Amex Platinum fast-track perk: How you might get by way of safety quicker as a cardholder

Despite the fact that airport safety could be time-consuming, I can normally entry a shorter line utilizing my TSA PreCheck and Clear memberships. Nonetheless, each applications solely assist me when touring domestically. As such, I normally do not have a technique to lower my wait time when clearing safety in worldwide airports.

As I found on a visit to Stockholm in 2022, although, there’s an possibility for getting by way of safety quicker whereas abroad, because of The Platinum Card® from American Specific — and it comes at no extra price.

With the Amex Platinum, you will take pleasure in entry to fast-track safety lanes when departing from choose worldwide airports.

Whereas I’ve but to discover a listing of airports providing fast-track safety lanes you possibly can entry totally free as an Amex Platinum cardmember, you will usually discover this perk acknowledged on regional Amex webpages. For instance, this Swedish web page on Amex’s web site signifies that fast-track safety is a Platinum cardmember perk at a number of Nordic airports.

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I used to be additionally capable of finding a number of different worldwide airports the place Amex Platinum cardholders get entry to a particular safety line, together with:

• Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) in Canada (just for cardmembers with playing cards issued in Canada)
• Brussels Airport (BRU) in Belgium
• Vienna Airport (VIE) in Austria
• Choose Spanish airports (just for cardmembers with playing cards issued in Spain)
• Choose Italian airports, together with Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO), Milan Linate Airport (LIN), Naples Worldwide Airport (NAP), Torino Airport (TRN), Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) in Terminal 1, Palermo Airport (PMO), Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY) and Catania—Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)

I not too long ago took a flight departing from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) and seen signage indicating Amex Platinum cardmembers may use fast-track safety. I had fast-track safety entry by way of my airline elite standing, however my husband gained entry to the fast-track safety lane by displaying his boarding go and Amex Platinum card to the safety attendant. The attendant did not ask the place his card was issued or look at the cardboard to find out the issuing nation despite the fact that — as I later found — the web phrases state solely Amex Platinum cardmembers with playing cards issued in Spain can use fast-track lanes at this airport.

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At some airports, you might not have the ability to use fast-track safety until your Amex Platinum was issued within the area or by a selected financial institution. So, you might be turned away from some fast-track safety strains, even in case you see an indication indicating that Amex Platinum cardholders get entry.

On an analogous observe, Ben Smithson, a senior author at TPG, not too long ago noticed an indication at Tbilisi Worldwide Airport (TBS) noting that choose Visa cardholders may use the precedence safety lane. Nonetheless, after I appeared this perk up whereas scripting this story, I discovered it is just provided by way of Sept. 30 to Visa Platinum, Visa Signature, Visa Infinite, Visa Platinum Enterprise and Visa Signature Enterprise cardholders with playing cards issued by Ukrainian banks. Ben did not attempt to use the precedence lane, so it is unclear whether or not he would have been given entry regardless of not having a Ukrainian-issued Visa card.

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It is price checking whether or not your departure airport presents a fast-track safety lane and whether or not your Amex Platinum offers you entry to this lane to keep away from unnecessarily standing in lengthy safety strains.