American Express Platinum Card®

The metal American Express Platinum Card is precisely finished, timeless and robust. With its exclusive advantages, it is the perfect companion when traveling and in your daily life. For the life you love.

The Platinum Card advantages

Half the annual fee in the first year: CHF 450 instead of CHF 900
45,000 Membership Rewards points
CHF 100 shopping credit at Globus
SWISS voucher worth CHF 100
Free access to 1,400 airport lounges worldwide
Comprehensive insurance package
Travel & Lifestyle Service
Membership Rewards bonus program

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Platinum – your perfect travel companion

Rediscover the World

City break, beach holiday or voyage of discovery: Every journey becomes an unforgettable experience with Platinum.

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American Express Platinum Card benefits

Hotel programs
Hotel programs
Worldwide hotel programs

Our Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection hotel programs await you at over 1,600 hotels worldwide. When booking through our Platinum Service, you benefit from special services, such as room upgrades, late check-outs and much more.

Loyalty programs at hotels – start at the top

The luxury hotels’ loyalty programs provide you with valuable benefits every time you check in, making your stay even more comfortable. As a Platinum Card member, you instantly receive a higher membership status.

Hilton Honors Gold Status

Marriott Bonvoy^TM Gold Elite Status

MeliáRewards Gold Membership

Radisson Rewards^TM Gold Status

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Airline programs

Airline programs

Take off with the American Express Platinum Card

Preferential conditions

Take off with world-renowned airlines at advantageous conditions and benefit from special fares¹ with the International Airline Program.

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SWISS voucher

Once you have received your Platinum Card, book your next flight with SWISS and as a principal cardholder you benefit from an annual voucher worth CHF 100, which you can redeem directly on swiss.com³.

¹ The offers and services described are provided by third parties. Their General Terms and Conditions apply. Swisscard AECS GmbH does not assume any liability for these offers.

² Platinum Service is provided by Swisscard AECS GmbH, as part of the Travel & Lifestyle Service represented by Ten Lifestyle Management Switzerland GmbH. The terms and conditions and any fees for the Travel & Lifestyle Service at americanexpress.ch/en/terms-and-conditions apply. You can find an overview of the fees in the summary of benefits at americanexpress.ch/platinum

³ The General Terms and Conditions of the partner SWISS apply, please see swiss.com. Swisscard AECS GmbH does not assume any liability for the services provided by SWISS.
Rental car programs
Rental car programs
Rental car partner programs

Start at the top

With Hertz, Avis or SIXT you are also a member of their partner program, so you travel with your Platinum Card at special conditions. For example, you can upgrade to the next vehicle class free of charge, depending upon availability¹.

Rental car programs and limousine services
Included memberships

Sixt Rent a Car Platinum Sixt Card

Membership in the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program & Five Star® status

Avis Preferred membership
SIXT ride travel credit

Whether it’s a limousine service or airport transfer – the choice is yours with SIXT ride². As there are over 1 million drivers available for you worldwide. As a Platinum Card member, you have an annual travel credit of CHF 200 (8 x CHF 25), which you can use for bookings with SIXT ride.

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¹ The offers and services described are provided by third parties. Their General Terms and Conditions apply. Swisscard AECS GmbH does not assume any liability for these offers.

² The Terms of Use for the SIXT ride card advantage and SIXT ride’s General Terms and Conditions apply. Swisscard AECS GmbH does not assume any liability for the services provided by SIXT.
Airport lounges

Airport lounges

Free access to over 1,400 airport lounges worldwide

As a Platinum Card member, you have free access to the American Express Global Lounge Collection®. This comprises 1,400 lounges at over 500 airports in 130 countries around the globe.

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Platinum Events

Platinum Events

Experience exclusive moments

Our Platinum Events offer even more exclusivity. As a Platinum Card member, you will experience exceptional moments and interesting encounters, such as a Michelin-starred chef in a small select group.

Platinum Lifestyle Service

You will get your seat for your favorite event with Platinum. Thanks to exclusive ticket pre-sales and a team that will do everything in its power to get you tickets that are very much in demand.

Platinum Card ticket insurance

Every payment with your Platinum Card includes insurance for your tickets. If anything unforeseen happens, you’ll be perfectly covered.
Bonus program

Bonus program

Membership Rewards bonus program

Every time you use your Platinum Card you collect valuable points for the Membership Rewards program. You will receive 1 Membership Rewards point for every franc spent (CHF 1 spent on card = 1 point). You can exchange your points for attractive rewards, miles or your next trip at any time. You keep your points, as long as you are the holder of a valid American Express® Card that participates in the Membership Rewards program.

Pay with Points: Make purchases using points
You can pay for selected purchases you made with your Platinum Card with Membership Rewards points directly in the Swisscard app using the “Pay with Points” feature.

Membership Rewards

Pay with Points
Insurance
Insurance
Well covered thanks to comprehensive insurance

The Platinum Card features a comprehensive insurance package to enable you to travel and shop without worries. You simply pay using your Platinum Card and you are ideally protected when shopping and traveling.

Travel Cancellation and Curtailment Insurance

Luggage Insurance

Travel Inconvenience Insurance in the event of flight or luggage delays

Foreign Travel Medical Expenses Insurance

Transport Accident Insurance

Loss Damage Waiver for Rental Cars and Vehicle Assistance

Purchase Protection Insurance

Return Protection Insurance

Ticket Insurance for events

Extended Guarantee

Discounted additional insurance

You will receive access to further discounted additional insurance packages:

Additional Insurance
Please refer to the General Terms and Conditions of Insurance for the American Express Platinum Card to obtain the exact provisions (including sums insured and exclusions of liability).
Lifestyle Benefits

Lifestyle Benefits

Platinum Travel & Lifestyle Service

With the Platinum Travel & Lifestyle Service you have access to coveted tickets, can book your next dream trip or organize a table at one of the city’s best restaurants. You can also make these bookings easily and conveniently on the Platinum Travel & Lifestyle Service online portal. As an American Express Platinum Cardholder, you will receive personal access to the Platinum Travel & Lifestyle booking platform.

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Lifestyle Benefits

American Express Platinum Card® Dining benefits

The American Express Platinum Card is the perfect card for gourmets – and offers several dining advantages to warm the heart of every connoisseur. Discover your advantages now.

Dining Benefits

American Express Platinum Card® Shopping Benefits

With your American Express Platinum Card, you can make secure and cashless payments anywhere in the world. In addition, when you shop, you benefit from extensive extras such as purchase protection insurance, seasonal special offers on selected lifestyle brands or Globus Platinum status with a one-off annual shopping credit worth CHF 100.

Shopping Benefits

American Express Platinum Card® Nightlife Benefits

Whether you want to party with friends on the dance floor in clubs or prefer to treat yourself to a table for more privacy, your American Express Platinum Card gives you access to exclusive offers in clubs.

Nightlife Benefits

American Express Platinum Card® Sport & Wellbeing Benefits

Want to achieve your personal sporting goals with professional support? With the Platinum Card, you benefit from attractive fitness offerings and seasonal offers at leading spas and golf courses in Switzerland.

Sport Benefits

Globus shopping benefit

With your American Express Platinum Card, you benefit from an annual credit in the amount of CHF 100 when shopping at Globus and you receive the attractive Globus Pluscard Platinum membership.

Globus Benefit

Holmes Place benefit

Platinum Card members enjoy better rates when training at Holmes Place gyms in Switzerland. Also, discover our seasonal golf and spa specials to access the leading facilities in the country at better rates.

Holmes Place Benefit

Platinum Service is provided by Swisscard AECS GmbH, as part of the Travel & Lifestyle Service represented by Ten Lifestyle Management Switzerland GmbH. The terms and conditions and any fees for the Travel & Lifestyle Service apply. You can find an overview of the fees in the summary of benefits.
American Express Selects

American Express Selects

Another American Express membership bonus: the Selects program

Enjoy attractive shopping, restaurant, travel and entertainment offers specially for American Express members.

American Express Selects offers
Platinum Card in EUR and USD

Platinum Card in EUR and USD

You often shop abroad or travel a lot. Thanks to the Platinum Card in the foreign currency euros or U.S. dollars, you enjoy the usual Platinum benefits and are on the safe side when it comes to exchange rate fluctuations.

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Other American Express Platinum Card benefits
Other American Express Platinum Card benefits
Mobile payment

Digital Services / Swisscard app

Secure online payments thanks to 3-D Secure

Contactless payments

Cash withdrawal all over the world

24-hour customer service

Free Platinum additional card and up to 4 additional cards (American Express Gold Card or American Express Card)