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Check to see if your Amex Platinum has a $200 Travel Credit – just stacked with $200 Hotel credit.

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Amex Platinum $200 hotel credit

AND $200 Travel Credit

Nope, you didn’t read that incorrectly. I was able to make use of 2, $200 credits on a single hotel stay. First off, Amex Platinum cardholders get a $200 statement credit when they book a pre-paid Fine Hotel and Resorts or Hotel Collection stay (enrollment required). Second, and I must sheepishly admit, I had completely forgotten about the Amex Platinum $200 travel credit floating around. These were targeted and served as a sort of pre-emptive retention bonus that many Amex Platinum cardholders received in 2020. These can be combined and I was reminded of it prior to booking a hotel stay this upcoming week. Let’s dig in a bit.

a screenshot of a credit cardMiles…I had no idea about the Amex Platinum $200 Travel Credit. Do I qualify? Check here

That link up above should tell you if your account is eligible, but here’s the skinny:

  • If you renewed between 4/20 and 7/20 the credit was available starting 8/20
  • For those who renewed 8/20 to 3/21, it was available starting on the first day of your renewal
  • Must book via Amex Travel
    • airfare
    • hotel
    • flight + hotel
    • cruise
    • car rental
    • tours
    • see details for restrictions

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Can the Amex Platinum Hotel and Travel credits be combined?

Yep…and I just saved $400 off a hotel booking.

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See if your account is eligible here

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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card


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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is a great starter card that earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott.

Welcome Offer

60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months

Annual Fee

$95

Points Earned

Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards

  • 3x on dining
    •  including eligible delivery services for takeout
  • 3x on select streaming services
  • 3x on online grocery purchases
    • (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
  • 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel Portal
  • 2x on all other travel
  • $50 Annual Credit on hotel stays purchased via Chase Travel
    • The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
  • 10% Anniversary Bonus
    • Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
  • Chase Sapphire Preferred® continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel Portal and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including primary rental car insurance, purchase protections, etc.
  • Points are transferrable to 13 Ultimate Rewards partners
  • Redeem in the Chase Travel center for 1.25 cents per point
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
    • Primary rental car coverage is my favorite

We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.

Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.

Main Cast: 

Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.

Supporting Cast:

Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on. 

The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.

If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners

Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.

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3 Comments

  • Oscar August 23, 2021

    100k point AMEX Platinum offer with $6K in purchases in 6mo. 10X at restaurants bonus category

  • CPR August 3, 2021

    I don’t seem to get any of these Amex targeted offers on my Platinum card (travel credit/Amazon/etc)
    what am I doing wrong ?!!?!!??

    • Oscar August 23, 2021

      If you already have the AMEX Plat than you don’t really get notified about these added perks. They’re just automatically added to your card. If you go into membership benefits you’ll see the hotel and travel credit info. One exception is the amex offers that you have to individually add to you card.

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