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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 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
I am in The Sunday Times today as part of an article discussing how to earn miles and points from credit cards. It is the Money section if you have a copy – the link is here but there .....
I am in The Sunday Times today as part of an article discussing how to earn miles and points from credit .....
26 Jan 202026 January 2020 • 35 comments
The HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard is the most generous Visa or Mastercard available if you want to earn Avios. The earnings rate is great at 1 Avios per £1 spent. We have a full review of the .....
The HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard is the most generous Visa or Mastercard available if you want to earn .....
22 Jan 202022 January 2020
On Tuesday we covered the unveiling of the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. Unfortunately this is not a brand new product. It is a rebranding of the existing Starwood Preferred Guest American .....
On Tuesday we covered the unveiling of the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. Unfortunately this is not a .....
17 Jan 202017 January 2020 • 103 comments
Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus and potentially move on. However, if you are .....
Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend .....
7 Jan 20207 January 2020 • 99 comments
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. When this offer has run in the past there have been two versions: £50 back on a £200 spend £200 back on a £600 spend This time .....
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. When this offer has run in the past .....
7 Jan 20207 January 2020 • 75 comments
History shows that this week will see a lot of new readers finding Head for Points for the first time, as they start to plan their 2020 holidays. For the benefit of those people, many of whom will .....
History shows that this week will see a lot of new readers finding Head for Points for the first time, as they .....
6 Jan 20206 January 2020 • 121 comments
You can get yourself £150 credit for Claridges, The Berkeley or The Connaught. This offer has appeared on a number of American Express cards, although it is less interesting than I thought. There are .....
You can get yourself £150 credit for Claridges, The Berkeley or The Connaught. This offer has appeared on a .....
4 Jan 20204 January 2020
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