Amex Business Platinum, 170K Welcome Bonus with $15K Spend (YMMV)

Amex Business Platinum 170K Bonus

American Express is offering a new and improved welcome bonus for the Amex Business Platinum Card. You can now earn 170,000 Membership Rewards points, for the same spending requirement that’s been around for the 150K offer, or even lesser public offers. The offer does have the lifetime language. So this is an opportunity for first time applicants, or those who haven’t held this card in years. The bonus could also show up through referral links, which makes it even better. Let’s check out the details of this Amex Business Platinum 170K bonus.

🔃 Update: There’s a new link where some people are seeing the 170K welcome bonus. It might take many tries, and different browsers and locations. This link also includes the lifetime language, so this is an opportunity only for those who never had this card (at least in the last 5-7 years). (HT: cexpertWV)

Offer

• Earn 170,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $15,000 on eligible purchases with the Business Platinum Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership.
• Annual Fee: $695
• REFERRAL LINK | DIRECT LINK

You can try a clean browser window, different browsers, or even different locations to see if you can get the 170K offer to show up. Otherwise you might see offers for 100K, 120K or 150K. 

Card Details

• Earn:
  • 5X Membership Rewards points for each dollar of eligible purchases made when you book on the American Express Travel website
  • 2X Points per dollar on
    • eligible purchases of $5,000 of more
    • U.S. Electronics goods, retailers, software, and cloud service providers
    • U.S. Construction materials and hardware supplies
    • U.S. Shipping providers
  • 1X on all other eligible purchases
• Use Membership Rewards Pay with Points for all or part of an eligible fare and get 35% of those points back, up to 1,000,000 bonus points per calendar year. This benefit is changing on Sep. 18, 2025.
• Redeem points for 1 cent each if you also have an Amex Business Checking account.
• $600 Hotel Credit ($300 semi-annually) for prepaid bookings at Fine Hotels + Resorts or The Hotel Collection ( two-night minimum) through American Express Travel.
• Dell: Up to $150 in statement credits on U.S. purchases directly with Dell and an additional $1,000 statement credit after you spend $5,000 or more on that same card per calendar year.
• Up to $120 annual statement credits for purchases made directly from any US wireless telephone provider, up to $10 per month. Enrollment required.
• Indeed – Get up to $360 credit ($90 per quarter). Enrollment required.
• Adobe: $250 statement credit after you spend $600 or more on U.S. purchases directly with Adobe per calendar year. Enrollment required.
• Access to more than 1,400 airport lounges across 140 countries
• $200 in statement credits per calendar year for airline incidental fees. Enrollment required.
• $200 in Hilton statement credits per calendar year (up to $50 per quarter) when you enroll and make purchases directly with a property in the Hilton portfolio (see what works).
• Spend $250,000 on eligible purchases in a calendar year and receive:
  • $1,200 Amex Travel Online Flight Credit: Unlock up to $1,200 in statement credits for use in the next calendar year on flights booked on AmexTravel.com.
  • $2,400 One AP® Statement Credit: Unlock up to $2,400 in statement credits for use in the next calendar year on monthly fees for American Express One AP®, American Express’ digital accounts
• 35% Airline Bonus for a First or Business class flight on selected qualifying airline when using Membership Rewards Pay with Points through American Express Travel.
• Receive a statement credit every 4 years for Global Entry ($120) or every 4.5 years for TSA PreCheck (up to $85).
• Cover the cost of a CLEAR Plus membership with up to $209 in statement credits per year after you pay with your Business Platinum Card. Enrollment required.
• Leaders Club Sterling Status (The Leading Hotels of the World)
• Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status
• Hilton Honors Gold status
• Platinum Card Concierge available 24/7 to help with anything from special dinner reservations to finding the perfect gift. 
• Resy Dining Benefit
• No Foreign Transaction Fees
• Annual Fee:
  • Primary Cardholder Annual Fee: $895 (Rates & Fees)
  • Additional Employee Cards Fees:
    • $400 annual fee for each Employee Business Platinum Card
    • No Annual Fee for Employee Business Expense Card

Travel Partners

To unlock more value for your Membership Rewards points, you should take a look at all the hotel and airline partners.

Besides these travel partners, you can cash out Membership Rewards points for a value of 1.1 cents if you have a Charles Schwab Platinum Card, or 1 cent each with an Amex Business Checking account.

Eligibility 

Welcome offer not available to applicants who have or have had this Card. That usually means that you must not have had this card within the last 5-7 years.

American Express may also consider the number of American Express Cards you have opened and closed as well as other factors in making a decision on your welcome offer eligibility. You can apply if you’re not sure, and the pop-up will let you know if you are not eligible.

Guru’s Wrap-up

This is a great welcome bonus for the Amex Business Platinum Card and the highest offer we have ever seen with the $15K spending requirement. That’s still a lot of spending, so make sure you are able to complete it before applying. 

What makes this offer even better, is that you can possibly apply through a referral link. Even if you see the 150,000 bonus through a referral, that can be a great offer. Some referrers can earn 25,000 points, so that would give you a total of 175,000 points.

The offer has the lifetime language. Looking for NLL offers? Check out these links to see if you are targeted.