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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.
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 here. .....
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
If you have an American Express Platinum card, you probably got an email on Friday saying that you will get a 25% bonus when you redeem your Membership Reward points via Platinum Travel. This would .....
If you have an American Express Platinum card, you probably got an email on Friday saying that you will get a .....
14 Jan 201814 January 2018
Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a credit or charge card – including American Express cards. You can probably imagine how .....
Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a .....
6 Jan 20186 January 2018 • 16 comments
It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The reason for the delay is that things got a .....
It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline .....
30 Dec 201730 December 2017 • 46 comments
News in brief: Hilton Honors improves Gold and Diamond benefits at Waldorf Astoria hotels Hilton Honors has announced a small but welcome improvement to their programme which removes one of the .....
News in brief: Hilton Honors improves Gold and Diamond benefits at Waldorf Astoria hotels Hilton Honors has .....
30 Dec 201730 December 2017 • 60 comments
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