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, £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 were unlucky in getting a spot at the Head for Points reader dinner next week, you may be interested in a charity dinner at the Hotel Cafe Royal on Regent Street on Saturday 26th October. This .....
If you were unlucky in getting a spot at the Head for Points reader dinner next week, you may be interested in .....
2 Oct 20192 October 2019 • 114 comments
Regular readers may remember the strange case of the recent American Express cashback offer with watch manufacturer Bremont. Many cardholders were given a very attractive offer of £400 cashback on a .....
Regular readers may remember the strange case of the recent American Express cashback offer with watch .....
28 Sep 201928 September 2019 • 68 comments
A few good American Express cashback deals have just been launched. Here are some I wanted to flag: £10 back on £40 spend at Cote Brasserie (to 3/11) £100 back on £1,000 spent at Kuoni (to 14/10) .....
A few good American Express cashback deals have just been launched. Here are some I wanted to flag: £10 back .....
27 Sep 201927 September 2019
We have made a determined attempt this year to build up our collection of UK airport lounge reviews. We aren’t totally there yet, but we are well on the way – we only have a few hold-outs .....
We have made a determined attempt this year to build up our collection of UK airport lounge reviews. We .....
16 Sep 201916 September 2019 • 46 comments
A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. If you are targeted it will appear under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement page. The offer seems to .....
A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. If you are targeted it will .....
13 Sep 201913 September 2019
American Express has launched an excellent deal for the Platinum Business charge card. For a limited period, until 6th November, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points .....
American Express has launched an excellent deal for the Platinum Business charge card. For a limited period, .....
5 Sep 20195 September 2019 • 97 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Emirates. You can see if you are targeted by looking in the ‘Offers’ section of your online statement for each Amex card you have. .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Emirates. You can see if you are targeted by looking .....
5 Sep 20195 September 2019
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of the 16 main UK travel credit and charge cards .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
4 Sep 20194 September 2019 • 74 comments
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared again on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section on the online statement .....
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared again on a lot of American Express .....
3 Sep 20193 September 2019
I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by 7th October. This gets interesting. As you can see in our article here, this is what you .....
I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by .....
3 Sep 20193 September 2019 • 141 comments
If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected American Express cardholders £100 cashback when you spend £1,000. If you are targeted for this .....
If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected .....
31 Aug 201931 August 2019 • 84 comments
American Express dropped us a note to highlight a special offer currently running on its Gold Business and Platinum Business products. Gold Business Cardmembers can earn 3,000 Membership Rewards .....
American Express dropped us a note to highlight a special offer currently running on its Gold Business and .....
30 Aug 201930 August 2019
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get. These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
18 Aug 201918 August 2019 • 101 comments
American Express has launched one of its easiest ever conditional spend offers. If you are targetted, you will receive £10 or 1000 Avios, depending on your card, when you spend £30 in participating .....
American Express has launched one of its easiest ever conditional spend offers. If you are targetted, you will .....
14 Aug 201914 August 2019
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