There have been some great 100,000 bonus point offers for the Platinum American Express lately. I received several offers for the 100,000 Business Platinum American Express bonus offer (targeted). In addition, I’ve applied for the 100,000 personal Platinum American Express bonus offer (now expired).

With all these Platinum American Express cards, I looked into using one of the best benefits, the $200 airline statement credit. I shared my attempt to use the credit to purchase one $200 gift card from American Airlines. Some left concerns in the comments of my previous post, that you can only use the credit to purchase 2 gift cards, $100 each, for a total of $200 from American Airlines. I’m happy to share the results of my attempt to purchase one $200 gift card.

$200 Statement Credit From Platinum American Express

First, I activated my American Express Platinum card and confirmed the benefits. I would receive a $200 statement credit in addition to the 100,000 bonus points. The $200 statement credit would be good for the following incidental airline fees:

Note from Amex 100k Offer re 200 credit

Gift cards are not included. But there have been reports of success so I thought I’d give it a try. I navigated to the American Airlines website and purchased one $200 airline gift card.

Gift Card Order from AA

Within moments I received an electronic $200 gift card to use with American Airlines. Then the waiting began for the statement credit to post.

This week, I finally checked my statement and was surprised to see that the $200 statement credit posted the very next day after I ordered the gift card.

Platinum American Express Airline Statement Credit From American Airlines

Did You Miss The 100,000 Platinum American Express Offer?

If you weren’t targeted for the 100,000 offer for the Business Platinum Card from American Express or missed the 100,000 offer for the Personal Platinum Card Card, take a look at the following big bonus point offers.

Application Link for the British Airways Visa Signature® Card

The Application Link For The Chase Ink Bold Business Card offers 50,000 bonus points after $5,000 spend within 3 months

  • Earn 50,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 in the first 3 months from account opening
  • No interest charges because it’s a pay in full charge card
  • Earn up to 5X points per dollar on eligible business purchases, and points do not expire
  • Transfer points at full value to participating travel programs
  • Direct access to a live service advisor anytime
  • Introductory Offer – First Year Free ($95 thereafter)

The Application Link For The Chase Ink Plus Business Card offers 50,000 bonus points after $5,000 spend within 3 months

  • Reward yourself with 50,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 in 3 months from account opening
  • With Ink Plus, you have the cash flow flexibility with the choice to pay over time or pay in full
  • Earn 5X points per $1 on the first $50,000 spent annually at office supply stores, and on cellular phone, landline, internet, and cable TV services
  • Earn 2X points per $1 on the first $50,000 spent annually at gas stations and for hotel accommodations when purchased directly with the hotel
  • No foreign transaction fees
  • Free employee cards
  • Transfer points you’ve earned to participating frequent travel programs at 1:1 value
  • Save with a 0% intro APR for 6 months on purchases and balance transfers

The current publicly available Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN comes with all of the regular benefits but no bonus points and the Platinum Card® from American Express comes with a 25,000 bonus point offer.

Bottom Line

I’ve had success purchasing one $200 gift card and receiving the statement credit. Your miles may vary as this is technically not part of the incidental fee list.

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  • dubaych said,

    Am I missing something? Why does everyone buy GCs for the $200 statement credit? Surely you have $200 worth of expenses (booking fees, taxes, etc.) with at least one of the airlines.

  • Oliver B said,

    Can I get some input, I had a run in with Amex last year – a LONG term customer of theirs – due to a keystroke error in MY business merchant services, they put limits on my personal platinum, and my business gold. Unwarranted constraints, as it’s all due to one human error. I have immaculate credit and payment history, and I run a very successful business – any input on how to get this fixed? Every attempt, I run into road blocks – last was “if you’re willing to spend +$100k a month on the gold card, we’ll do another financial review”….I’m a small business, of course I’m not able to spend that! I’ve been nothing but an excellent client to them – and I recommend their products left right and center to clients and friends alike – THOUGHTS!? I’m about to ditch them, and I spent $178000 last year combined on their cards, not one late payment! I FEEL WRONGED SUPPORTING THEM

  • Jamison @ Points Summary said,

    i didn’t know $200 would be properly credited! great work

  • Max said,

    Have to say. Each post comes with irrevalent referral links anyhow…..

  • Chris M. said,

    I don’t understand why people get so upset about bloggers putting in referral links on their free blogs. Just scroll past them if you’re not interested. The links are like commercials on television, but the links are a lot easier to ignore than TV commercials, without a TiVO.

  • Jack said,

    It definitely is YMMV. I tried the $200 gift card myself last year and I did not get a credit. So then as people suggested I did two cards for $100 each a couple months later and I did get the credit. So go figure.

  • 100,000 American Express Membership Rewards Posted From January Personal Card Deal - Points Miles and Martinis said,

    [...] When I saw the details of the personal offer I jumped. I applied within minutes and was approved within seconds. After I received the card, I tested out purchasing American Airlines gift cards and was successful at getting the $200 statement …. [...]

  • Rasputin said,

    I tried a single $200 gift certificate with United – purchased on Friday and credited on Wednesday.

  • Matthew said,

    @Rasputin: Where do you buy a UA gift card?

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