Overview
- The consumer Platinum Card’s public welcome offer now requires $12,000 in purchases within six months, up from $8,000.
- The advertised maximum bonus still reads “as high as” 175,000 points, with no increase alongside the higher spend.
- Amex kept the six-month earning window, a longer runway than most issuers that typically use a three-month period.
- Coverage notes it is unusual to raise the minimum spend without lifting the bonus, a change that could dampen applicant interest.
- On a time-adjusted basis the move aligns with Chase and Citi at $6,000 in three months, while Capital One’s Venture X remains far lower at $4,000 in three months.