Is Amex About To Enhance This Amex Platinum Card Benefit?

June 16, 2026

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In this post from earlier this week, I lamented about the recent negative change to the Resy benefit. However, with this recent move, will Amex eventually make the Resy credit global? American Express is making another big dining move.

Amex has agreed to acquire TheFork, Tripadvisor’s European restaurant reservation platform, in a deal reportedly worth $700 million. That matters because TheFork is not some small dining app. It is one of Europe’s major restaurant booking platforms, with more than 50,000 restaurant partners across 11 European countries. Based on this move, it clearly signals that Amex is looking to build a global dining network and not just focusing on the US.

What’s TheFork?

TheFork is a restaurant discovery and reservation platform based in Paris. It allows users to search restaurants, read reviews, make bookings and, in some markets, access dining offers, with a strong presence is Europe. TheFork has a meaningful presence in countries such as France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the U.K. That makes it very different from Resy, which is far more U.S.-centric. This is exactly why the acquisition is interesting.

Amex already owns Resy. It also acquired Tock, which focuses more on premium restaurant reservations, prepaid dining experiences, wineries and events. Adding TheFork gives Amex a much stronger international dining footprint. Once the deal closes, Amex’s combined dining network across Resy, Tock and TheFork is expected to reach around 75,000 bookable venues.

Why This Matters For Amex Cardholders

Dining has become a major part of the Amex value proposition. The Amex Gold Card leans heavily into food, with restaurants, groceries and dining credits playing a central role. The Amex Platinum Card is marketed as a premium travel and lifestyle card, but many of its benefits are now built around credits and curated experiences, including a $300 Resy credit per year.

That is why TheFork could matter. Right now, the Resy credit is useful, but geographically limited. It works best if you live in or frequently visit cities where Resy has strong coverage. For a premium cardholder who travels internationally, that feels incomplete.

If Amex now owns a major European dining platform, the obvious question becomes: will the Resy dining credit eventually become more global? It ideally should.

Amex’s Global Dining Ambition

The bigger story is that Amex appears to be building an end-to-end dining ecosystem. Resy gives Amex strong U.S. restaurant access. Tock gives it high-end experiences and prepaid reservations. TheFork gives it European scale. That combination could let Amex create a much more compelling dining benefit across multiple cards.

Imagine using your Amex dining credit not only in New York, Miami or Los Angeles, but also in Paris, Rome, Madrid or London. That would make the benefit far more relevant for travelers. It would also better match how Amex markets its premium cards. A global travel card should not have a dining credit that feels mostly domestic.

The Pundit’s Mantra

For now, we do not have any formal announcement that Amex will expand the Resy credit globally. So this is speculation.But the direction is obvious. Amex keeps investing in dining, and TheFork gives it exactly what Resy lacks: a strong European footprint.

If Amex is serious about making dining a core part of the Platinum and Gold Card value proposition, then expanding dining credits beyond the U.S. would be a logical next step. I’ll be interested in seeing Amex’s next moves once TheFork acquisition closes.

The Amex Platinum Card is supposed to be a card for global travel. It would be great to see the Resy dining credit reflect that.

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