Multiple customers in Japan criticize the American Express Platinum card for its high annual fee, which they feel is not justified by the benefits, especially when compared to the US version or...

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        "author": "Beeboobumfluffy",
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        "excerpt": "I'm amazed at the price... even with the weak yen, it is somehow more expensive than the (superior) US-issued version.",
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        "excerpt": "I think they need to revamp the whole card. Why would anyone get this card over the ana, Hilton, or marriott cards.\n\n I'm sure hq is probably asking the hard question as to why they've been able to get hordes of people to sign up for their partner cards but not their own",
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        "excerpt": "Japanese platinum is less of a coupon book than the US version and has a few solid benefits, but really it only makes sense if you travel internationally a lot on business class, regularly eat at very expensive restaurants, and stay in luxury hotels.\n\n Pretty much all the deals have a catch. Like the new 100,000 yen air fee benefit looks great, but you need to make a single purchase of 300,000 yen",
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        "excerpt": "I’ve been done with AMEX for a few years now, there’s not much in the way of great benefits across the entire credit card industry here and that includes them\n\n I’m back to zero annual fee, point only cards (JCB W because fuck Visa and Mastercard)",
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