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American Express Platinum card

The Platinum Card is the most premium credit card that 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, £400 of restaurant credit each year and much more.

This article looks at whether the American Express Platinum Card is worth the £650 annual fee.

You can read our full review of The Platinum Card by American Express here.  You can apply for the card here.

How does the Hertz and Amex Platinum ‘4 hour grace period’ work?

If you are a regular or occasional car renter, it is worth being familar with one of the lesser known benefits of The Platinum Card from American Express. Most people know that Amex Platinum comes .....

If you are a regular or occasional car renter, it is worth being familar with one of the lesser known benefits .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

Get 30,000 points, and great benefits, with Amex Platinum

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 .....

by Rob Burgess

American Express brings back a minimum income requirement for its cards

Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business cards. The plan was to take a more holistic view of your finances. A single person living .....

Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business .....

by Rob Burgess234 comments

How to get free hotel elite status from UK credit cards

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....

This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....

by Rob Burgess30 comments

Got Amex Platinum? Join Harvey Nichols Rewards and save even more

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a loyalty programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their annual Harvey Nichols benefit. American Express has a valuable benefit for holders of The .....

Harvey Nichols Rewards is a loyalty programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their annual .....

by Rob Burgess20 comments

American Express brings back its cardmember lounge at Wimbledon

According to the Wimbledon website, the American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2023 tournament which starts next Monday. You can see the details on the Wimbledon website here. Because .....

According to the Wimbledon website, the American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2023 .....

by Rob Burgess21 comments

What is the best Avios credit card?

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 cards .....

What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points .....

by Rob Burgess45 comments

EXCLUSIVE: No more pro-rata fee refunds for UK American Express cardholders

American Express has traditionally offered one feature which other UK credit card companies did not. If you took out a card with an upfront annual fee, you would receive a pro-rata fee refund if you .....

American Express has traditionally offered one feature which other UK credit card companies did not. If you .....

by Rob Burgess219 comments

How to use your American Express Business £100 or £150 of Dell credit

One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold card and the American Express Business Platinum card is annual Dell credit. It’s a strong benefit, especially .....

One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold card and the American .....

by Rob Burgess9 comments

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