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Air NZ AmEx Platinum: No Annual Fee 1st Year (Was $395), 200 Airpoints, Free Domestic Flight

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Air NZ AmEx Platinum: No Annual Fee 1st Year (Was $395), 200 Airpoints, Free Domestic Flight
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neil on 14/10/2015 - 13:44 americanexpress.com (413 clicks)

This is an incredible deal for an AMEX Platinum Credit Card.

  • No Annual Fee for the 1st year ($395 afterwards)
  • 200 Airpoints (after your first $500 spend)
  • 1 Free Air NZ domestic return flight (1 per year)
  • Earn 1 Airpoint per $75 Spent

  • Free Travel Insurance

  • $145 off Koru Membership ($580) (lounge with food, drinks, wifi) annual fee and no joining fee ($255)

  • 1 Status Point for every $250 spent

There was an article in Stuff today. This is the important quote:

American Express' call centre confirmed no annual fee would be charged, if the card was cancelled just before the year was up, and any Airpoints earned would remain in the cardholder's Airpoints accounts.

Note: You are required a personal gross (pre-tax) annual income of $65,000 or more

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  • Wellington on 14/10/2015 - 13:55

    Awesome deal!

  • bigbosssnake on 14/10/2015 - 14:30

    Westpac is cheeky now, I saw one of their cards stating "1st year annual card fee will be refunded to you in the 2nd year". Must have been lots of cancellations in the past.

  • pleccy on 14/10/2015 - 16:28

    Sorry for my naivety but why is this an awesome deal? Is AMex better than Visa/Mastercard?

    • neil on 14/10/2015 - 16:45
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      Well, you get 200 Airpoints plus a domestic flight for free. This card normally costs $395 so you are getting it for free.

      I would recommend just spending the $500 to see if it works out better for you than your current card but definitely cancel before a year. They may waive the 2nd year fees as well if you threaten to cancel.

      I'm not too familiar with Airpoints however I do know they can be used with their Star Alliance Partners to redeem flights.

      • Dunno on 14/10/2015 - 17:26
        +1

        the free travel/medical/personal liability insurance is pretty good value too.

        • bigbosssnake on 15/10/2015 - 15:22

          The free travel can be quite a pain. You have to call them up to make a booking (and you can't see the availability of it until you try booking via the operator) Very limited space but as long as you book it well in advanced, you'll get a spot.

  • congngo on 14/10/2015 - 18:24

    Pity it doesn't give you lounge access :-(
    The Koru Membership is not cheap…

    Just waiting for a permanent NZ address.

  • coolstorybro on 15/10/2015 - 01:10

    "You are required a personal gross (pre-tax) annual income of $65,000 or more"
    Is that a minimum requirement? I'm still a student working part-time haha.

    • bigbosssnake on 15/10/2015 - 15:21

      yuep,same boat, student and working part time. Doubt i'll get that much in the first few years of work either.

  • kiwijunglist on 16/10/2015 - 20:27

    What's the conversion rate of status points to upgrades?

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