The long-awaited refresh of The Platinum Card® from American Express has come and gone, and now, many cardmembers, myself included, are crunching the numbers on whether they should keep or cancel their cards.
Everyone's calculus will be different, but as someone who's been following the premium credit card space closely for the past decade, the changes from American Express — on both the personal and business versions of the card — show that the issuer isn't just serious about competing fiercely with Chase and Capital One. It's also trying to one-up them.
Whether it's providing more value in terms of the credits that cardmembers receive or a higher annual fee, just about everything with the Platinum Card is designed to beat the competition.
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