Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by inviting your friends and family to take out an American Expres Card. For a limited period, from 7th April to 12th May .....
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by inviting your friends and .....
12 Apr 202112 April 2021 • 110 comments
We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at small .....
We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. .....
12 Apr 202112 April 2021 • 77 comments
Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards? And which of the two Amex cashback cards is best? Last weekend we ran a general article on the best cashback credit cards – click .....
Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards? And which of the two Amex cashback cards is .....
11 Apr 202111 April 2021 • 8 comments
Until close of play today, American Express is offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The offer ends today, 9th April. American Express told us that the special .....
Until close of play today, American Express is offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a .....
9 Apr 20219 April 2021 • 33 comments
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 or .....
What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios .....
5 Apr 20215 April 2021
American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If .....
American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK .....
5 Apr 20215 April 2021 • 10 comments
American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As usual, you may see all, some or none of these offers on your American Express account. You .....
American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As .....
3 Apr 20213 April 2021 • 76 comments
American Express is currently offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The offer ends on 9th April. This means that you only have a few days left to decide if you are .....
American Express is currently offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The .....
2 Apr 20212 April 2021 • 16 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 Business .....
A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum .....
30 Mar 202130 March 2021 • 48 comments
One of the benefits of having American Express Business Platinum or Business Gold is the annual Dell credit. You MUST opt-in via this page of the American Express website. Once opted in, you will .....
One of the benefits of having American Express Business Platinum or Business Gold is the annual Dell credit. .....
30 Mar 202130 March 2021
American Express is closing its ‘Departures’ travel magazine sent to Platinum and Centurion cardholders, as well as the dedicated ‘Centurion’ magazine. This New York Post .....
American Express is closing its ‘Departures’ travel magazine sent to Platinum and Centurion .....
29 Mar 202129 March 2021
Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of putting the cost of gas and electricity onto an American Express card. This is unfortunate, .....
Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of .....
28 Mar 202128 March 2021 • 149 comments
On 21st March 2019, American Express unveiled major changes to its rules on who could obtain a sign-up bonus on its cards. Our article from that day is here – it ended up getting over 72,000 .....
On 21st March 2019, American Express unveiled major changes to its rules on who could obtain a sign-up bonus .....
22 Mar 202122 March 2021 • 100 comments
If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting The Platinum Card from American Express. It comes with SIX hotel status cards. Five .....
If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting .....
20 Mar 202120 March 2021 • 22 comments
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