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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.
Priority Pass, the lounge access card which comes free with American Express Platinum (or you can buy one here) has a few interesting quirks as we cover from time to time. Reader Susan has just .....
Priority Pass, the lounge access card which comes free with American Express Platinum (or you can buy one .....
21 Apr 201921 April 2019
This is our review of the Gleneagles hotel and resort in Scotland. We spent three nights at the Gleneagles resort in Scotland last week, at the end of a 10 day holiday. We thought we should end the .....
This is our review of the Gleneagles hotel and resort in Scotland. We spent three nights at the Gleneagles .....
19 Apr 201919 April 2019 • 63 comments
As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its personal credit and charge cards. The details are here. This follows the changes made .....
As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its .....
17 Apr 201917 April 2019 • 67 comments
Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules regarding who qualifies for a sign-up bonus on its personal UK cards. My summary of the .....
Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules .....
16 Apr 201916 April 2019 • 494 comments
Good news. American Express has reinstated the old Terms & Conditions for the travel insurance benefit that comes with The Platinum Card. There was a huge outcry from Head for Points readers when .....
Good news. American Express has reinstated the old Terms & Conditions for the travel insurance benefit .....
11 Apr 201911 April 2019 • 169 comments
One of the key benefits of The Platinum Card from American Express is the travel insurance that comes with it. It covers a lot of people – the cardholder, supplementary cardholders, their .....
One of the key benefits of The Platinum Card from American Express is the travel insurance that comes with .....
6 Apr 20196 April 2019 • 235 comments
‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions. Running annually in the Autumn, it offers £5 cashback every time you spend £10 at a designated ‘small .....
‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions. Running annually in the .....
28 Mar 201928 March 2019
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via American Express. If you were targeted by American Express for this offer and signed up, you .....
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via .....
28 Mar 201928 March 2019
We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus rules on the UK personal American Express cards. Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on .....
We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus .....
27 Mar 201927 March 2019 • 86 comments
There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days. Apart from everything we have discussed so far – see here and here – there was .....
There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days. .....
24 Mar 201924 March 2019 • 164 comments
We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy. In most cases, you need to cancel all of your personal American Express cards and wait two .....
We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy. .....
23 Mar 201923 March 2019 • 372 comments
On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. I have put together this one page summary of the new rules. I will add a link to .....
On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up .....
22 Mar 201922 March 2019 • 206 comments
American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end card churning for most people. Before I go on, I want to stress one thing. The new .....
American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end .....
21 Mar 201921 March 2019 • 1165 comments
This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses. The main article is here. This article was updated on 16th April to reflect changes in some .....
This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses. The main .....
21 Mar 201921 March 2019 • 125 comments
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