If you hold the American Express Platinum Charge Card (the metal card), here’s a limited-time offer to consider. Even if you don’t currently own this card, the promotion highlights one of the premium benefits Platinum Charge cardholders occasionally receive. This could help you decide whether the higher annual cost of the metal card is worthwhile. Details follow.
Amex Marriott Dining Voucher Offer Details:
- Offer: Get a Rs. 10,000 Marriott dining voucher
- Spend criteria: Complete five foreign-currency transactions, each with a value of at least Rs. 5,000
- Effective reward rate: Approximately 30–35% (based on roughly Rs. 30,000 total spend)
- Eligible cards: American Express Platinum Charge Card only
- Offer period: 20 December 2018 to 31 January 2019
- Fulfilment: Voucher issuance on or before 30 April 2019
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A reward rate above 30% from American Express is an attractive return, making this a compelling offer for eligible cardholders.
For American Express Centurion cardholders, a separate offer provides a Rs. 20,000 voucher after 10 qualifying transactions. Source
Thanks to Platinum Charge cardholder Saugata Halder for sharing this offer information.
Bottom line:
If you plan to travel internationally this winter, this promotion is an excellent way to extract value from the Amex Platinum Charge Card. The card already earns 3X Membership Rewards points on international spends, so combining that with a substantial dining voucher makes the overall proposition especially rewarding.
Recently, American Express has promoted dining vouchers with brands like Marriott and previously with Taj, suggesting a trend toward partner dining and hotel rewards. Past Diwali promotions that included Marriott dining vouchers stood out as strong offers, and it’s reasonable to expect similar campaigns in the future.
It would be beneficial if Amex introduced a domestic-spend version of this promotion that awarded Marriott dining vouchers for transactions made within India, similar in spirit to past hotel stay gift-card promotions offered to a broader set of cardmembers.
What do you think of this Marriott dining voucher promotion? Share your thoughts in the comments below.