diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e7201c..22f487d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Fixed
+
 - playlist_tracks example code no longer prints extra characters on final loop iteration
 - SpotifyException now thrown when a request fails & has no response ( fixes #571, #581 )
 - Added scope, 'playlist-read-private', to examples that access user playlists using the spotipy api: current_user_playlists() (fixes #591)
+- Enable retries for POST, DELETE, PUT
 
 ### Changed
 
 - both inline and starting import lists are sorted using `isort` module
+- changed exception Max Retries exception code from 599 to 429
 
 ## [2.16.0] - 2020-09-16
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 00814ed..fbb719a 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class Spotify(object):
             total=self.retries,
             connect=None,
             read=False,
+            method_whitelist=frozenset(['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE']),
             status=self.status_retries,
             backoff_factor=self.backoff_factor,
             status_forcelist=self.status_forcelist)
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ class Spotify(object):
             except (IndexError, AttributeError):
                 reason = None
             raise SpotifyException(
-                599,
+                429,
                 -1,
                 "%s:\n %s" % (request.path_url, "Max Retries"),
                 reason=reason
diff --git a/tests/helpers.py b/tests/helpers.py
index 0f42ad0..c95d368 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.py
+++ b/tests/helpers.py
@@ -11,9 +11,5 @@ def get_spotify_playlist(spotify_object, playlist_name, username):
         playlists = spotify_object.next(playlists)
 
 
-def create_spotify_playlist(spotify_object, playlist_name, username):
-    return spotify_object.user_playlist_create(username, playlist_name)
-
-
 def get_as_base64(url):
     return base64.b64encode(requests.get(url).content).decode("utf-8")
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py b/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
index a6dcc34..abfafc3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class AuthTestSpotipy(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises((requests.exceptions.Timeout, requests.exceptions.ConnectionError),
                           lambda: sp.search(q='my*', type='track'))
 
-    def test_max_retries_reached(self):
+    def test_max_retries_reached_get(self):
         spotify_no_retry = Spotify(
             client_credentials_manager=SpotifyClientCredentials(),
             retries=0)
@@ -248,8 +248,9 @@ class AuthTestSpotipy(unittest.TestCase):
         while i < 100:
             try:
                 spotify_no_retry.search(q='foo')
-            except spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException as e:
-                self.assertIsInstance(e, spotipy.exceptions.SpotifyException)
+            except SpotifyException as e:
+                self.assertIsInstance(e, SpotifyException)
+                self.assertEqual(e.http_status, 429)
                 return
             i += 1
         self.fail()
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py b/tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py
index 36de8d9..2ea1145 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ class SpotipyPlaylistApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
         token = prompt_for_user_token(cls.username, scope=scope)
 
         cls.spotify = Spotify(auth=token)
-
+        cls.spotify_no_retry = Spotify(auth=token, retries=0)
         cls.new_playlist_name = 'spotipy-playlist-test'
         cls.new_playlist = helpers.get_spotify_playlist(
             cls.spotify, cls.new_playlist_name, cls.username) or \
-            helpers.create_spotify_playlist(
-                cls.spotify, cls.new_playlist_name, cls.username)
+            cls.spotify.user_playlist_create(cls.username, cls.new_playlist_name)
         cls.new_playlist_uri = cls.new_playlist['uri']
 
     def test_user_playlists(self):
@@ -120,6 +119,19 @@ class SpotipyPlaylistApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
         pl = self.spotify.playlist(self.new_playlist['id'])
         self.assertEqual(pl["tracks"]["total"], 0)
 
+    def test_max_retries_reached_post(self):
+        i = 0
+        while i < 100:
+            try:
+                self.spotify_no_retry.playlist_change_details(
+                    self.new_playlist['id'], description="test")
+            except SpotifyException as e:
+                self.assertIsInstance(e, SpotifyException)
+                self.assertEqual(e.http_status, 429)
+                return
+            i += 1
+        self.fail()
+
     def test_playlist_add_items(self):
         # add tracks to playlist
         self.spotify.playlist_add_items(
@@ -223,7 +235,7 @@ class SpotipyLibraryApiTests(unittest.TestCase):
         new_total = tracks['total']
         self.assertEqual(new_total - total, len(self.four_tracks))
 
-        tracks = self.spotify.current_user_saved_tracks_delete(
+        self.spotify.current_user_saved_tracks_delete(
             self.four_tracks)
         tracks = self.spotify.current_user_saved_tracks()
         new_total = tracks['total']