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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, £300 of restaurant credit each year, £100 of Harvey Nichols 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.
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This is my review of the American Express Platinum charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....
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News in brief: British Airways closing Toronto lounge It was rumoured on Flyertalk earlier this week that the British Airways lounge in Toronto was closing. The closing date has now been confirmed by .....
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14 Oct 201714 October 2017 • 80 comments
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12 Oct 201712 October 2017 • 118 comments
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9 Oct 20179 October 2017 • 36 comments
News in brief: Exclusive Amex lounge at Frieze London Although they never told their customers, at least the Platinum ones, American Express has a private lounge at the Frieze London art fair in .....
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5 Oct 20175 October 2017 • 34 comments
News in brief: 500 Amex points or Avios when you spend £10 at Tesco A few readers have been in touch about a very generous offer which has appeared on their American Express online statements. Once .....
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4 Oct 20174 October 2017 • 129 comments
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Yesterday I told you about the long list of new conerts at the O2 Arena in Greenwich which are now bookable with Starwood Preferred Guest or Marriott Rewards points. These allow you to see .....
Yesterday I told you about the long list of new conerts at the O2 Arena in Greenwich which are now .....
23 Sep 201723 September 2017 • 15 comments
News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels launches new INVITED loyalty scheme I mentioned back in May that hotel marketing consortium Small Luxury Hotels of the World was scrapping its loyalty scheme, The .....
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20 Sep 201720 September 2017 • 30 comments
News in brief: 50% off when you buy Hilton Honors points Hilton Honors is currently offering a 50% discount when you buy 5,000+ points – see this page and click through. A 50% discount is .....
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12 Sep 201712 September 2017 • 120 comments
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10 Sep 201710 September 2017 • 151 comments
It is time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 22 UK travel credit cards can .....
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9 Sep 20179 September 2017 • 46 comments
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