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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 recently extended the qualifying period to earn a sign-up bonus on its cards to SIX MONTHS. This was a sensible move. Even people with good salaries may struggle to spend £3,000 to .....
American Express recently extended the qualifying period to earn a sign-up bonus on its cards to SIX MONTHS. .....
20 May 202020 May 2020 • 73 comments
There is good news this morning if you have an American Express Business Platinum card. To encourage you to keep the card during this difficult period, American Express will give you a £250 statement .....
There is good news this morning if you have an American Express Business Platinum card. To encourage you to .....
11 May 202011 May 2020 • 71 comments
American Express Platinum has begun offering 20,000 Membership Rewards points to some people who ring up and threaten to cancel their card. I say ‘some’ because when I called up myself I .....
American Express Platinum has begun offering 20,000 Membership Rewards points to some people who ring up and .....
9 May 20209 May 2020 • 287 comments
American Express has finally bowed to pressure, including from us, and extended the qualifying period to earn a sign-up bonus on its cards to SIX MONTHS. This means, if you apply today, you would have .....
American Express has finally bowed to pressure, including from us, and extended the qualifying period to earn .....
1 May 20201 May 2020 • 94 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express is offering double Membership Rewards points – 2 per £1 – on ALL spending until 20th July. These means that, if you have Amex Platinum, it is now .....
The Platinum Card from American Express is offering double Membership Rewards points – 2 per £1 – .....
23 Apr 202023 April 2020 • 106 comments
American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of The Platinum Card. If you use your points for statement credit (ie reducing what you owe next month by redeeming points) you would .....
American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of The Platinum Card. If you use your .....
21 Apr 202021 April 2020 • 125 comments
If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been discussing how ‘Section 75’ can help get them refunds from airlines or hotel groups .....
If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been .....
17 Apr 202017 April 2020 • 170 comments
It says a lot about the spending and travel habits of Head for Points readers that I think I can safely say, without fear of contradiction, that at least 50% of our readers will currently be expecting .....
It says a lot about the spending and travel habits of Head for Points readers that I think I can safely say, .....
15 Apr 202015 April 2020 • 153 comments
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 .....
14 Apr 202014 April 2020 • 117 comments
In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any help to people struggling to hit their sign-up bonus spend threshold. This is often £3,000 .....
In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any .....
4 Apr 20204 April 2020 • 28 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, or any other card which offers travel, medical and trip cancellation insurance benefits, the company has produced a guide to your rights under .....
If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, or any other card which offers travel, medical and trip .....
4 Apr 20204 April 2020
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for every card you hold. You .....
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look .....
25 Mar 202025 March 2020
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 .....
15 Mar 202015 March 2020 • 77 comments
Why should you get the The Platinum Card from American Express? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ series, I want to look at the top 10 reasons to apply for an American Express Platinum charge .....
Why should you get the The Platinum Card from American Express? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ .....
13 Mar 202013 March 2020 • 1 comment
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