(YMMV) American Express Business Platinum 170,000 Points Offer

Update 9/3/23: Offer is reportedly back by googling ‘american express platinum’ and finding the offer page there. (I couldn’t get it to show, personally.) Reddit user dissentmemo found this google link to get the 170k offer. That worked for me after a few incognito attempts.

The Offer

Direct Link to offer (try incognito or various browsers to see if you can get it to show)

• Get 170,000 points after $15,000 in spend within the first three months of card membership.

Card Details

• Annual fee of $695 is not waived the first year
• Card earns at the following rates:
  • 5x points per $1 spent on purchases made with airlines or hotels booked directly from American Express Travel website
  • 1.5x points on qualifying purchases of $5,000 or more
  • 1x points on all other purchases
• $200 airline incidental credit per calendar year
• Lounge access:
  • Centurion lounge access
  • International American Express lounge access
  • Delta SkyClub lounge access
  • Priority pass select membership
  • Airspace lounge access
• Marriott gold status
• Hilton gold status
• Fee Credit for Global Entry or TSA Pre✓
• No foreign transaction fees
• $200 in Dell credits twice each year (Jan-June, July-Dec)
• $10 wireless credit each calendar month
• $189 CLEAR Credit
• 35% redemption bonus when redeeming for select travel via the Amex Travel portal
• View these other hidden benefits
• You can only get the sign up bonus on American Express cards once per lifetime.

There is lifetime language on this offer (though you can easily just apply, anyway, and see whether they give you a popup or not): “Welcome offer not available to applicants who have or have had this Card. We may also consider the number of American Express Cards you have opened and closed as well as other factors in making a decision on your welcome offer eligibility.”

Our Verdict

Reader CM reported seeing this offer, and I was able to find it on multiple incognito browsers. We’ve seen massive targeted offers of 260,000 or 230,000, but for the regular folk 150,000 or 160,000 have been the best offers available. It’s nice to see a new high 170,000 with the same $15,000 spend requirement.

A reader notes that if you friend/spouse has a high Amex referral bonus, you might prefer signing up there if you can get 150k bonus + 25k referral bonus (just note the tax implications on the referral bonus side).

You can read about my own recent Amex Business Platinum card signup bonus here. If this is widely accessible we’ll add it to our list of Best Current Credit Card Signup Bonuses.