News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this week. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the ‘Offers’ tab of your online statement. Offers marked ‘Connect’ appear on the Amex […]
American Express Platinum charge card
The American Express Platinum charge card is a hugely popular card among miles and points collectors in the UK. This is because of its generous sign-up bonus, free travel insurance and a wide range of travel perks.
These include Club Carlson Gold status, Starwood Preferred Guest Gold status, Hilton HHonors Gold status, Melia Rewards Gold status, Shangri-La Jade status, two Priority Pass cards for airport lounge access (admits four people in total) and Eurostar lounge access.
Our main article reviewing the American Express Platinum charge card is here. You can learn more and apply for the card via the Amex website.
Bits: free cinema tickets with Amex, Atlantis The Palm Dubai Avios promo
14 September 2016 By 18 Comments
News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, American Express has arranged free screenings of the Opening Night Gala Film, A United Kingdom, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, at 28 Cineworld cinemas across the UK. […]
HFP ‘Credit Cards’ page updated for September – what are the best deals this month?
12 September 2016 By 88 Comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be found by clicking the ‘Credit Cards’ tab […]
Hilton / Amex ‘£50 cashback on £250 booking’ offer is back, covering UK and European hotels
8 September 2016 By 72 Comments
American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending £250’ promotion. It is restricted to the first 10,000 American Express cardholders to register their card. To see if you are targetted, you need to log in to the Amex website […]
Bits: pay your car tax on Amex, laterooms.com sale, beat luggage theft with a gun!
21 August 2016 By
News in brief: DVLA now accepts American Express (EDIT: it turns out that DVLA is STILL trialling the use of American Express. I have been told that you may or may not be given the option of using Amex at random. This is why some […]
Holiday Tips 4 – earning Avios and other airline miles from car rentals
24 July 2016 By
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in preparation for the Summer season. Earlier articles looked at the best credit card to use abroad, the best way to earn miles when ordering foreign currency […]
EXCLUSIVE: New Terminal 5 Priority Pass landside lounge now open!
10 July 2016 By
There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is the club lounge of the Sofitel hotel, Club Millesime, which is now open to the public. Full details are on the Priority Pass website – search […]
Bits: Qatar selling UK-Dubai for £975 in Business, new BA Innsbruck flight launched
24 June 2016 By
News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an exceptionally good fare to Dubai – just £975 return. I have NEVER seen flights to the Middle East so cheap in business class from a UK starting point. […]
American Express Platinum Business charge card reviewed – is it worth a look?
20 June 2016 By
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Platinum Business charge card. My review of the other option, the American Express Gold Business charge card, is here. (EDIT: This review […]
American Express Gold Business charge card reviewed – is it worth a look?
19 June 2016 By
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Gold Business charge card. My review of the American Express Platinum Business charge card is here. (EDIT: This review was […]
New Amex statement credit travel offers launched inc Eurostar, Hyatt, Selfridges
16 June 2016 By
American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. There are two ways to sign up to these deals. The easiest is to visit the Amex website or app and go the statement page for each card you hold. […]
Plaza Premium lounges now allowing direct access for Amex Platinum cardholders
15 June 2016 By
Tucked away in the new issue of ‘Departures’, the magazine for American Express Platinum charge card holders, is an intriguing new offer. The ‘intriguing’ element comes from the fact that Amex has never announced this benefit and because I’m not sure it has any use […]
Bits: Amex Plat ending Royal Academy partnership, My Flights is back!, Homebase drops Nectar
8 June 2016 By
News in brief: American Express ending Royal Academy partnership For the last year or so, it has been possible to get free access to exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London with your American Express Platinum card. It also allowed you to access the private […]
American Express ending pro-rata fee refunds in the USA from September – UK to follow?
7 June 2016 By
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there has been a drip of other contract losses. […]
‘Credit Cards’ page updated for June 2016 – what are the best deals this month?
3 June 2016 By
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be found by clicking the ‘Credit Cards’ tab at […]
American Express removes the minimum income requirement from its cards
27 May 2016 By
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. Instead, Amex has removed minimum income requirements altogether. These […]
Amex says ‘business cards must now only be used for business expenditure’
26 May 2016 By
The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter through the market. One way a card issuer can circumvent the 0.3% cap on fees is to issue ‘business’ cards as these are not capped. The reason for […]
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