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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.
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
If you are heading to the USA or Hong Kong soon and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able to visit one of the new airport lounges commissioned by American Express. The latest .....
If you are heading to the USA or Hong Kong soon and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be .....
23 Feb 202023 February 2020 • 28 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You get two Priority Pass cards, each of which allows two people unlimited access to 1,300 airport lounges .....
The Platinum Card from American Express comes with a lot of airport lounge access benefits: You get two .....
15 Feb 202015 February 2020 • 33 comments
American Express has launched another of its occasional spend bonuses. This is not tied to any particular retailer but is based on your total spend during the promotional period. The new offer runs .....
American Express has launched another of its occasional spend bonuses. This is not tied to any particular .....
14 Feb 202014 February 2020
One of the quirks of American Express Platinum is that you get more benefits than Amex actually tells you about. This is because some American Express partners have reciprocal deals with other .....
One of the quirks of American Express Platinum is that you get more benefits than Amex actually tells you .....
9 Feb 20209 February 2020 • 94 comments
The latest travel company to offer a cashback offer on American Express cards is Qatar Airways. The offer is £80 back on £800+ spend. We have had numerous comments from people who have this offer so .....
The latest travel company to offer a cashback offer on American Express cards is Qatar Airways. The offer is .....
5 Feb 20205 February 2020 • 113 comments
American Express is currently offering £100 cashback on purchases of £1,000 or more with Malaysia Airlines. It appears to be highly targetted and does not seem to be on any of the British Airways .....
American Express is currently offering £100 cashback on purchases of £1,000 or more with Malaysia Airlines. .....
4 Feb 20204 February 2020
There was some discussion in our comments yesterday about insurance coverage for the coronavirus outbreak. A reader had contacted American Express Platinum and been told that, basically, he was .....
There was some discussion in our comments yesterday about insurance coverage for the coronavirus outbreak. A .....
30 Jan 202030 January 2020 • 211 comments
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