# Amex Platinum Travel

American Express · American Express. ₹5,000 fee · 3.5% forex · 1 MR / ₹50.

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verified · checked 13 June 2026

## How it earns (1)

- 1 MR / ₹50 · ✓ official · checked 3 July 2026

## On gift vouchers

- ₹100 back on a ₹10,000 voucher bought direct. · Counted as points for travel; ₹50 if they are cashed out. · 1 MR / ₹50
- Vouchers for ACT Fibernet, Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), Acko Insurance and 17 more brands: nothing.

Worked out on a ₹10,000 voucher with no deal running. Card data current to 21 October 2026.
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## What earns nothing (1)

- No MR: fuel, utilities, insurance, cash, EMI

## Milestones (2)

- 10,000 MR @ ₹4L per membership year · ₹5,000 at ₹4,00,000 spend per card year · ✓ official · checked 16 September 2026
- ₹20,000 Taj Stay voucher @ ₹7L per membership year, no MR (eff 10 Sep 2026; ₹10,000 only if a ₹10K Taj voucher was taken at ₹4L on/before 8 Mar 2026) · ₹20,000 at ₹7,00,000 spend per card year · ✓ official · checked 16 September 2026

## Lounges (1)

- Up to 2 domestic visits a calendar quarter, only after ₹1,00,000 of eligible spend the previous calendar quarter. Unused visits do not carry forward. From 1 Oct 2026; for Oct to Dec 2026, ₹70,000 of Jul to Sep spend qualifies. Before 1 Oct 2026: 8 visits a year with no condition. · Amex domestic lounges · domestic · 2 per quarter · checked 16 September 2026

## Transfer partners (7)

- Hilton Honors Points · 1000 : 1500 · 2-5 days · ✓ official · checked 20 August 2026
- Marriott Bonvoy Points · 1 : 1 · 2-5 days · verified · checked 13 June 2026
- Virgin Atlantic Flying Club · 5 : 4 · 2-5 days · ✓ official · checked 20 August 2026
- Asia Miles · 2 : 1 · 2-5 days · verified · checked 6 July 2026
- Avios (BA Club) · 2 : 1 · 2-5 days · verified · checked 13 June 2026
- Avios (Qatar Privilege Club) · 2 : 1 · 2-5 days · verified · checked 6 July 2026
- KrisFlyer Miles · 2 : 1 · 2-5 days · verified · checked 13 June 2026

1 route closed, kept as history in the change log

## Fees

- Annual fee: ₹5,000 + GST
- Forex markup: 3.5%
- DCC markup: Not published
- Earns: Membership Rewards · ₹0.5 a point at baseline

## Dated changes (6)

- Devaluation · 15 November 2026: Amex stops pooling points across your cards on 15 November (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amex-mr-pooling-2026-10)
- Devaluation · 30 September 2026: Amex ends Reward Multiplier on 30 September (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amex-rm-closure-2026)
- Devaluation · 10 September 2026: Amex Platinum Travel loses its ₹1.9 lakh milestone and gates lounge access (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amex-pt-deval2-2026)
- Improvement · 18 August 2026: Amex India improves Membership Rewards transfers to Virgin Atlantic and Hilton (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amex-mr-ratios-2026-08)
- Devaluation · 9 March 2026: Your Amex Platinum Travel milestones were cut (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amexpt-milestone)
- Partner removed · 28 May 2025: Amex India transfers to Emirates Skywards are suspended (https://getbrief.cards/changes#amex-skywards-suspended-2025-05)

Every change, dated: https://getbrief.cards/changes

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