Amex Platinum Charge invitation usually for their Gold Charge membership ( at least 1 year old ), usage RM80k above per annum will let you get " invited " . If you are eager to get their attention, after you hit the criteria above, you can straight away call up their platinum hotline and ask for an upgrade. What i mean above is all Charge Card, no Credit Card involved  , However they may have exception that they send an invitation straight away to you without having their gold card first. Maybe your loaded premier banking account, high spending cc history.  , Amex Plat Charge is gateway to Centurion too ! ( Maybe one day when the black card hit our shore )

I would like to share my experience trying to fill up with at Petronas petrol station with my AMEX.

Background:
There are two types of Petronas station. One only displays "Kad Diterima". Another displays "Kad Diterima" with clear logos of Visa, MC and AMEX.

Case I: Petrol station with no AMEX logo
When I slotted in my AMEX card, the machine detected the card & my name. Then it went to getting approval mode, then the AMEX card got ejected out. Some error message blurted out ('error 14' or whatever ..). The machine went offline for 2 minutes before it back to normal.

Case II: Petrol station with AMEX logo (Awana Kijal)
Similar problem as Case I. I immediately approached the sales counter. They also unable to approve my card usage. Excuse: AMEX network was "offline" which we all know is a silly excuse.

Case III: Petrol station with AMEX logo (Kemaman)
Not satisfied, I went to another Petronas station. Faced similar problem. When consulted the sales counter, the lady said "selalunya boleh terima AMEX". She then called the "station owner" who was obviously goyang kaki somewhere in Bahamas (hehe, just kidding). Still received no firm answer on why AMEX not accepted when the entrance of the station clearly advertised that AMEX is accepted. I tried to tell her that maybe the station owner had secretly disabled the AMEX facility to avoid high merchant fee. Obviously she had no answer to that, "saya pekerja aje kat sini .."

Next step:
Those advertised with AMEX logo but secretly disabling the facility are in clear violation and perhaps even tarnish the image of Petronas brand. I intend to call up myMESRA to get clarification on this.

If anyone had any experience of filling up with AMEX in Klang Valley, perhaps can share the story with me. I reckon the irresponsible act is often done in less populated area that most likely has lower number of AMEX card holders.

Note:
Some of you will advise to fill up at Shell or Esso. But well, I also have Maybank Petronas card with 5 Treatpoints per RM fuel, so it's a good alternative. I just prefer to pile up on my Membership Rewards points.

@StupidZ,
1. We need to subscribe(RM25/RM50) then only entitle to earn the membership reward point, right?
Yes U will need to pay a yearly subscription to be entitled Amex's Membership Reward Points.  However, you're automatically enrolled/subscribed to Maybank's TreatPoints Reward Program

2. For every RM1 we spent on AMEX, it will earn us the membership  reward point, is it including petrol staton?
Yes we do get points for petrol purchases

3. Is the x2 / x3 / x5 / x10 reward point promotion still applicable now?
I believe it is - except X10 reward promotion point is only valid at Platinum Partners and if I am not mistaken, only meant for Platinum card users

4. Currently Maybank offer 3 year annual fee waived, but I was wondering is there anyone successfully ask them to waived their annual fee payment before?
As I'm new, I'm unable to help with this question

5. What is the major difference between Gold and Personal (Green) card? In term of benefit , etc.
U need to pay the yearly subscription for Personal/Green card.  For Gold Card and above, I believe you're automatically enrolled into Amex's Membership Rewards Program.  For other benefits, just check out their website

@tishaban,
Yes dear... will get U a supplementary card.. but mine's expiring soon and I don't intend to renew it - i might, actually just swap over to the Gold Charge Card [if I had RM2450 to pay, I'll use that to subsidise flight to NY!]

I guess the only advantage of the Amex Platinum Credit Card is that it is gives 10x Reward Points as selected outlets but I don't frequent those places enough to give a BIG + to the benefits of the card.

Yeap, very serious, did in RM12K on my Amex & over RM15K on my SCB, so its truly kind of a let down when not winning anything      But like they say, there's still hope and previously I did win lots of goodies from Amex 

But for the Visa/Mst category very hard to top those insurance agents who swipe for their clients, which is why I still think the MBf get '5' was still the fairest, at least for all cardmembers 

No worry , you will get your Longines watch soon 

i hit the 20k in the first month , but they send the watch 3 months later, that is because i make a call to their CS and ask them about the watch and they said normally they will only send it out after 6 months but since i have reach the spending earlier than the due , they arrange it faster but also took for more than 3 months  . You can try to call up their CS and ask about this.

It's my turn to update my swipe experience with AMEX.

3 places do not accept AMEX: Kedai Tenaga, KFC, Perodua Service Centre.

Yeah, yeah ....  me also interested to know .......  they did offer me as well before but no waive on annual fees, so told them to take a hike 

Confirmed your info to be correct. My friend doing. If interested to apply do pm me your contact. Cheers 

Pls call Andrew 016 3236600 for prompt action. Cheers

HLB Amex Platinum?! Er.. got waiver?  Is this different from Amex Platinum Credit Card issued by Maybank?!

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Added on March 13, 2009, 12:59 pm@RockIron,
I want that waiver off the Platinum Charge Card too - just to check, did U have to reapply?!  Unfortunately, I don't have great "relationship" with MBB - I prefer to keep my mother in my pillowcase/under the bed/in the fridge, etc

Maybank AMEX Gold charge card has annual fee ah? If there is, how much wo?

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer American Express® Gold Credit Card



URL: http://www.maybank2u.com.my/mbb_info/m2u/p...sonal/CRD-Cards

@tgeoklin,
hMm.. I ain't in the market for a credit card so haven't quite been checking what's available in the market.  What's this guaranteed gifts with SCB - I should check it out

And yup.. I have absolutely no intentions of paying another RM800 for the 2nd year - so I'll just wait till my 1st year is up, redeem all my points and move on to another bank , unless of course Amex offers me a waiver.

I'm still waiting for RockIron to get back to me on the waiver of the Amex Platinum Charge Card   I guess I just want that for show! hAHahAHhahAHahA

Woh, talk abt a big shot