• American Express Platinum refreshed its perks and raised its annual fee to $895. • Some cardholders say the new extras, like credits at Resy, Lululemon, and Oura, make the Platinum worth it. • Unlike the huge storm around the Chase Sapphire Reserve fee hike, people seem mostly chill about this.
American Express raised the annual fee on its Platinum Card — by $200, to $895 — and the world seems to have kept spinning.
That's a big difference from earlier this year, when Chase raised the fee on its Sapphire Reserve — from $550 to $795 — and the internet nearly lost its mind.
What's the difference? I'm not exactly sure, given I don't have either of the cards myself, but from what I can tell from the discourse online, Amex cardholders seem to think the new Platinum Card comes with enou