Express International Airline Program. Savings can be found to the cardboard member and as much as seven folks touring on the identical itinerary.

What are the resort advantages for American Express Platinum Card

When a card member books a resort keep via American Express Fine Hotels and The Hotel Collection applications, stays of not less than two nights embody further advantages equivalent to a room improve at check-in when obtainable and resort credit score to make use of towards eating places, spas or different actions on the property.

American Express lists 41 Arizona motels in its collections the place Platinum Card members can obtain advantages, together with Arizona Biltmore, Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort, Caesars Republic Scottsdale, Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Hotel Valley Ho, JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa and The Global Ambassador. New to the gathering is The Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU.

Members can even discover taking part motels in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and elements of Mexico equivalent to Los Cabos and Cancun at americanexpress.com/en-us/travel/fine-hotels-and-resorts.

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Michael Salerno is an award-winning journalist who’s lined journey and tourism since 2014. His work as The Arizona Republic’s shopper journey reporter goals to assist readers navigate the stresses of touring and get one of the best worth for his or her cash on their holidays. He may be reached at Michael.Salerno@gannett.com.

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