How American Express Made a (Nearly) $900 Card Mainstream
Think you’re spotting more shiny metal cards out in the wild than ever before? It’s not your imagination. Against all odds, American Express raised the annual fee on its flagship travel card to nearly $1,000 a year earlier this fall while piling on even more use-them-or-lose-them statement credits ... and somehow made it even more popular. In 2025, the *amex platinum* - complete with its record-se...
