The Hilton Anatole exec lounge is garbage. First one I’ve been routinely disappointed with.
Knowing where you're headed, it will absolutely be worth it. If you all keep staying at the same hotel in Vegas, you'll hit Hilton Diamond status easily, and you'll get extra perks at the Grand Vacations with the Gold status that comes with the card. There's a Centurion lounge in the Vegas airport as well. Even if they didn't waive the annual fee, I would've easily gotten my money's worth having the Platinum Card for the last few years.Good stuff, thanks for that, guys.
Of course given the high pricing and high margin on SFA clothing, well they aren't giving up muchFWIW - the AMEX Platinum has a new benefit - you get 2 $50 credits (split before June and after June) to spend at Saks 5th Avenue throughout the year.
Any chance you can buy gift cards with that credit? (Which can be given as gifts or sold through a gift card reseller?) If not, I suspect I can find some random gift for my mother-in-law that costs about $50 at Saks...
Any chance you can buy gift cards with that credit? (Which can be given as gifts or sold through a gift card reseller?) If not, I suspect I can find some random gift for my mother-in-law that costs about $50 at Saks...
Like a bar spoon, a bar cutting board, and a sweet hoodie (not pictured...). $51.26
Might be out of luck on the sign-up bonus:So I've been mulling this one over. I opened my Sapphire Preferred (and later Reserve) both after commissioning and have been paying the associated fee. As I understand it, I am ineligible for the waiver because I opened the card after joining rather than before.
However, has anybody had any luck with closing their card at the 24-month mark and reopening a new account, thus re-earning the points benefit and also meriting a fee waiver thanks to reopening after 20 SEP 2017?
For all the years of my service remaining, I'd be pretty stoked to pull that off...
Might be out of luck on the sign-up bonus:
https://thepointsguy.com/news/chase-sapphire-bonus-waiting-period-now-48-months/
Call their military service department and apply for benefits under MLA rather than SCRA. They will waive the annual fee. Worked for me and several friends.
Did you open before Sep 2017? I got mine in Jan 17 and they were unwilling to waive under the MLA.