The Platinum Card® from American Express is full of caché and its heavy metal design will catch more than a few looks. While the fee isn't small, you get a lot back in the form of statement credits and other perks and benefits.

Statement Credit Offers

• $200 in Uber credits annually ($15 per month with a $20 bonus in December)
• $100 in annual Saks Fifth Avenue shopping credits per year ($50 January-June and $50 July-December) as statement credits (Enrollment required)
• $200 in annual airline fee credits (as statement credits) for your chosen airline (Enrollment required)
• $240 Digital Entertainment Credit which is good for up to $20 back each month on select digital subscriptions with Audible, Disney+, The Disney Bundle, ESPN+, Hulu, Peacock, SiriusXM, and The New York Times.(Enrollment Required)
• $200 Hotel Credit as statement credits each year on prepaid Fine Hotels + Resorts^® or The Hotel Collection bookings, with a two night minimum stay, with American Express Travel. (Enrollment Required) 
• $189 CLEAR® Credit as statement credits when you pay for your CLEAR® membership with your Card. (Enrollment Required) 
• $300 Equinox Credit: Receive up to $300 back per calendar year in statement credits for purchases at Equinox. Valid for Equinox All Access, Destination, or E by Equinox membership fees, or for Equinox+. (Enrollment required)
• $300 statement credit when you purchase a SoulCycle At-Home Bike, up to 15x per calendar year. An Equinox+ membership is required to purchase a SoulCycle at-home bike and access SoulCycle content. Must charge full price of bike in one transaction. Shipping available in the contiguous U.S. only. (Enrollment required)
• $155 Walmart+ Credit: The cost of a $12.95 monthly Walmart+ membership is covered with a statement credit after you pay for Walmart+ each month with your Platinum Card. Cost includes $12.95 plus applicable local sales tax. (Plus Ups are excluded.)

(All above offers require enrollment after you receive the card.)

You also get access to the American Express Global Lounge Collection, which includes the Centurion Lounges, Priority Pass, and Delta SkyClubs when you are flying Delta. (Enrollment required)

In addition, you get elite status in two hotel programs (enrollment required):

• Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite
• Hilton Gold

While the Bonvoy Gold status is mostly good for small room upgrades and bonus points on stays, Hilton Gold confers free breakfast - a benefit that can really add up!

More Platinum Card benefits:

• Reimbursement (as a statement credit) for your Global Entry or PreCheck membership fees every 4 years.
• Secondary Car rental CDW/LDW collision/damage coverage
• Lost, damaged or stolen baggage insurance
• Extended warranty, purchase protection and return protection on covered purchases
• No foreign transaction fees.
• Access to the Platinum Concierge line

Cell phone protection:

Coverage for a Stolen or damaged Eligible Cellular Wireless Telephone is subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions and limits of liability of this benefit. The maximum liability is $800, per claim, per Eligible Card Account. Each claim is subject to a $50 deductible. Coverage is limited to two (2) claims per Eligible Card Account per 12 month period.

• Eligibility and Benefit level varies by Card. Terms, Conditions and Limitations Apply.
• Please visit americanexpress.com/benefitsguide for more details.
• Underwritten by New Hampshire Insurance Company, an AIG Company.

NOTE: This card earns 5x on airfare and hotels, however, the airfare must be booked direct with the airline or at Amex Travel and the hotels must be prepaid at Amex Travel to earn 5x. Limit of up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year. This site's Estimated Rewards Values will calculate all airfare and hotels at 5x points, so if your hotels are booked directly (which you generally need to do to earn hotel points and status/benefits) please note that they will not earn 5x and your actual rewards value will vary accordingly.

Capital One Venture X Credit Card Earn Rate

• 10X Capital One Miles on hotels and car rentals when booked via Capital One Travel
• 5X Capital One Miles on airfare booked via Capital One Travel - which utilizes Hopper.
• 2X Capital One Miles on everything else

Capital One Venture X Credit Card Benefits

Capital One launched this card with a laundry list of benefits which are very impressive. You'll quickly see that the annual fee is wiped out and then some by the benefits.

• Up to a $300 credit annually for bookings made on Capital One Travel
• 10,000 bonus miles every account anniversary (equal to $100 towards travel)
• Unlimited access to Capital One Lounges and also to 1,300+ Priority Pass lounges internationally + two guest passes (Effective January 1, 2023, Priority Pass non-lounge airport experiences (like dining, retail shopping and spa discounts) are not part of the Visa Infinite® benefit program for Venture X cardholders.)
• Up to $100 in statement credits for either TSA PreCheck or Global Entry
• Complimentary Hertz President’s Circle status (top tier!) for primary cardholders, authorized users and account managers. The status is valid until Dec 31, 2024.
• Primary Car Rental Collision/Damage Coverage
• Authorized Users can be added for no fee and they also get their own Priority Pass membership.
• Cardholders can earn up to 100,000 miles per year for referring friends, who can then experience the unparalleled benefits Venture X has to offer (up to 4 referrals per year; 25,000 miles awarded per referral)
• No foreign transaction fees

You can transfer to several airline and hotel partners. See the full list of Capital One Miles transfer partners and transfer times.

If you used our Credit Cards Optimization Tool to find this card, please remember that the 10X and 5X bonus rates only apply to travel booked through the Capital One Travel Portal.

With the Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card, you'll receive automatic Marriott Platinum status and 25 elite nights credits every year.

Marriott Bonvoy Platinum status gets you free breakfast (or Executive Lounge access and free breakfast in the Executive lounge if the hotel has one) at most full service Bonvoy properties (Ritz Carlton and EDITION are excluded). You also get a guaranteed 4pm late checkout at all Bonvoy hotels unless they are a resort or conference hotel.

This card earns Marriott Bonvoy points for purchases:

• 6x points at Marriott hotels
• 3x points at restaurants worldwide and on flights booked directly with airlines
• 2x points on all other eligible purchases.

The Bonvoy Brilliant card comes with an annual free night award (up to 85,000 Marriott Bonvoy points in value) at renewal and a $25 monthly credit for up to $300 in statement credits per calendar year (up to $25 per month) for eligible purchases at restaurants worldwide.

Each calendar year after spending $60,000 on eligible purchases, you can choose an Earned Choice Award benefit.

Choices include: Five (5) Suite Night Awards, 85K Free Night Award, and mattress and box spring $1,000 discount from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques.

Terms apply.

Many additional features of this card are outlined in the full details page for this card - simply click below for more card details.

NOTE: Our rewards calculator is assuming that your total entered in "Hotels" is spend at Marriott properties for the purposes of calculating this card's value to you. If part of your hotel spend is at non-Marriott properties, that spend will earn less than our estimate.

Get complimentary top-tier Hilton Diamond status, an annual $250 Hilton Resort credit, an annual $250 airline incidental fee credit, and a Free Night Award, valid any day of the week on a Standard room award at nearly any property in the world. You can earn a second Free Night Award with $60,000 in spend within a calendar year

Also includes Priority Pass Select Airport Lounge Access for you and up to 2 guests per visit at no additional charge. (Enrollment required).

Earn Rate:

14x Hilton Honors points at Hiltons; 7x points on flights booked directly with airlines, car rentals booked direct, and US restaurants; and 3x points everywhere else.

NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your expected rewards for this card, we are assuming that the spend you put in "Hotels" is all spent at Hilton portfolio hotels and resorts. If some is spent at other hotels, your actual rewards will be slightly lower.

All information about the Hilton Honors Aspire® Credit Card has been collected independently by Your Best Credit Cards.

The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card gets an annual domestic companion certificate in any class, including First and Business, plus your first checked bag free and priority boarding on Delta. Moreover, it includes Delta SkyCub membership with an annual fee ($550) that is only $5 more than buying a Delta SkyClub membership on your own!

Earn up to 60,000 Medallion® Qualification Miles (MQMs) With Status Boost® per year. You can earn 15,000 MQMs after you spend $30,000 in purchases on your Card in a calendar year, up to four times per year getting you closer to Medallion® Status. Terms apply.

Spending $25,000 in a year on this card will waive the MQDs requirement for Medallion qualification up to Platinum status.

Earn Rate:

• Earn 3X miles on Delta purchases

Primary Benefits:

• Complimentary Delta Upgrades: For those without Delta Medallion Elite status, you will still be eligible for complimentary domestic upgrades after all elite members have cleared.
• Additionally, Reserve cardholders with status get upgrade list priority over members at the same Medallion tier without the Reserve card
• Annual domestic companion certificate in any class, including First and Business (This can be an amazing value, especially on a Delta One transcontinental flight).
• $100 statement credit every 4 years for Global Entry or an $85 statement credit for TSA Pre✓^® every 4.5 years.
• Terms apply.

NOTE: Our rewards calculator and Estimated Rewards Values assume all "Airfare" is on Delta and is therefore counted at 3x points. If you also fly another carrier, you will only earn 1x points for those purchases and your Reward Values would be lower than indicated.