October 7 Update: Maximizing the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express and YYC’s Chinook Lounge will close down when WestJet’s lounge opens + MORE Oct 7th

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October 7 Update: Maximizing the elite status benefits from The Platinum Card from American Express and YYC’s Chinook Lounge will close down when WestJet’s lounge opens

– RewardsCanada.ca

Back in 2016 and again in 2018 we wrote some blog posts that highlight how you can use the elite status benefits from The Platinum American Express Card to get yourself even more status memberships. The posts are very popular but tend to get buried in quickly in the flurry of blog posts that we do have on the Rewards Canada blog so today we officially launched it as it’s own feature on the mian Rewards Canada website! You’ll be able to find it at http://rwrds.ca/AmexPlatinumStatus so be sure to book mark as that will be one we will consistently update. Even if you have read the other two posts I would recommend re-reading the new feature as we have expanded the details of the status matches and made sure everything in the feature is current as of today. You’ll even notice that one hotel status, that of Choice Privileges has changed – it is no longer a straight up status match, you now need to have one Cambria Hotel stay to receive it. You can read the entire feature here.As you know, last week we detailed the news from WestJet on their first Flagship lounge that will be opening in Calgary…