New American Express Platinum Dining maps to help spend your £300 credit

A hugely interesting benefit added to American Express Platinum cards last year was £300 per year of dining credit.

You receive:

• £150 to spend across 150 or so UK restaurants
• £150 to spend across 1,200 or so international restaurants

You can find out more about the benefits of American Express Platinum in this article.

There is no minimum spend – free really means free. If you spend under £150, the balance is carried over to be used on another meal during the year. Your credit resets on 1st January each year.

Before Christmas we shared links to some Google Maps put together by readers covering restaurants in London, Paris and Vienna. These were very useful because the Amex website for participating restaurants is not very helpful when it comes to finding where venues are.

Tim Rogers, who originally founded Reward Flight Finder before selling it, has built on these efforts to create maps covering all participating restaurants in Europe. You can filter by cuisine and Michelin star rating if you are keen on, or want to avoid, fine dining.

Have a play at Tim’s website here – https://platinum-dining.caffeinesoftware.com

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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – March 2023 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit card, here are our top recommendations based on the current sign-up bonuses.

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Successfully apply for either of the Barclaycard Avios credit cards by 2nd April 2023 and you will be entered into a free draw to win ONE MILLION AVIOS! Full details are on the application forms here (free) and here (paid). This competition is exclusive to Head for Points readers. T&C apply.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the best of the other deals currently available.

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers:

Until 30th March 2023, the sign up bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased to 120,000 Membership Rewards points – click here. The bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased to 60,000 Membership Rewards points – click here. T&C apply, see the application forms for details.

For a non-American Express option, we also recommend the Barclaycard Select Cashback card for sole traders and small businesses. It is FREE and you receive 1% cashback on your spending.