One of the most compelling reasons to keep the American Express Platinum card is for the $200 annual airline fee reimbursement. Of course it can be difficult for most people to spend $200 on crappy food and booze in flight, bag fees, or one day airline lounge passes. What many people have found is that…
Wow. Didn’t see this one coming. American Express just announced that they are raising the annual fee on the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Card to $95 (previously $65). The fee increase is effective August 11, 2015. I previously wrote about how this card is one of my favorites in this Starwood Amex Card Review,…
In December I wrote about Amex Platinum Cardholders losing Admirals Club access on March 22, 2014. At the time of the announcement, they had been sending out letters to certain lucky members offering anywhere from a $200 to $500 statement credit toward incidental airline fees like: Membership fees in the Admirals Club program One-Day passes…
Over the holidays I flew to Hawaii and got stuck seated in a horrible economy seat near the back of the airplane. The American Airlines flight wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, after all we were flying to Maui! But I did forget my kindle on the airplane and didn’t realize it…