What Amex Business Platinum (Canada) unlocks

Amex Business Platinum (Canada) has eleven ways into other loyalty programs, split across hotels, car rental, and one cruise line — and nearly all of them start from tiers the card hands you directly. Enrolling gets you Hilton Honors Gold and Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite at no cost, with the Marriott status holding for as long as you keep the card, plus a Hertz Five Star upgrade: a one-car-class bump on Compact through Full Size cars at participating locations.

From Marriott Gold Elite, a once-per-lifetime match reaches Choice Privileges Platinum, and a separate free match reaches Wyndham Rewards Diamond — though the Wyndham status only holds for 90 days unless you log 10 qualifying nights, which extends it through December 31 of the following year.

Hilton Gold opens a longer car-rental chain: a match turns it into National Emerald Club Executive Elite, the pivot for two branches. One matches straight into Avis President's Club. The other runs through Hertz President's Circle — a higher tier than the Five Star status the card already gave you — before landing at Enterprise Plus Platinum; the reference below maps every hop and renewal term in that chain. Separately, that same Five Star status also matches into Sixt Platinum on its own.

That same Hilton Gold status also matches into MSC Voyagers Club Gold — a once-per-lifetime move; it lapses if you skip MSC cruises for three years — and MSC Gold in turn matches into Explora Club (Explora Journeys) Gold under the same once-per-lifetime limit.