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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.
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....
15 Mar 201915 March 2019 • 157 comments
A new offer has appeared on quite a lot of American Express cards which could prove quite expensive for the company concerned. British-based watch group Bremont is offering £400 back when you spend .....
A new offer has appeared on quite a lot of American Express cards which could prove quite expensive for the .....
12 Mar 201912 March 2019
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit and charge cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit and charge .....
8 Mar 20198 March 2019 • 106 comments
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 Mar 20194 March 2019 • 61 comments
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section on the online statement page of .....
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. .....
27 Feb 201927 February 2019 • 143 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 .....
25 Feb 201925 February 2019 • 117 comments
Curve Card launched its new subscription plans on Monday – and it is very interesting, to say the least. It is also a major departure for Curve as it tries to create a sustainable business .....
Curve Card launched its new subscription plans on Monday – and it is very interesting, to say the .....
28 Jan 201928 January 2019 • 576 comments
This is Part 2 of my article about the new Curve Card subscription plans which launched on Monday. Part 1, which reviews the flagship Curve Metal product, is here. To summarise the changes: The .....
This is Part 2 of my article about the new Curve Card subscription plans which launched on Monday. Part 1, .....
28 Jan 201928 January 2019 • 298 comments
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. However, I ran a version of this article a year ago and it was very popular. More importantly, I’ve .....
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. However, I ran a .....
7 Jan 20197 January 2019 • 271 comments
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, potentially changing property every day because .....
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start .....
24 Dec 201824 December 2018 • 14 comments
American Express is currently offering 30,000 bonus Membership Rewards points when you apply for the American Express Platinum International Currency Card. This article is NOT about the UK American .....
American Express is currently offering 30,000 bonus Membership Rewards points when you apply for the American .....
20 Dec 201820 December 2018 • 47 comments
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. There are a couple of versions. The most generous, which I got, is a whopping £200 back on a £600 spend via Amex Travel. The .....
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. There are a couple of versions. The .....
19 Dec 201819 December 2018
The American Express Centurion Lounge is back for 2018. Until 16th December, the pop-up lounge is open at Unit 6, Langley Street, which is about 60 seconds walk from Covent Garden tube station. .....
The American Express Centurion Lounge is back for 2018. Until 16th December, the pop-up lounge is open at .....
14 Dec 201814 December 2018 • 124 comments
American Express has just announced that it is opening a new Centurion lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 2019. This will be their first European location and the second non-US lounge, after Hong Kong. .....
American Express has just announced that it is opening a new Centurion lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 2019. .....
6 Dec 20186 December 2018 • 129 comments
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