Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
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 cards can be .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
6 Sep 20186 September 2018 • 128 comments
A couple of new hotel and airline cashback offers have appeared on American Express statements. You may find some, none or all of these under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement .....
A couple of new hotel and airline cashback offers have appeared on American Express statements. You may find .....
1 Sep 20181 September 2018
Priority Pass has confirmed that the guest fee for anyone who has a card via American Express Platinum is rising to £20 from 1st October. This is not a surprise as Priority Pass has already told its .....
Priority Pass has confirmed that the guest fee for anyone who has a card via American Express Platinum is .....
31 Aug 201831 August 2018 • 97 comments
We don’t talk about the NatWest Reward Black current account much on HfP, although it has good travel benefits. It has also been trialling an Avios offer recently, as many of you who were .....
We don’t talk about the NatWest Reward Black current account much on HfP, although it has good travel .....
31 Aug 201831 August 2018 • 50 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just for the sign-up bonus Cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate Cards .....
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Cards you get just .....
28 Aug 201828 August 2018 • 149 comments
For the last 20+ months, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and Platinum charge card holders when they spend £25 or more. This offer expires on 31st .....
For the last 20+ months, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and .....
26 Aug 201826 August 2018 • 42 comments
American Express has announced plans for ‘Platinum House’, a four day series of events in London next month. According to Amex: American Express Platinum House is coming to London. .....
American Express has announced plans for ‘Platinum House’, a four day series of events in London .....
17 Aug 201817 August 2018 • 88 comments
The Priority Pass guest fee is going up sharply. Lounge access card Priority Pass has emailed members who hold a card directly with them – ie not via American Express Platinum or a similar deal .....
The Priority Pass guest fee is going up sharply. Lounge access card Priority Pass has emailed members who hold .....
17 Aug 201817 August 2018
One of the most useful benefits of having an American Express Platinum card – and one which genuinely helps me justify the £450 fee – is the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme. FHR, as .....
One of the most useful benefits of having an American Express Platinum card – and one which genuinely .....
12 Aug 201812 August 2018 • 81 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 cards can be .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
6 Aug 20186 August 2018 • 94 comments
Another batch of offers has launched on my American Express cards, and presumably on yours too. To find these, you need to go to the ‘Offers’ section of EACH Amex card you hold, either .....
Another batch of offers has launched on my American Express cards, and presumably on yours too. To find .....
2 Aug 20182 August 2018
What is the food like in the Plaza Premium airport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5? Back in March I ran a full review of the new Plaza Premium lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5 – click here. I like .....
What is the food like in the Plaza Premium airport lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5? Back in March I ran a full .....
28 Jul 201828 July 2018
In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Today .....
In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this .....
18 Jul 201818 July 2018 • 83 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are available. .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and .....
17 Jul 201817 July 2018 • 47 comments
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