From reading this topic atleast it's clear the purchase of the card doesn't indicate class or manners.

Using an Amex Platinum Card (cost Baht 25,000.- per year) one gets free "companion" tickets in First Class on virtually every Airline - not just Thai which is all the TE Card offers.

not on virtually all airlines but on (presently 16 selected) airlines wich (i admit) cover nearly all flight needs.

the small catch remains that a FULL IATA FARE ticket has to be purchased which is considerably more expensive than the first class fares offered by travel agents.

example:

BKK-FRA-BKK on LH First €UR 3,555 = THB 165,000 bought through AMEX Travel

same LH ticket bought through Travel Agency THB 118,000 (still considerable savings of THB 71,000).

I had a Centurian Amex card and Platinum and all the other pretty colours and the catch with the free flights was the cost of the single fare. Also, some offers were jujst upgrades and not companion fares. Now we all know that many Thai Airways products are rubbish, way behind the times and overpriced. So your free seat actually costs you the difference between what you could have paid and what you did pay.

Anyway, as this guy who forks out 11m on a car, which probably costs a fraction of that outside LOS, flies so frequently, he would have so much mileage as to be upgrading with points and not needing to purchase 1st class tickets.

Anyone seen his 11m car then ? Or is it Walter Mitty in LOS ?