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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.
American Express has launched a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points for spending £6,000, which converts to 50,000 Avios, was already .....
American Express has launched a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 50,000 .....
7 Nov 20247 November 2024 • 67 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual fee. This is initially due to the generous sign-up bonus (50,000 Membership Rewards .....
The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual .....
31 Oct 202431 October 2024 • 287 comments
Last Tuesday, the most recent American Express Business Platinum sign-up offer ended. Whilst I suspect that any HfP reader who was planning to apply will have done so, I wanted to point out that .....
Last Tuesday, the most recent American Express Business Platinum sign-up offer ended. Whilst I suspect that .....
30 Oct 202430 October 2024 • 20 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types. I thought it was worth a look at the four loyalty .....
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....
25 Oct 202425 October 2024 • 43 comments
American Express is currently running big sign-up bonuses on its small business cards but you are running out of time to apply. Interestingly, as we covered in more detail in a separate article, all .....
American Express is currently running big sign-up bonuses on its small business cards but you are running out .....
21 Oct 202421 October 2024 • 22 comments
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s our story. Up to this point, the company had taken a more holistic view. It was .....
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 57 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 23 comments
IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you are targetted, you will see this deal under the ‘Offers’ tab for one or more of your Amex cards on the statement .....
IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you are targetted, you will see this deal .....
13 Oct 202413 October 2024 • 33 comments
American Express Platinum quietly snuck out a change to its sign-up bonus yesterday. The standard sign-up bonus has permanently increased from 40,000 Membership Rewards to 50,000 Membership Rewards .....
American Express Platinum quietly snuck out a change to its sign-up bonus yesterday. The standard sign-up .....
10 Oct 202410 October 2024 • 69 comments
If you have a small business, The American Express Business Platinum Card offers you an easy route to a big Avios boost. With The American Express Business Platinum Card, you will receive a sign-up .....
If you have a small business, The American Express Business Platinum Card offers you an easy route to a big .....
10 Oct 202410 October 2024 • 5 comments
American Express is currently running special sign-up bonuses on American Express Business Gold (FREE for a year) and American Express Business Platinum. Even better, ALL restrictions on getting .....
American Express is currently running special sign-up bonuses on American Express Business Gold (FREE for .....
9 Oct 20249 October 2024 • 8 comments
This is the second of two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One yesterday we looked at why you might want to add a supplementary card to your account and how to earn a .....
This is the second of two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One yesterday we .....
8 Oct 20248 October 2024 • 26 comments
We often get questions on American Express supplementary cards in our forum or emailed to us directly, so I though it was worth taking a proper look at how they work. There are often misconceptions .....
We often get questions on American Express supplementary cards in our forum or emailed to us directly, so I .....
7 Oct 20247 October 2024 • 52 comments
Last month, American Express in Germany imposed a cap on Priority Pass airport lounge access. For new applicants for The Platinum Card, Priority Pass access was restricted to 50 visits per year. This .....
Last month, American Express in Germany imposed a cap on Priority Pass airport lounge access. For new .....
6 Oct 20246 October 2024
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