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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 launched a new promotion this week for: Amex is offering you a big points bonus for booking, but is there a snag? Why we like Fine Hotels & Resorts We are big fans of Fine Hotels .....
American Express launched a new promotion this week for: Amex is offering you a big points bonus for booking, .....
21 May 202221 May 2022 • 40 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 .....
A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum .....
5 May 20225 May 2022 • 47 comments
American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you are likely to find a deal for you. As usual, these offers may or may not appear somewhere .....
American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you .....
26 Apr 202226 April 2022 • 38 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘you will never see better’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card and spend £6,000 in your first six .....
American Express is currently running a ‘you will never see better’ bonus of 60,000 Membership .....
20 Apr 202220 April 2022 • 6 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘it won’t get any better’ limited time bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into .....
American Express is currently running a ‘it won’t get any better’ limited time bonus of .....
19 Apr 202219 April 2022 • 25 comments
American Express is currently running an ‘as good as it gets’ limited time bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 60,000 .....
American Express is currently running an ‘as good as it gets’ limited time bonus of 60,000 .....
18 Apr 202218 April 2022 • 30 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘you won’t see better’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 60,000 Avios or .....
American Express is currently running a ‘you won’t see better’ bonus of 60,000 Membership .....
17 Apr 202217 April 2022 • 34 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 60,000 Avios or lots of .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....
16 Apr 202216 April 2022 • 26 comments
American Express has launched a cashback offer which is surprisingly generous – £100 back when you spend £200+ with Eastern Airways by 1st August. The offer is only open to the first 3,700 users .....
American Express has launched a cashback offer which is surprisingly generous – £100 back when you spend .....
4 Apr 20224 April 2022 • 36 comments
Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website on Friday, I was reminded of an interesting trick which you can use at retailers which do not take American Express. This assumes that .....
Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website on Friday, I was reminded of an interesting .....
4 Apr 20224 April 2022 • 60 comments
Last year, American Express launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It is currently back for a limited period but it ends tonight (Thursday). When this offer came .....
Last year, American Express launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It is .....
31 Mar 202231 March 2022 • 5 comments
Having rented a few cars in the past couple of years as we spent more time holidaying in the UK, I thought it was worth running through one of the lesser known benefits of The Platinum Card from .....
Having rented a few cars in the past couple of years as we spent more time holidaying in the UK, I thought it .....
28 Mar 202228 March 2022 • 38 comments
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