Tim’s American Express Platinum Dining maps can help you spend your £300 credit
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A hugely interesting benefit of American Express Platinum cards is £300 per year of dining credit.
You receive:
- £150 to spend across 170 or so UK restaurants
- £150 to spend across 1,600 or so international restaurants

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.
One issue is that the American Express website for checking which restaurants you can use is not as intuitive as it could be.
Luckily, Tim Rogers, who originally founded Reward Flight Finder before selling it, set up a website which creates maps covering all participating restaurants globally.
You can filter by cuisine and Michelin star rating if you are keen on, or want to avoid, fine dining.
Importantly, Tim is updating his maps as restaurants are added or removed, which apparently is happening on a fairly regular basis.
However, you should always double check with the official American Express list on the day you are dining. We’ve heard from HfP readers who booked ‘hard to get’ restaurants weeks in advance only to find out, after the meal, that the restaurant had left the programme in the gap between booking and eating.
Have a play at Tim’s website here – https://platinumdining.caffeinesoftware.com/
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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – February 2025 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.
You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard
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Barclaycard Avios Mastercard
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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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

British Airways American Express Premium Plus
30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express
50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review
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:

American Express Business Platinum
50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold
20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa
10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
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 when you spend at least £2,000 per month.

Barclaycard Select Cashback Business Credit Card
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