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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.
Harvey Nichols Rewards is a new programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their new Harvey Nichols benefit. If you missed our story, last week American Express launched a new offer .....
Harvey Nichols Rewards is a new programme which will help Amex Platinum cardholders maximise their new Harvey .....
19 Jan 202219 January 2022 • 52 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum card, an interesting new deal has launched today. You will receive £100 per year to spend at Harvey Nichols stores. This offer is valid instore and online .....
If you have an American Express Platinum card, an interesting new deal has launched today. You will receive .....
10 Jan 202210 January 2022 • 97 comments
Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one generous bonus which you may well be able to get. American Express is still offering 30,000 .....
Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one .....
2 Jan 20222 January 2022 • 28 comments
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs through the checklist of which UK American Express bonuses you can get based on the cards you .....
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs .....
29 Dec 202129 December 2021 • 30 comments
This is our review of the American Express Centurion lounge in Terminal 4 at New York JFK airport. Most relevant for our readers is that this is the terminal used by Virgin Atlantic and its partner .....
This is our review of the American Express Centurion lounge in Terminal 4 at New York JFK airport. Most .....
19 Dec 202119 December 2021 • 14 comments
We have dropped this in as an extra Friday article because it is limited to just 2,000 people and, if we left it until the weekend, quite a few people may have gone out spending without registering .....
We have dropped this in as an extra Friday article because it is limited to just 2,000 people and, if we left .....
10 Dec 202110 December 2021 • 31 comments
If you have American Express Business Platinum or American Express Business Gold, you are running out of time to claim your free Dell products for H2 2021. As a reminder: You MUST opt in via this page .....
If you have American Express Business Platinum or American Express Business Gold, you are running out of time .....
10 Dec 202110 December 2021 • 8 comments
American Express Shop Small returns today, Saturday 4th. Whilst Amex has been chipping away at the attractiveness of Shop Small over the last couple of years, it still remains a decent way to save on .....
American Express Shop Small returns today, Saturday 4th. Whilst Amex has been chipping away at the .....
4 Dec 20214 December 2021 • 54 comments
Perhaps aware that the design of The Platinum Card has become a little staid, American Express is launching two new designs in January. Unfortunately, these will only be available to US customers for .....
Perhaps aware that the design of The Platinum Card has become a little staid, American Express is launching .....
3 Dec 20213 December 2021
News in brief: Earn triple Avios at Bicester Village If you are planning a shopping trip to the Bicester Village designer outlet in Oxfordshire in the near future, you can can pick up triple Avios .....
News in brief: Earn triple Avios at Bicester Village If you are planning a shopping trip to the Bicester .....
26 Nov 202126 November 2021
American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in December. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at .....
American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in December. .....
17 Nov 202117 November 2021 • 85 comments
American Express is currently running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be the biggest ‘open to all’ bonus we have ever seen. The standard bonus of .....
American Express is currently running an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be .....
31 Oct 202131 October 2021 • 56 comments
In late September, we covered a decent deal. Holders of American Express Business Platinum and Business Gold were being offered £100 cashback on a £400 spend with American Express Travel. This offer .....
In late September, we covered a decent deal. Holders of American Express Business Platinum and Business Gold .....
23 Oct 202123 October 2021
American Express has added an intriguing new benefit for cardmembers. Amex is title sponsor of the American Express Community Stadium, home to Brighton & Hove Albion football club. You can now buy .....
American Express has added an intriguing new benefit for cardmembers. Amex is title sponsor of the American .....
22 Oct 202122 October 2021
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