What's up all my credit card lovers welcome back to the channel, so today i wanted to talk about my favorite credit card charge card, whatever you want to call it. If you know who i am, which most of you do, you know their favorite credit card. For me, is this bad boy right here, favorite charge card, the amex platinum card and, as time has went on, we have seen other credit cards that are, in the same, like level same tier annual fee, wise benefits, wise things like that we've seen them still fall To the amex platinum card for one big reason and we're going to talk about all the reasons why i still think this card going on here on out is my favorite um. You know card for travel, uh, we'll talk about that and we'll go from there and i love to get europeans and all that good stuff.

You know i'm a big amex advocate, so let's get right into this video. So, let's get to the the good stuff. The first thing that i love about american express as the company they changed with the times. Last year, 2020, with everything going on with pandemic, they were giving a bunch of credits.

I've even seen some people get appreciation credits the end of the year of like 200 bucks, just as an appreciation credit for no reason: 200 bucks um. I know you know i've seen some of those. If you guys have received the depreciation you could. Let me know.

I didn't receive one, but it's all good. I get sometimes like uh. I see people get headphones. People get gift cards in the mail, they really do their thing, but the most important thing that stood out this year was they changed with the times.

A lot of the other companies they didn't change the times they didn't do things like you know, credit for streaming services, because we're going to be in the house we're going to be, you know we were. We are in a quarantine still, but you know this is when it first started, so they were doing things that really attended to people who weren't traveling, because they knew with this car being 550 dollars. If everything was solely still travel, when travel was shut down, that they would lose a lot of customers, a lot of loyal customers and even myself, i made a video about 11 months ago, talking to you guys telling you to really evaluate your relationship with the banks. With the products you have, because you have to you know, with a quarantine being a big thing, a lot of things change right.

So you know, even the retention offer that i got last year for about 30 000 mrp um from american express to keep the platinum card yeah like things like that um. So, let's just get into the benefits. Remember guys, it's the it's a new year right! It's a new year, so a lot of things are restarted and then you have some extra things, one of the new things that um amex just added um, because this december 2020 ended like some of the streaming credits and things like that. They just added a paypal credit of 30 bucks.

All you have to do is add your american express platinum card to your paypal, account and use it at checkout and uh every month for the next six months, um you'll get thirty dollars in a statement credit. So that's that's easy! That's it's good money um! If you're shopping somewhere online and you use paypal, try to find something 30 bucks or or less and get something for free or if you have streamer services that come out of that use it for streaming services. If you know they use paypal as your um, you know, as your checkout um, that you do so that just go ahead on your paypal. Account.

Add your platinum card use it as your default method, so you don't miss out on them credits and every month you get 30 as a statement credit for just having it set up. So that's what i'm talking about with you know changing with the times. One thing expire for the streaming services here they go again with something else to keep you a customer. That's 180 value that alone right there with all the other benefits, it's worth it um.

So, like i said it's 2000. Sorry, it's 2021.! Here are the things we got. We got to start over with january 1st, your saks with avenue credits start again, so you get 50 every six months, all right so january to june you get fifty dollars july to december. You get fifty dollars, i'm enrolled in that and i'll show you my screenshot right here.

I'm enrolled in the shops sacked with platinum um. Also your uber routes or platinum start over again, but then you know that every month you get 15 and uh per month. You can use it for uber rides or uber eats, probably gon na use it for ubereats right, because most of us aren't traveling, we're, probably going to be at home every month, go ahead and treat yourself to a free meal on amex and then in december. You get 35 as opposed to 15..

You get your 200 airline fee credit back. You can change your selected airline right now. Mine is american airlines um. It may stay that way, because american is the philadelphia hub.

Unfortunately, i would have loved for it to be delta. I would have loved for it. You know, delta, i love delta, but america, airlines. It is what it is.

I may just keep it that, but you get your 200 credits back um. You get your hilton gold status again refresh for the next year. Your marriott go to lead status um, you still get. You know your platinum concierge and all that good stuff, um, but yeah.

A lot of things are reset uh this year. So yes, this is a great card i am seeing and such as myself. I am traveling here and there, so travel is coming back slowly, but shortly as the vaccine comes out, this card is one you want to have in your wallet right now. If you're going to be traveling, if you're going to be traveling, have it if you're not don't pay the 550., i've made a video a bunch of times explaining to you guys how you can take and maximize and get at least a thousand dollars value.

So, yes, you are paying 550, but you will profit. You know an extra 500 to extra. You know a thousand even making it fifteen hundred dollars in value, so you can definitely get more value out of this car, with the credits alone that i just gave you the two hundred dollar uber credit per year, the two hundred dollar airline fee credit and then One hundred dollar sax revenue, credit, which i benefit from all of those - that's 500 right there. So now you only have to make up for 50 bucks.

Well, you just so i just told you that you got 180 credits for paypal for the next six months. So now you are positive: 130. um, so there you go and it's not like. I said guys, it's so many different things: um the status matching for uh hotel chain to hotel chain to casinos and i'll put the video right here.

If you wanted to check that video out, i just redid another stay to atlanta's bahamas for this year 2021 for four nights and five days i am only paying 40 40 and it all started with the american express platinum card. I know you guys want to see that video, if you guys, have not seen that video check right there on check it out, like you have to check that video out, and that is worth so much money. I mean the atlanta's. Everybody knows.

Atlantis bahamas is expensive. Those rooms can easily go for 200 to 300 to 400 per night um on a regular basis, they've just reopened a few weeks ago. So if you're only spending forty dollars for four nights, unbelievable unbelievable um for my gamblers, people like to go to casinos um, you can status match with the caesar's diamond in caesar's diamond. You get a annual 100 um dinner for just being a caesar's diamond which you get from having a platinum card for status matches.

So the video is right there, i'm not gon na get too much into it, but you can get a lot of value from this card. This is a no-brainer every year and i will continue to be an advocate for these guys. As long as i continue to be great, which i believe they will now one thing - that's interesting right now, you can definitely check out my referral link down below. They are giving away and i'll check right here on my macbook really fast.

They were doing a special referral, offer um so right now they are doing a uh. You will receive 60 000 membership reward points after you've met the minimum qualifications for spin. I believe it may be in three or four months, but i'll put the screenshots here and i'll put the comparisons versus if you click it yourself and apply for the card versus. If you click my referral link, so the referral link is down below click on it check it out.

It will support me, but, most importantly, it will support you. You will get more value for the same thing you're going to do anyway. So let me know how that goes, guys, um and let me know what you guys think um. Do you guys think this is the most powerful travel card coming up in year of 2021? I do and slowly but surely cards like the sapphire reserve or even the ultimate rewards themselves are losing a lot of value.

American express stays the same and gets better over time and goes with the changes it changes with the times that we're in and that's what makes them very powerful. So that was my video for today. I miss talking about this stuff. So as travel goes on, we will talk more about it and let me know what you guys got: do you guys have this car? Do you love it and then again, if you want to apply referral links down below i'll talk to you guys soon be safe.

If you are traveling, happy travels, talk to you soon. You.