Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
The Platinum Card is the most premium card American Express offers openly to the general public in the UK.
It comes with a number of benefits including travel and car insurance, hotel status with chains such as Hilton, Marriott, Radisson and Melia, airport lounge access with Priority Pass, £100 of Harvey Nichols credit each year and much more.
This article looks at whether the American Express Platinum Card is worth the £575 annual fee.
You can read our full review of The Platinum Card by American Express here. You can apply for the card here.
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25 Jun 202225 June 2022 • 8 comments
If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios boost. With American Express Business Platinum, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 40,000 .....
If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios .....
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17 Jun 202217 June 2022 • 28 comments
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from 20th to 26th June. This is far shorter than the 2021 version which ran for almost three .....
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13 Jun 202213 June 2022 • 43 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum card, an interesting new benefit was added to your card in January. You will receive £100 per year to spend at Harvey Nichols stores. This offer is valid .....
If you have an American Express Platinum card, an interesting new benefit was added to your card in January. .....
12 Jun 202212 June 2022 • 54 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express offers an exceptionally high sign-up bonus (30,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert to 30,000 Avios) and offers some great benefits. It also comes with .....
The Platinum Card from American Express offers an exceptionally high sign-up bonus (30,000 Membership Rewards .....
4 Jun 20224 June 2022 • Leave a comment
What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points from a UK credit card, and explain my preferred choices. There are nine UK credit or charge .....
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3 Jun 20223 June 2022 • Leave a comment
This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex family which, in one scenario, can prove incredibly useful.. One of the downsides of .....
This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex .....
2 Jun 20222 June 2022 • 4 comments
For the last couple of months, American Express has been running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. This is the biggest ‘open to all’ bonus that you will ever .....
For the last couple of months, American Express has been running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for .....
29 May 202229 May 2022 • 64 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: cards you get just for the sign-up bonus cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate cards .....
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23 May 202223 May 2022 • 22 comments
American Express launched a new promotion this week for: Platinum charge card holders who book a hotel via Fine Hotels & Resorts Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders who book a hotel via The Hotel .....
American Express launched a new promotion this week for: Platinum charge card holders who book a hotel via .....
21 May 202221 May 2022 • 41 comments
We know first-hand how difficult it can be to run your own business. The last few years have been tough on many SME owners and it came as no surprise to hear that the rate of burn-out amongst .....
We know first-hand how difficult it can be to run your own business. The last few years have been tough on .....
16 May 202216 May 2022 • 11 comments
For the last couple of months, American Express has been running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. This is the biggest ‘open to all’ bonus that you will ever .....
For the last couple of months, American Express has been running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for .....
8 May 20228 May 2022 • 26 comments
A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum Card, apart from the obvious £20 difference in annual fee. As American Express Platinum .....
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