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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.
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, potentially changing property every day because .....
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start .....
23 Jul 202023 July 2020 • 11 comments
News in brief: Marriott launches ‘Welcome Back’ hotel offers Marriott is offering ‘Welcome Back’ deals across its European and Middle East hotels. Full details are on this .....
News in brief: Marriott launches ‘Welcome Back’ hotel offers Marriott is offering ‘Welcome .....
20 Jul 202020 July 2020 • 35 comments
A raft of American Express cashback offers for high-end retailers have appeared on cards. Some, all or none of these offers will appear in the ‘Offers’ section of your online American .....
A raft of American Express cashback offers for high-end retailers have appeared on cards. Some, all or none .....
19 Jul 202019 July 2020
Tomorrow, Monday 20th, is the last day for American Express Platinum cardholders to take advantage of a very attractive offer. (Sorry, this is for Platinum cardholders only. It does not apply to .....
Tomorrow, Monday 20th, is the last day for American Express Platinum cardholders to take advantage of a very .....
19 Jul 202019 July 2020 • 16 comments
American Express recently launched a series of cashback offers for its Business Platinum and Business Gold cardholders. This is how I am trying to maximise one of them to generate as much money as .....
American Express recently launched a series of cashback offers for its Business Platinum and Business Gold .....
14 Jul 202014 July 2020 • 67 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express offers an exceptionally high sign-up bonus (30,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert to 30,000 Avios) and offers some great benefits. It also comes with .....
The Platinum Card from American Express offers an exceptionally high sign-up bonus (30,000 Membership Rewards .....
9 Jul 20209 July 2020
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 .....
6 Jul 20206 July 2020
American Express recently launched a series of promotions to support holders of Business Platinum cards. We wrote about the Amex Business Platinum cashback deals here. One of these was the offer of .....
American Express recently launched a series of promotions to support holders of Business Platinum cards. We .....
3 Jul 20203 July 2020 • 31 comments
American Express recently launched a series of promotions to support holders of Business Platinum cards. We wrote about the Amex Business Platinum cashback deals here. One of these was the offer of .....
American Express recently launched a series of promotions to support holders of Business Platinum cards. We .....
26 Jun 202026 June 2020
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. All of these cards add a 3% .....
What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios .....
25 Jun 202025 June 2020
In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Today .....
In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this .....
18 Jun 202018 June 2020
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think. Beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think. .....
17 Jun 202017 June 2020
As we covered yesterday, American Express is bringing back ‘Shop Small’ from next Monday – click for our full article. Until 13th September, you will receive £5 cashback on the .....
As we covered yesterday, American Express is bringing back ‘Shop Small’ from next Monday – .....
16 Jun 202016 June 2020 • 65 comments
Today is the first day that all High Street shops in England are allowed to re-open, regardless of whether they are considered ‘essential’ or not. To celebrate, American Express is .....
Today is the first day that all High Street shops in England are allowed to re-open, regardless of whether .....
15 Jun 202015 June 2020 • 93 comments
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