Amex Business Platinum 180K Upgrade Offer
🔃 Update (Oct 02, 2024) – Here’s a new and public upgrade link for Business Platinum with 120,000 bonus Membership Rewards after $10,000 spend in 90 days. Let me know if it works for you. (HT: Miles Earn and Burn)
🔃 Update (Jul 02, 2024) – More people are targeted for offers that include upgrade bonuses of 50K, 120K, 140K and 180K Membership Rewards.
🔃 Update (Jan 23, 2024) – This link shows the 140K offer.
American Express is targeting some business cardmembers with a big offer to upgrade to an Amex Business Platinum Card. This is by far the best bonus we have seen, and those targeted can earn 180,000 Membership rewards points. Check out the details below.
The Offer
- Upgrade to the The Business Platinum Card from American Express and earn an extra 180,000 Membership Rewards points after you spend $10,000 in purchases on the Card in the first three months of Card Membership.
- $695 Annual Fee
This offer is showing in select American Express accounts, normally for those who already have a Business Gold credit card. But it could also show up for upgrading from a Business Green card. There’s no direct link, so you will just need to keep your fingers crossed and check your accounts. This link only shows the 140K offer I think, but it’s worth a try.
If you do see the offer, then you should apply right away. The offer might not pop up again if you check again later.
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
Annual Fee
When you upgrade, your card anniversary date doesn’t change. You will be charged a prorated annual membership fee for your new Card based on the time remaining until your next account anniversary date.
Guru’s Wrap-Up
This 180K upgrade offer is a great opportunity to earn a bonus that is even better that the usual welcome bonus offer. There’s no hard pull when upgrading and you can also receive the upgrade bonus even if you’ve had the card previously. Just keep in mind that you need to spend $10,000 within three months, which is not easy to do.
Let me know if you’re targeted and able to take advantage of this upgrade offer. If you never had the Amex Business Platinum Card in the past, check for a signup bonus as high as 300K.
