The Business Platinum Card® from American Express is one of the most benefit-packed products out there. Through June 30, 2025, there’s a huge new offer:

• 150,000 Membership Rewards points after charging $20,000 in purchases within the first 3 months
  
• $500 statement credit after spending $2,500 on eligible airfare (booked directly with airlines or through Amex Travel) within those same 3 months

A 150,000 point initial bonus on its own is gigantic, but this adds a $500 statement credit you can earn as well on top of that. And these are some of the most valuable points out there.

The card has a $695 annual fee (see rates and fees) and comes with:

• Airport lounge access. Centurion Lounges, Delta Sky Clubs, Priority Pass Select (enrollment required).

  

• Elite status. Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Gold, and status with rental car partners like National (enrollment required).

  

• Statement credits. For airline fees, Adobe Creative Cloud, CLEAR, Dell, Indeed and more – e.g. $200 Airline Fee Credit. Select one qualifying airline to receive up to $200 back per year on baggage fees and other incidentals; $199 CLEAR® Plus Credit: Use your card and get up to $199 in statement credits per calendar year on your CLEAR® Plus Membership (subject to auto-renewal) when you use the Business Platinum Card; Hilton For Business members get up to $200 back per calendar year when you make an eligible purchase at Hilton properties across the globe. Benefit enrollment required.

  

• Strong earn: On an ongoing basis you’ll earn 1.5X points (that’s an extra half point per dollar) on each eligible purchase at US construction material, hardware suppliers, electronic goods retailers, and software & cloud system providers, and shipping providers, as well as on purchases of $5,000 or more, on up to $2 million per Card Account per calendar year.

  In addition earn 5X Membership Rewards® points for flights, prepaid hotels, and short-term rentals and prepaid flight + hotel packages booked at AmexTravel.com.

  

Points can be transferred to a variety of frequent flyer programs, including:

• SkyTeam: Aeromexico Club Premier, Air France KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club



• oneworld: Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, Malaysia Airlines Enrich, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Qatar Airways Privilege Club



• Star Alliance: Avianca LifeMiles, EVA Air Infinity MileageLands, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus, Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles



• Non-alliance: Emirates Skywards, Etihad Guest, JetBlue TrueBlue

  

When I had this card I got tremendous value from it. I received statement credits in my first calendar year and the start of the second, along with a huge bonus, altogether worth orders of magnitude more to me than the card’s annual cost.

For rates and fees of The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, click here.