Dangling My Feet Off the Troll Tongue: How I’d Use the 100,000 Point AMEX Business Platinum Bonus!

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The 100,000 AMEX Membership Rewards point bonus on The Business Platinum® Card from American Express has returned for a limited-time (offer ends August 8, 2018)!  You can earn the full bonus after meeting tiered minimum spending requirements.

And if earned the bonus on this card I know exactly what I’d do with it – hike to the Trolltunga (Troll Tongue) in Norway!

Dangling My Feet Off The Troll Tongue How Id Use The 100000 Point AMEX Business Platinum Bonus
I Won’t Be Doing Anything Too Crazy When I Get to the Troll Tongue, but I Will Dangle My Feet Off the Edge…Maybe

The closest airport to the Troll Tongue is in Bergen, Norway.  And there are several AMEX Membership Rewards transfer partners that could get you there.

Use the AMEX Business Platinum 100,000-Point Offer to Get to Norway!

Link:   The AMEX Business Platinum Card

Link:   Our Review of the AMEX Business Platinum Card

Until August 8, 2018, the AMEX Business Platinum card has an increased intro bonus, but it does requires a lot of spending.

You’ll earn:

Once you meet the minimum spending, you’ll have at least 125,000 AMEX Membership Rewards points (100,000 point bonus + at least 25,000 points from the minimum spending).  That’s more than enough to take my wife to Norway for a bucket list hike!

Take Advantage of Aeroplan’s Generous Stopover Rules!

AMEX Membership Rewards points transfer to Air Canada’s Aeroplan at a 1:1 ratio.  And it costs 60,000 Aeroplan miles to fly coach from the US to Europe 1, which includes Norway.  On my way to Norway I want to stopover in Amsterdam to visit friends who are living there.  So I need to be able to book a stopover on my award flights.

You can book round-trip coach awards for fewer miles with other airlines.  For example, it only costs 55,000 ANA miles for a round-trip coach flight between the US and Europe.  And I would be allowed 1 stopover and 2 open jaws for the itinerary I want to book.  So ANA would is a great option as well.

Aeroplan allows 2 stopovers or 1 stopover and 1 open jaw per round-trip partner award flight between 2 continents.  And to me, 5,000 miles is a small price to pay for the opportunity to add an extra stopover to my ticket.

Aeroplan does add taxes & fees on partner award flights.  But I found that if I’m selective with what airlines I fly I will able to reduce the fees significantly.

Dangling My Feet Off The Troll Tongue How Id Use The 100000 Point AMEX Business Platinum Bonus
When I Chose Lufthansa for the First Leg of My Journey the Fees Were MUCH Higher!

For example, when I selected Lufthansa for the flight to Amsterdam the taxes & fees were ~881 Canadian Dollars (~$684).  But when I substituted United Airlines for the first leg of the trip, the fees dropped to ~306 Canadian Dollars (~$237)!

Dangling My Feet Off The Troll Tongue How Id Use The 100000 Point AMEX Business Platinum Bonus
Flying With United Airlines Could End Up Saving Me $100s in Taxes & Fees!

I was able to find the award flights I wanted, with a stopover in Amsterdam, on the Aeroplan website.  But if I wanted to add an additional stopover on the way home or an open jaw (i.e. flying into Bergen and out of Oslo), I would need to call Aeroplan to book the award.

Is This a Good Deal For You?

Because AMEX restricts you to earning the bonus on a credit card to once per lifetime per card, I’ve been waiting for a 100,000 AMEX Membership Rewards point bonus offer on the AMEX Platinum Business card to return.

And I haven’t been lucky enough to be targeted for a bonus this big on any version of the AMEX Platinum card.  So I was excited to see the increased public offer.  But I’ll be giving it pass this time around because the minimum spending requirement it too much for me to meet in 3 months.

But if you’ve got a bunch of big expenses in the next few months this could be a nice way to be rewarded for those bills.  And remember, this offer is around until August 8, 2018.  So your business’s 2nd or 3rd quarter estimated tax payment could count toward the minimum spending, depending on when you apply.

Bottom Line

The AMEX Membership Rewards points I could earn with AMEX Business Platinum card’s new offer would make it easy for my wife and I to visit Norway and hike to the Troll Tongue!

Until August 8, 2018, the AMEX Business Platinum card has a bonus of up to 100,000 AMEX Membership Rewards points after meeting tiered minimum spending requirements.  But you’ll have to spend a lot in a short amount of time to earn the full bonus.  So it makes the most sense to take advantage of this deal if you’ve got lots of big expenses coming up.

Are you planning on taking advantage of this offer?  If so, what do you plan on using your AMEX Membership Rewards points for?

Jason Stauffer was a writer for Million Mile Secrets where he covered points, miles, credit cards, airlines, hotels and general travel. His work has appeared in The Points Guy and NextAdvisor.

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