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First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

The view from the US Airways lounge down on the security line. We got to go in the empty line to the right.
The view from the US Airways lounge down on the security line. We got to go in the empty line to the right.

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First Flight with an Infant: AMEX Platinum Makes the Flight Home Easier

I signed my wife up for the AMEX Platinum last year. It has a hefty $450 annual fee that is NOT waived but they were offering her 100,000 Membership Rewards points that I couldn’t pass up. That’s less than 0.5 cents per point if you don’t use any of the benefits of the card at all. The flight home from D.C., however, illustrated why having an AMEX Platinum might just be worth the high annual fee. I’ll first write about our experience, then explain how the card made it all possible.

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Pretty Good Deal: AMEX Business Rewards Gold 50K Membership Rewards points after $5000 spend in 3 months

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AMEX often runs temporary sign up bonuses on their cards. Currently, they are offering 50,000 Membership Rewards points if you sing up for the AMEX Business Rewards Gold card using this link. It’s a pretty good deal, but the high minimum spending requirement ($5000 in 3 months) keeps it from being a great one. A sign up bonus like this probably prompts two questions:

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