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, £300 of restaurant credit each year, £100 of Harvey Nichols 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 confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in December – but only for three days. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which .....
American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in December .....
17 Nov 202317 November 2023 • 81 comments
Priority Pass has unveiled a number of new restaurant deals across Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol airports for its cardholders. At each, you will receive a £15 credit towards a meal. If your .....
Priority Pass has unveiled a number of new restaurant deals across Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol airports .....
13 Nov 202313 November 2023 • 25 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 100,000 Avios (!) or .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards .....
11 Nov 202311 November 2023 • 41 comments
American Express has a little known but potentially lucrative statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 per year of statement credit on your future purchases from .....
American Express has a little known but potentially lucrative statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. .....
1 Nov 20231 November 2023
If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios boost. With American Express Business Platinum, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 40,000 .....
If you have a small business, American Express Business Platinum offers you an easy route to a big Avios .....
1 Nov 20231 November 2023
A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum Card. We have a similar article on how American Express Platinum differs from American .....
A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum .....
31 Oct 202331 October 2023 • 46 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 100,000 Avios (!) or .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 100,000 Membership Rewards .....
27 Oct 202327 October 2023 • 52 comments
Priority Pass has unveiled a number of new restaurant deals across London’s airports for its cardholders. At each, you will receive a £15 credit towards a meal. If your Priority Pass allows a .....
Priority Pass has unveiled a number of new restaurant deals across London’s airports for its .....
20 Oct 202320 October 2023 • 54 comments
A few months ago, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s our story. Up to this point, the company had taken a more holistic view. It was .....
A few months ago, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s .....
19 Oct 202319 October 2023 • 114 comments
IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal under the ‘Offers’ tab for one or more of your Amex cards on the statement page. .....
IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal .....
14 Oct 202314 October 2023 • 54 comments
American Express has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 30,000 Membership Rewards points, which converts to 30,000 Avios, was already good. Until 9th .....
American Express has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of .....
11 Oct 202311 October 2023 • 234 comments
American Express has announced a sharp rise in annual fees on many of its UK personal and business credit and charge cards. There will be no compensatory change in any of the benefit packages. .....
American Express has announced a sharp rise in annual fees on many of its UK personal and business credit and .....
11 Oct 202311 October 2023 • 157 comments
What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using American Express Membership Rewards points and a few pieces on how I value airline miles .....
What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using .....
7 Oct 20237 October 2023 • 29 comments
Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website recently, 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 recently, I was reminded of an interesting .....
7 Oct 20237 October 2023 • 71 comments
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