Welcome back to another 2 Minute Travel Tuesday I'm Christine with Where
in the World is cL and in this week's topic we are talking about what I cannot
leave home without which is my BAM my Amex Platinum Card this is the best
credit card for travelers and I'm going to show you my seven ways I maximize the
heck out of using this card. the first way is with Airlines and this card works really
well especially if you pick one airline and especially if that airline is Delta
and it's because you'll get free Delta lounge access when you're flying with
Delta on that day I access a delta lounge anywhere from 10 to 12 times a
month so if you just assume I drink only one glass of champagne before every
flight I am saving a crapload of money by the end of the year on that alone
also there's Priority Pass so if you're not flying with Delta and you're at the
airport that has priority pass lounges that works out really well and
then you also get a two hundred dollar credit to your one airline of your
choice for things like food or drinks or luggage fees all of those things are
included as well. the second way that I maximize my benefit with this card is
when it comes to hotels and there's two different ways that I think about it
first is you get auto status with Hilton and Marriott which is awesome I already
have the highest Hilton status but every now and again like when I was in Grand
Cayman I went and stayed at a Marriott Resort and it was awesome because since
I got the upgraded status they bumped up my room and they gave us a bunch of
extra amenities that made our stay super nice the second way I maximize
this is when it comes to Amex fine hotels and I had a really amazing
experience staying at the Waldorf in Orlando and some of the examples of the
perks you get and using your Amex card and booking through fine hotels are a
noon check-in (huge!) 4p.m. checkout they also will upgrade your room and
lastly breakfast is included and for there there's a $38 fee per person for
this really nice breakfast so that was great
oh and you also get a $100 resort fee so I use that towards a spa massage which
was super awesome the third way which I don't see a lot of
people talking about is how you redeem your points so when you're booking
hotels and airlines directly you're getting 5x the points which is huge but
when you redeem your points yeah you think you could use them towards
statement credits or things like that but I always like to watch their monthly
offers and sometimes like the the deal they have right now is for every one
point that you transfer over to a Hilton point get 50 percent extra points but
you the fourth way I use this card speaking of monthly offers is they
usually have whether travel shopping or restaurant offers I will make sure I'm
signing up for them and checking what they have monthly right now I'm signed
up for example for the Waldorf going back to that example if you spend X
amount you will save Y amount for this month it's only March and I've already
saved two hundred and sixty-five dollars year to date on these types of savings
which is awesome the fifth way is when it comes to TSA PreCheck
or global which I've had that for a long time (plus Clear) but if you have someone
that you love to travel with in your life then that credit can be used
towards someone else which is an awesome perk. the next perk that I love is that
there's no foreign transaction fees which is amazing because when you're
traveling abroad you don't want to pay for everything in cash and go to the ATM
a lot and you find yourself in Madrid and it's a lot colder than you expect it
then it's great because you can pay with your Amex and not have to pay any
foreign transactions this next one is huge for me because I live an uber uber
everywhere kind of lifestyle especially with how much I travel and so you get a
15 dollar monthly use it or lose it credit on uber and in December you get an extra
$20 danng I love being on time for things here are the seven ways I love to
maximize this card actually maybe we have time for a bonus one do you see
this thing you see how thick it is you probably cut someone with it it's kind
of a good a safety thing when you're abroad and you know it's like ... anyway I
hope you enjoyed this give it a thumbs up if you did and tell me in the
comments what card do you use have you do you have this one what other perks
you use there's a lot of non travel perks that I use it's worth a lot to me
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