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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 has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It doesn’t just set a new record, it smashes them. The highest bonus I have ever seen in the last .....
American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It .....
24 Feb 202124 February 2021 • 238 comments
American Express has launched an interesting offer for its American Express Business Platinum cardholders. You receive £150 cashback when you spend £1,000. There does not appear to be any .....
American Express has launched an interesting offer for its American Express Business Platinum cardholders. You .....
23 Feb 202123 February 2021 • 31 comments
Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional ‘first principles’ articles where we look at a topic that is regularly discussed on .....
Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional .....
23 Feb 202123 February 2021 • 39 comments
American Express has launched a new statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 per year of statement credit on your future purchases from dell.co.uk
American Express has launched a new statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 .....
19 Feb 202119 February 2021 • 11 comments
I often get emails from readers asking advice on the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. People think it is a simple question with .....
I often get emails from readers asking advice on the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards .....
1 Feb 20211 February 2021 • 29 comments
We recently looked at interesting ways to use the £20 cashback credit being offered by the Daily Telegraph to many American Express cardholders – click here. There is a similar offer available .....
We recently looked at interesting ways to use the £20 cashback credit being offered by the Daily Telegraph to .....
1 Feb 20211 February 2021
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 a .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
30 Jan 202130 January 2021 • 93 comments
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from getting a bonus on some other cards, but not all cards block you from all other cards! There .....
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from .....
22 Jan 202122 January 2021 • 134 comments
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American Express accounts at the moment. To see if you are targeted, you need to look under the .....
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American .....
21 Jan 202121 January 2021 • 90 comments
American Express has launched another giveaway for holders of The Platinum Card. This is presumably to convince them to keep paying the £575 annual fee for a lot of – admittedly very good .....
American Express has launched another giveaway for holders of The Platinum Card. This is presumably to .....
19 Jan 202119 January 2021 • 252 comments
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by sharing the benefits of your American Express Business or personal Card with friends and family. You have probably .....
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by sharing the benefits of your .....
18 Jan 202118 January 2021 • 43 comments
As we covered recently, American Express is ending its partnership with Shangri-La Hotels on 31st March. After that date, American Express Platinum cardholders will no longer be able to claim Jade .....
As we covered recently, American Express is ending its partnership with Shangri-La Hotels on 31st March. After .....
17 Jan 202117 January 2021 • 24 comments
As we covered last week, American Express has launched a cashback deal with PayPal. It is effectively free money if you are targeted for the offer. There seem to be two versions, one for personal .....
As we covered last week, American Express has launched a cashback deal with PayPal. It is effectively free .....
13 Jan 202113 January 2021 • 65 comments
We rarely cover the benefits of American Express Additional Cards (previously called Supplementary Cards) on Head for Points, which is something I intend to rectify this week. Today I want to look .....
We rarely cover the benefits of American Express Additional Cards (previously called Supplementary Cards) on .....
11 Jan 202111 January 2021 • 35 comments
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