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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.
The Platinum Card from American Express recently relaunched as a metal card. You can read our coverage of that here. A HfP reader who is also a retailer sent me the screenshot below which was sent .....
The Platinum Card from American Express recently relaunched as a metal card. You can read our coverage of .....
3 Jul 20193 July 2019
American Express has launched a new bonus points offer for many people – but not everyone – who have Preferred Rewards Gold or The Platinum Card. The deal may also be available to .....
American Express has launched a new bonus points offer for many people – but not everyone – who .....
2 Jul 20192 July 2019 • 151 comments
American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon to offer a variety of amenities during the 2019 tournament, which starts on Monday. This includes a members lounge. You can see the details on the .....
American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon to offer a variety of amenities during the 2019 tournament, .....
29 Jun 201929 June 2019 • 30 comments
American Express has announced some major changes to the American Express Platinum Business card. These have gone into effect already, so it is no longer possible to apply for the old package. You .....
American Express has announced some major changes to the American Express Platinum Business card. These have .....
26 Jun 201926 June 2019 • 123 comments
A new wave of American Express cashback deals has been launched. You can see what you are targeted for by visiting the Amex website and looking at the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement .....
A new wave of American Express cashback deals has been launched. You can see what you are targeted for by .....
25 Jun 201925 June 2019 • 81 comments
A few weeks, holders of Priority Pass cards issued by American Express in the United States and Hong Kong were told that, from 1st August, they could no longer use their card in restaurants or bars. .....
A few weeks, holders of Priority Pass cards issued by American Express in the United States and Hong Kong were .....
15 Jun 201915 June 2019
The new American Express Platinum fee and benefits package kicked in yesterday. You are now looking at a £575 annual fee, with the carrot of a £10 monthly Addison Lee credit and a metal card. When .....
The new American Express Platinum fee and benefits package kicked in yesterday. You are now looking at a .....
12 Jun 201912 June 2019 • 177 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, your new Addison Lee benefit is live today. You will receive a cash credit of up to £10 per month to offset Addison Lee rides charged to The .....
If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, your new Addison Lee benefit is live today. You will .....
11 Jun 201911 June 2019
The UK version of The Platinum Card from American Express will see big changes on Tuesday 11th June. If you are thinking of applying before the fee jumps up, you are very nearly out of time. You .....
The UK version of The Platinum Card from American Express will see big changes on Tuesday 11th June. If you .....
9 Jun 20199 June 2019 • 179 comments
I was having a look at the reservations process for the American Express lounge at the O2 Arena last week, and noticed that it has changed entirely in the last year or so. I thought it was worth .....
I was having a look at the reservations process for the American Express lounge at the O2 Arena last week, and .....
30 May 201930 May 2019 • 21 comments
American Express is closing the ‘Preferred Golf’ programme. Holders of The Platinum Card from American Express are losing a benefit from 30th June. It seems they forgot to mention this .....
American Express is closing the ‘Preferred Golf’ programme. Holders of The Platinum Card from .....
28 May 201928 May 2019
Yesterday we broke the exclusive news that the UK version of The Platinum Card from American Express will see big changes on 11th June. You should read my full article on the Amex Platinum UK changes .....
Yesterday we broke the exclusive news that the UK version of The Platinum Card from American Express will see .....
14 May 201914 May 2019 • 324 comments
American Express is planning yet more changes to its UK card portfolio, this time on The Platinum Card. For once, you are getting four weeks notice of what is going to happen. Whether you are a .....
American Express is planning yet more changes to its UK card portfolio, this time on The Platinum Card. For .....
13 May 201913 May 2019 • 665 comments
This is the second part of our two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One earlier in the week we looked at why you might want to add a supplementary card to your .....
This is the second part of our two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One .....
4 May 20194 May 2019 • 38 comments
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