The phrase
"additional cardmember" refers to someone who is authorized to use a credit card or access a card account under someone else's account.
Full definition
One
additional cardmember benefit: You get eight annual barista picks, where a Starbucks barista curates and automatically uploads a food or beverage rewards to your account.
Add
an additional cardmember to your account and you'll earn another 5,000 bonus points when they make a purchase within the first 3 months.
Additional cardmembers to the main Credit Card account are not eligible to receive a voucher.
additional cardmember / cardholder [top] Most issuers allow you to sign on an additional cardholder, such as a spouse, to your account.
It is only available to the primary cardholder and can not be given to
an additional cardmember.
If you want an additional miles, you can sign up
an additional cardmember and have them make a purchase as well.
Amex Platinum benefits that
additional cardmembers are entitled to include lounges (including Global Lounge Collection), Global Entry / TSA PreCheck credits ($ 100 / $ 85 respectively), and Honors and SPG Gold status.
Add
an Additional Cardmember to your Blue Cash Everyday card and receive a $ 25 statement credit after your additional card members spend $ 250 or more within 3 months.
It is only available to the primary cardholder and can not be given to
an additional cardmember.
If you want an additional miles, you can sign up
an additional cardmember and have them make a purchase as well.
(The one benefit that does not carry over to
additional cardmembers is the $ 200 airline fee credit, which is exclusive to the primary cardmember.)
It's only $ 175 to add a total of three
additional cardmembers to the consumer version, so I'll still have all the same Platinum Card benefits through Megan, and we gave a card to my dad, too.
Note that SPG Gold can be achieved by simply holding an American Express Platinum Card, even as
an additional cardmember, which I have in part for lounge access to Delta Sky Clubs.
Bank of America Virgin Atlantic American Express: Cancel — I got this card for the 65,000 bonus miles (20,000 bonus miles after first purchase, 25,000 additional bonus miles after $ 2,500 in qualifying purchases in the first 90 days, 5,000 bonus miles when adding two
additional Cardmembers and up to 15,000 Anniversary bonus miles if you hit a threshold of $ 25,000 in spend).
They'll give you 25k miles for first purchase, then 5,000 for adding
an additional cardmember (which you won't do since you and your spouse should get their own cards and own bonuses), then 10,000 miles for spending $ 25k in one year (which I don't recommend doing because I'm going to recommend a different day - to - day card.)
Additional cardmembers to the main Credit Card account are not eligible to receive a voucher.