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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.
American Express added a £200 Amex Travel credit to the benefits package on the Business Platinum card on 10th October. Importantly, you receive this credit EVERY membership year. It isn’t a .....
American Express added a £200 Amex Travel credit to the benefits package on the Business Platinum card on .....
30 Oct 202230 October 2022 • 15 comments
Airport lounge membership network Priority Pass made the surprise announcement yesterday that it was increasing guest fees by a whopping 20%, from £20 to £24. The change kicks in from 1st December. .....
Airport lounge membership network Priority Pass made the surprise announcement yesterday that it was .....
26 Oct 202226 October 2022 • 68 comments
This your LAST CHANCE – the deal ends at midnight on Tuesday – to take advantage of American Express’s biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 30,000 .....
This your LAST CHANCE – the deal ends at midnight on Tuesday – to take advantage of American .....
24 Oct 202224 October 2022 • 42 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card and spend £6,000 in your .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....
24 Oct 202224 October 2022 • 3 comments
American Express Business Platinum has launched a special sign-up bonus today. Until 16 November, new Cardmembers will receive 60,000 Membership Rewards® points when you spend £8,000 within your .....
American Express Business Platinum has launched a special sign-up bonus today. Until 16 November, new .....
18 Oct 202218 October 2022 • 20 comments
What can you do with American Express Membership Rewards points? Who are the best UK Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional ‘first principles’ articles .....
What can you do with American Express Membership Rewards points? Who are the best UK Membership Rewards .....
3 Oct 20223 October 2022 • 23 comments
With bad timing – since we did an article on the current crazy ‘60,000 points + £200’ American Express Platinum sign-up bonus yesterday – American Express has removed the .....
With bad timing – since we did an article on the current crazy ‘60,000 points + £200’ .....
15 Sep 202215 September 2022 • 48 comments
American Express is currently offering its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. As we are now half way through the offer period, I though it was worth reminding you how it works. The .....
American Express is currently offering its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. As we are now .....
14 Sep 202214 September 2022 • 50 comments
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is an offer which triggers when you pay for anything, on any website (in theory £ payments .....
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is .....
13 Sep 202213 September 2022 • 50 comments
American Express Business Platinum has launched two new benefits for cardmembers today. I think that they go some of the way towards closing the benefits gap with the personal version of American .....
American Express Business Platinum has launched two new benefits for cardmembers today. I think that they go .....
24 Aug 202224 August 2022 • 70 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card and spend £6,000 in your .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....
23 Aug 202223 August 2022 • 43 comments
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get. These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
21 Aug 202221 August 2022 • 79 comments
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it launched the best ever sign-up bonus – 60,000 Membership Rewards points (worth .....
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it .....
20 Aug 202220 August 2022 • 109 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....
17 Aug 202217 August 2022 • 46 comments
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