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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.
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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 .....
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11 Jan 202111 January 2021 • 35 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 .....
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10 Jan 202110 January 2021 • 81 comments
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 cards and one for business .....
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8 Jan 20218 January 2021 • 89 comments
This is our review of the American Express Platinum charge card, also known as The Platinum Card from American Express. Is Amex Platinum worth the £575 fee? We look at the card benefits below. It is .....
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6 Jan 20216 January 2021 • 65 comments
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5 Jan 20215 January 2021
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28 Dec 202028 December 2020 • 34 comments
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21 Dec 202021 December 2020 • 23 comments
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11 Dec 202011 December 2020 • 48 comments
Back in May, American Express rolled out a number of generous cashback offers for holders of American Express Business Platinum. One of these, which is still running, was called ‘Business .....
Back in May, American Express rolled out a number of generous cashback offers for holders of American Express .....
7 Dec 20207 December 2020 • 29 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 .....
5 Dec 20205 December 2020 • 48 comments
Twice in one year? It must be Christmas. After American Express launched an out-of-season ‘Shop Small UK’ promotion over the summer we weren’t sure if it would return in time for .....
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4 Dec 20204 December 2020 • 213 comments
As we have covered a few times in recent weeks, some holders of The Platinum Card from American Express have received £400 to spend at selected Marriott International hotels. If you have this offer, .....
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20 Nov 202020 November 2020 • 72 comments
American Express has been running a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and American Express Business Platinum. This is the same offer which was made available to .....
American Express has been running a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and .....
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