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.
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have it. There seem to be a few variants so you will need to look through the .....
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have .....
7 Mar 20187 March 2018
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge card and my British Airways Premium Plus card but not my Starwood Amex. You get £10 back .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge .....
4 Mar 20184 March 2018 • 71 comments
American Express is running an exclusive competition with Hilton just for its Platinum charge card holders. This means that your chances of winning are decent, especially as it is a niche prize. .....
American Express is running an exclusive competition with Hilton just for its Platinum charge card .....
3 Mar 20183 March 2018 • 34 comments
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and .....
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK .....
19 Feb 201819 February 2018 • 118 comments
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent emails, plus a discussion in the comments section on Saturday from a reader who had been .....
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent .....
12 Feb 201812 February 2018 • 191 comments
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you spend £10’ offer appeared on many Amex cards yesterday – I have it on my .....
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you .....
8 Feb 20188 February 2018 • 100 comments
American Express Platinum and Centurion cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, mainly through the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme (late check-out, upgrade if available at check-in, free .....
American Express Platinum and Centurion cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, mainly through the .....
7 Feb 20187 February 2018 • 99 comments
If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel booking programme. This is a grouping of 5-star hotels which offers special benefits to .....
If you have an American Express Platinum card then you should know about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel .....
3 Feb 20183 February 2018 • 46 comments
The newly refurbished Plaza Premium lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport Teminal 1 has re-opened and here are a few pictures. Here is the official website, where you can also book a slot. See: .....
The newly refurbished Plaza Premium lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport Teminal 1 has re-opened and here .....
1 Feb 20181 February 2018
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the discount supermarket starting to accept Amex but as we couldn’t find anything online, I .....
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the .....
1 Feb 20181 February 2018 • 99 comments
If you are heading to the USA or Hong Kong soon and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able to visit one of the new airport lounges commissioned by American Express. Five or so .....
If you are heading to the USA or Hong Kong soon and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be .....
31 Jan 201831 January 2018 • 66 comments
Many of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. After a period, you .....
Many of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the .....
23 Jan 201823 January 2018 • 337 comments
One of the least discussed benefits of the American Express Platinum card is Boingo wi-fi. It gives you access to 1 million wi-fi hot spots globally. My original article on Boingo from 2014 is .....
One of the least discussed benefits of the American Express Platinum card is Boingo wi-fi. It gives you .....
21 Jan 201821 January 2018 • 84 comments
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call centre that imminent changes are coming to the way sign-up bonuses are earned. The two stories .....
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call .....
16 Jan 201816 January 2018
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