We spent three nights at the Gleneagles resort in Scotland last week, at the end of a 10 day holiday. We thought we should end the holiday at a smart resort in case the kids had got too bored tramping around the mountains – but […]
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 Radisson Rewards Gold status, Marriott Rewards Gold status, Hilton Honors 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.
The beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not
17 April 2019 By 59 Comments
As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its personal credit and charge cards. The details are here. This follows the changes made in late March to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. […]
MORE AMEX CUTS: Some sign-up bonuses and referral bonuses reduced, with immediate effect
16 April 2019 By 517 Comments
Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules regarding who qualifies for a sign-up bonus on its personal UK cards. My summary of the Amex sign-up rule changes is here. There are now further changes. This time American […]
GOOD NEWS: American Express reinstates the old rules for Platinum travel insurance
11 April 2019 By 172 Comments
Good news! American Express has reinstated the old Terms & Conditions for the travel insurance benefit that comes with The Platinum Card. There was a huge outcry from Head for Points readers when we highlighted the original change last week. To put it into perspective, the […]
American Express Platinum makes a big change to its travel insurance – but hasn’t told us
6 April 2019 By 251 Comments
One of the key benefits of The Platinum Card from American Express is the travel insurance that comes with it. It covers a lot of people – the cardholder, supplementary cardholders, their partners and dependent children under the age of 25, whether travelling together or alone […]
Bits: Amex Shop Small returns … for some, Amazon Mastercard cuts earning rate, 10% off Qatar flights TODAY
28 March 2019 By
News in brief: American Express brings back ‘Shop Small’ – but only for 80,000 people ‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions. Running annually in the Autumn, it offers £5 cashback every time you spend £10 at a designated ‘small shop’. You […]
Bits: No 1 Lounges on Groupon, got Amex / Bremont problems?, Virgin Money closing a London lounge
28 March 2019 By
More news in brief: Get a good No 1 Lounges deal on Groupon If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express Gold, your best fall-back option is usually No […]
The Amex bonus you can still get: 30,000 Membership Rewards points with the Amex International $/€ Cards
27 March 2019 By
We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus rules on the UK personal American Express cards. Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK cards, […]
An interesting quirk in the new Amex sign-up rules we missed, and other updates
24 March 2019 By
There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days. Apart from everything we have discussed so far – see here and here – there was something I missed. For one group of people, getting […]
Should you leave American Express for 24 months until you can get a new sign-up bonus?
23 March 2019 By
We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy. In most cases, you need to cancel all of your personal American Express cards and wait two years before you would qualify for any new […]
The beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not
22 March 2019 By
On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. I have put together this one page summary of the new rules. I will add a link to this page to the sidebar on the […]
BIG NEWS: American Express blocks multiple sign-up bonuses, starting immediately
21 March 2019 By
American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end card churning for most people. Before I go on, I want to stress one thing. The new rules on bonuses do NOT stop you applying for any of […]
What is the best sign-up strategy now for someone with NO American Express cards?
21 March 2019 By
This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses. The main article is here. This article was updated on 16th April to reflect changes in some sign-up bonus levels. Despite these massive changes, the good news is that it […]
What American Express Platinum Business has to offer for the small business owner
20 March 2019 By
NOTE: American Express is running an advertising campaign for its Business cards at the moment and asked us to write something about it as part of that. This technically makes this article an ad, although regular readers will recognise that the article has the same […]
£5 off a £25 Amazon order TUESDAY ONLY – stacks with £25 Amex Membership Rewards code
19 March 2019 By
To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day sale today. Long term readers may remember that they did a similar deal last year and the year before. You will receive £5 off any order of £25 […]
New council tax bill arrived? Use Billhop to pay it by Amex
15 March 2019 By
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick up some miles and points. Following the law […]
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