Amex Business Platinum New Benefits: Earn 5X MR Points on Travel & Much More

Considering the current changes towards the Personal Platinum Card, it was just about time that the Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN receives it’s needed boost with new benefits attached making this card so much more rewarding.

Beginning March 30, 2017, Business Platinum Card Members will be able to earn 5X Membership Rewards Points on flights and prepaid hotels at amextravel.com. Card members will also be able to get access to the new Global Dining Collections as well as the Lounge Collections and Global By Invitation Only Events.

Alternative Credit Card Bonuses:

• Chase Ink Business Preferred^SM Card
• Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite^TMMasterCard®
• Platinum Card® from American Express

Editor’s Note: In no way, shape or form is this alternative list expressing any rank on similarity.

New Perks In-Depth:

The personal card got the 5x airfare benefit as an addition somewhere in mid-October and it’s evident that the business card will take up it’s own adaptation of this perk with the addition of 5x on prepaid hotels. The 5x airfare at amextravel.com is practically the most sound pair you can make with this card on top of the business version’s most essential features such as 50% rebate on MR redemptions for select flights, 1.5x the earning on $5k+ purchases and so much more.

Cardmembers will also receive the extended Global Collection access in coordinance to being one of the more luxurious cards you can get your hands on. Now, whether or not they will increase the annual fee for this semi-useful boost is well-detrimental towards this cards worth. I’m fully assuming they wouldn’t increase the annual fee to $550, but it’s in our best interest to think of every aspect possible.

Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN Features:

• Limited Time Offer: Earn up to 100,000 Membership Rewards® points. Offer expires January 25, 2017.
• Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $5,000 and an extra 50,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 all on qualifying purchases within your first 3 months of Card Membership.
• Beginning March 30, 2017, Business Platinum Card Members will get 5X Membership Rewards Points on flights and prepaid hotels at amextravel.com.
• Business Platinum Card Members also get access to the recently announced new Global Dining Collection, as well as the expanded Global Lounge Collection and the Global By Invitation Only Events.
• New: Get 50% more Membership Rewards® points. That’s 1.5 points per dollar, on each qualifying purchase of $5,000 or more. You can get up to 1 million additional points per year.
• Plus, continue to get one point per dollar for qualifying purchases under $5,000.
• New 50% Airline Bonus: Use Membership Rewards® Pay with Points for all or part of a flight with your selected qualifying airline, and you can get 50% of the points back.
• New: You can also receive 50% points back on all First and Business class flights, with all airlines available through American Express Travel.
• You can enjoy access to the Global Lounge Collection, the only credit card airport lounge access program that includes proprietary lounge locations around the world.

Conclusion:

It’s about time that the Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN earned that much needed boost it deserves with the ability of earning 5X the MR points on airfare and prepaid hotels starting March 20, 2017. Overall, the 5x airfare that we saw on the personal card made a huge rendition on the business. Business Platinum Card Members also get access to the recently announced new Global Dining Collection, as well as the expanded Global Lounge Collection and the Global By Invitation Only Events. Find our complete list of Credit Card Promotions today!