Before the refresh of The Platinum Card® from American Express, everyone (myself included) wondered whether the benefits would provide enough value to justify paying the card’s annual fee. We knew the annual fee was going up. With premium travel credit cards, that seems to be standard operating procedure every few years. Would I have ever guessed I’d be paying $895 a year for a credit card when I got into this hobby-turned-profession over a decade ago? Definitely not. But here I am, doing just that. Why? ...