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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.
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private .....
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets .....
17 Feb 201617 February 2016 • 22 comments
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st March. It seems highly likely that the Avios-earning version (travelmoneynow.com/avios) will .....
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st .....
14 Feb 201614 February 2016 • 102 comments
It’s 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 directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
8 Feb 20168 February 2016 • 78 comments
Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status as part of the American Express Platinum benefits package. It had been slowly rolling out .....
Back in October, I wrote about the new deal that American Express had done with Hilton HHonors to offer status .....
6 Feb 20166 February 2016 • 126 comments
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader review of ‘The Concorde Bar’ in the new British Airways lounge in Singapore. .....
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader .....
5 Feb 20165 February 2016 • 49 comments
Last August, I wrote a piece about how American Express Platinum travel insurance had paid out for a medical bill we incurred in Singapore. This was the third time that Amex had paid me over the .....
Last August, I wrote a piece about how American Express Platinum travel insurance had paid out for a medical .....
5 Feb 20165 February 2016 • 118 comments
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of 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 directory of .....
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is .....
17 Jan 201617 January 2016 • 81 comments
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping management of its hotel at Canary Wharf in London. This is presumably linked to the .....
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping .....
14 Jan 201614 January 2016 • 56 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 .....
13 Jan 201613 January 2016 • 102 comments
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for American Express Gold and Platinum cardholders. To see if you have been targetted, you need .....
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for .....
2 Jan 20162 January 2016 • 102 comments
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came into effect last week. This article covers the key information. You could (note, could) .....
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came .....
18 Dec 201518 December 2015 • 74 comments
Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might .....
14 Dec 201514 December 2015 • 47 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different cards now offering Avios points, and issuers starting to reduce the rewards on Visa and MasterCard products in response to the new EU .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different cards now offering Avios points, and issuers .....
7 Dec 20157 December 2015 • 81 comments
Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business Saturday’, a slightly more welcome US import than Black Friday. It is, in theory, little more than .....
Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business .....
5 Dec 20155 December 2015 • 132 comments
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