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Amex Business Platinum 200K Bonus

American Express is offering a new and much improved welcome bonus for the Amex Business Platinum Card. You can now earn 200,000 Membership Rewards points. This offer is showing up as a pre-approved offer in the Amex app, and possibly online accounts as well. The terms don’t include the usual lifetime language. Let’s check out the details of this Amex Business Platinum 200K bonus.

The Offer

• Earn 200,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $15,000 on eligible purchases with the Business Platinum Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership.
• Annual Fee: $695

Card Details

• 5X Membership Rewards points for each dollar of eligible purchases made when you book on the American Express Travel website
• Earn 1.5X Points per dollar on

  • eligible purchases of $5,000 of more
  • U.S. Electronics goods, retailers, software, and cloud service providers
  • U.S. Construction materials and hardware supplies
  • U.S. Shipping providers

• Use Membership Rewards Pay with Points for all or part of an eligible fare and get 35% of those points back, up to 1,000,000 bonus points per calendar year.
• Get up to $400 in statement credits annually for U.S. purchases with Dell Technologies. Get up to $200 in statement credits between January and June, and up to $200 in statement credits between July and December. Enrollment required.
• Up to $120 annual statement credits for purchases made directly from any US wireless telephone provider, up to $10 per month. Enrollment required.
• Indeed – Get up to $360 credit ($90 per quarter). Enrollment required.
• Adobe – $150 annual statement credit. Enrollment required.
• Access to more than 1,400 airport lounges across 120 countries
• $200 in statement credits per calendar year for airline incidental fees. Enrollment required.
• Receive a statement credit every 4 years for Global Entry ($100) or every 4.5 years for TSA PreCheck (up to $85).
• Cover the cost of a CLEAR Plus membership with up to $189 in statement credits per year after you pay with your Business Platinum Card. Enrollment required.
• Complimentary membership in premium car rental programs, including Hertz President’s Circle status and other upgrades and discounts. Enrollment required.
• Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status
• Hilton Honors Gold status
• Platinum Card Concierge available 24/7 to help with anything from special dinner reservations to finding the perfect gift. 
• Resy Dining Benefit
• No Foreign Transaction Fees
• Primary Cardholder Annual Fee: $695 (Rates & Fees)
• Additional Employee Cards Fees:

  • $350 annual fee for each Employee Business Platinum Card
  • No Annual Fee for Employee Business Expense Card

Travel Partners

To unlock more value for your Membership Rewards points, you should take a look at all the hotel and airline partners. 200,000 Membership Rewards points can easily be worth about $3,000 or more.

Besides these travel partners, you can cash out Membership Rewards points for a value of 1.1 cents if you have a Charles Schwab Platinum Card, or 1 cent each with an Amex Business Checking account.

Guru’s Wrap-up

This Amex Business Platinum 200K bonus is the best offer we have seen for this card. However the offer is targeted. If you find this offer in your accounts, you can earn 200,000 Membership Rewards point after spending $15,000 within the first three months. And to make things even better, the offer has no lifetime language.

Let me know in the comments if you see this offer in your accounts. It’s also worth mentioning that a similar offer is available by phone.

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