Amex Platinum Benefits: 13 Things You MUST DO Now

hey guys it's sebastian from ask sebi and today we're going to look at 13 things you should do right now if you just signed up for the american express platinum card before we dive in as always give this a thumbs up because it helps the algorithm which means other people can find this stuff and do this stuff before it expires and if you really like this consider subscribing so the reason we're talking about this is because american express has gone pretty crazy of points right now we've never seen so many people targeted for these increased offers that are generally very difficult to get if you want to see if you have the 125 000 point offer i'd recommend checking card match the referral link will be down below in the description box that's the best way to get that 125 offer and if you don't have that yet i would keep waiting because it feels like they're targeting new people every day i've heard that using different browsers ends up helping as well so maybe try firefox if you're a time traveler and you're watching this in 2021 or 2022 then you pretty much missed out on american express having their blowout sale sadly the best bet might be to wait until the next financial crisis the next recession of sorts for these offers to return again when everything is ramping back up the first thing you need to do when you get the card is make a note on the calendar or any other thing that you want to use when you applied for the card and what the minimum spend is i find google calendar is the best for this but you can use air table you can use notion whatever works for you in order to track this information the rationale for this is that a lot of people actually end up forgetting and i think in the back of my head that the banks want you to forget as well so much of the value is from that intro bonus so you want to make sure that you're getting it number two and this is me being superstitious i would recommend adding a payment method to the card as soon as possible so american express is known to have some of the best risk algorithms out there they'll happily approve people because they can see your transactions and then judge whether you're a high risk i would not be surprised if by not having a payment method you increase the chance of you getting a financial review you're going to add the payment method anyways whether it's in two weeks whether it's in four weeks so you might as well add it now that way you don't have any chance of having to deal with a headache this is especially true if you have a big transaction going through in a few days when you first get that card your call though it could also be me being a crazy person number three add the platinum card onto your uber account so this ends up giving you that monthly credit so typically 15. and then thirty five dollars in december it'll take you 15 seconds and that way you don't forget especially if you are someone that wants to take uber's the last thing you really want to do is be like oh wait i have a credit let me go check this that's not really what you're thinking reminder that you can use this for ubereats as well and i think that's probably one of the easiest ways right now you can do pickup orders if you want to cut down on the cost after you end up using the credit you don't need to keep using the platinum card for this as long as it's added in you're going to keep getting that credit every month so for example if it's the 21st of the month you have nine days left so make sure to use this number four either log into the app for your phone or go online and log into your account go to the benefits tab and then click into saks and say that you're adding it so this is one of those things that are pretty annoying but if you don't actually go through there and click that you're adding it it's not going to trigger that credit again i think for a lot of these they want you to forget this because it doesn't cost them as much money this is a 50 credit that resets every half year so if you're in november make sure to use it soon because you only have a month and change left my recommendation would be to go to the sales section and then see what's on sale if you have a player two then this might be a pretty good opportunity for them to get some skin care stuff or some other perfume or makeup and stuff because that's actually typically the same price as you would get this somewhere else before you make that purchase make sure to go through a shopping portal so rocky10 is probably the best bet for this and you're going to end up getting a bonus just for signing up so the reason it's the best bet is because you can actually choose to earn mr points membership reward points instead of cash back and if you're running american express you want more mr points anyways sax tends to be between two percent and ten percent so two 2x back extra mr points or 10x back extra mr points if you want to support the channel we have a rocky10 referral link down below so after signing up for rocky10 i'd recommend going back into your app and signing up for shoprunner this is a benefit for all american express cards so you might already have this but it gets you free two-day shipping and also free returns if for someone like me who likes to buy stuff online and then return it and not physically go into the store this is a pretty good product no brainer to me if you do any shopping at all and it's free number six make sure to pick an airline partner for the incidental credit this is based off the calendar year so if you're watching this in november of 2020 then you don't really have much time left to use that 2020 credit i've talked about how to use this credit in other videos and also a blog post so i would strongly recommend just going to the blog post and looking at those data points to see if this still works so for example for southwest sub 100 flights seem to trigger that credit ideally take the flight but if you end up having a change in plan make sure you're not stupid and refund it back to the card because that's going to ask for a claw back for that credit if you're going to do that at least refund it to the southwest account i know for last year a lot of people thought they were being smart and american express just charged you 200 and if you had closed the accounts with them they'll just send you a bill for 200 number seven go request your priority pass card so i know you might not be traveling right now but you might as well activate that card first so it is based off your membership of american express so the moment that you cancel that platinum card they're going to cancel the priority pass card even if the expiration date is way far out so there's not really any tricks you can play there even though i think a few of you are thinking about that there are also some lounges that you can get into with just the platinum cards such as the centurion lounges and the delta sky clubs but there's a fair share of priority pass ones that actually need to see your priority pass card the reason i'm emphasizing this is because i've seen so many karen's go to the front desk person and basically yell at them for not letting them in with the platinum card or with the chase sapphire reserve end of the day they're just trying to swipe your card because that's what's required on their end so try not to get mad at people i find that the lounges in asia as well as europe are a lot better us ones tend to be focused more on alcohol not a bad thing by any means especially when airports want to overcharge you for drinks number eight if you need help of minimum spend and you have other family members or a player too that you trust with your card then you can add them as gold authorized users so you can add up to 99 of these people for free and that's a pretty good trick one thing to be careful with is that just because it says it's a gold card doesn't mean that you get the benefits from the normal gold card so the gold authorized user card is different than the actual gold card you don't have any of those multipliers you don't have any of those credits they're functionally different things i really wish american express called it the silver card or the bronze card because people get so confused by this alternatively if you're a student if you live in the city i'd recommend using something like plastic in order to pay your rent or your tuition if you're making those payments anyways then you might as well use it to hit minimum spend for a lot of people out there this means that they can hit a new minimum spend even a five thousand dollar one every two or three months even if you live in the cheaper cost of living city rents probably makes up a big part of your budget so you might as well make it work for you referral link for plastic is going to be down below and probably one of the no brainer tools out there in order to help with minimum spend number nine activate hilton gold status so you pretty much click into it and then you copy paste your account number in order to get that if you don't have a hilton account number then you can go to the hilton site and make an account similar to the priority pass and any of these other benefits the moment that you cancel your platinum card you're going to lose status so there's not really much you can do there i think a lot of people are trying to be big brain about this and tactics and stuff but there's not really much play here hotel status in the us tends to be hit or miss but the moment you go over to asia they seem to not see as many status people so they actually treat you pretty well depending on the property you're generally looking at either upgrades free breakfast or maybe lounge access depending on the specific rules if you want to take this to the next level i'd recommend getting the hilton aspire card which gets you diamond status generally helps you with bigger upgrades and it's a plus expected value card number 10 add marriott gold status so pretty much exactly the same thing so for me you'll notice that i can add a number here but that's because i have other cards that give me status already or that i already just have status of that program so i never ended up using it but for most normal people i think it's a no-brainer number 11 tsa pre-check your global entry so there is an appointment system and i'm not sure what the weight is but i think it's something worth adding especially if not as many people are traveling so the weight might not be as bad unlike all the other ones this one is based off four years from when you get it so you might want to hold off on this for when you start traveling so when you cancel the platinum card they don't cancel this status this is already paid for upfront for four years the flip side to this argument is that there's so many cards out there that offer this as a benefit so you might not really worry about this especially if you already have those it might be worth paying for a friend player 2 or some other relatives membership if that's helpful number 12 go at the car status stuff so pretty straightforward go down the list and just add all of this instructions should be pretty clear so i'm not going to bore you guys with it number 13 in circle which i didn't even know existed as a benefit but technically it's there and i'm mentioning it so people don't get mad the bonus thing i would recommend and this isn't even just right now it's something that you want to do with your american express cards every week every month or so is to go down to american express offers and to add the ones that are relevant to you these generally include higher multipliers for different categories or for specific stores and if you're looking at discounts about 20 back for purchases that you're making these are with specific retailers and they're pretty much doing it as a way to get customers so no it might not be for everything that you like but i think it's still fine and it's targeted towards the demographic the one thing i'd be careful with is that you're not buying something that you wouldn't have otherwise bought because of a discount because that doesn't make any sense so if you were already going to buy remoa luggage anyways then yes getting additional points makes a ton of sense but if you're looking at that and you're like why would i spend a thousand dollars on luggage then you probably shouldn't do it a lot of these brands are going to be more expensive given their partnerships and given their target demographic again card match roku 10 as well as plastic referral links are going to be down below if you want to support the channel if you want to learn about other cards we have links on our website asksebby.com and also down below in the description box so of all of these which are your three favorite benefits let me know and the community know in the comments down below if you liked it thumbs it and if you know anyone else who'd benefit share this with them probably help them out but otherwise hope you guys liked it see you guys next time

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Length: 10min 50sec (650 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 21 2020