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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.
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
American Express has launched a new batch of hotel cashback offers. Some, all or none of these deals may be available for registration under the ‘Offers’ tab online of one of your .....
American Express has launched a new batch of hotel cashback offers. Some, all or none of these deals may be .....
4 Dec 20184 December 2018
Shop Small is back! If you have an American Express credit or charge card (unless it is a Lloyds Avios one), you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from tomorrow (Saturday) until 16th .....
Shop Small is back! If you have an American Express credit or charge card (unless it is a Lloyds Avios one), .....
1 Dec 20181 December 2018 • 241 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett which operates in London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Coventry, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle. The offer may or may not .....
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett which operates in London, Bristol, .....
30 Nov 201830 November 2018
Shangri-La Golden Circle has launched a new promotion to encourage you to download their app. Full details are on the Shangri-La website here. You will receive 250 points if you download the app .....
Shangri-La Golden Circle has launched a new promotion to encourage you to download their app. Full details are .....
30 Nov 201830 November 2018
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with BP. You may, or may not, find this under the ‘Offers’ section of the online statement page of one or more of your Amex cards and .....
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with BP. You may, or may not, find this under the .....
29 Nov 201829 November 2018 • 250 comments
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