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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.
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 .....
18 Apr 201618 April 2016 • 46 comments
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new style of personalised offer showing on your online card statement. On my account, I will .....
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new .....
13 Apr 201613 April 2016 • 63 comments
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have appeared – you can see what you have been targetted for by going to your online .....
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have .....
5 Apr 20165 April 2016 • 76 comments
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on whether the British Airways American Express cards, amongst others, are already caught by .....
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on .....
25 Mar 201625 March 2016 • 96 comments
If you have been thinking about getting the American Express Platinum charge card, there is a ‘sweet spot’ for the next 10 days or so. Six weeks ago, American Express added three new hotel .....
If you have been thinking about getting the American Express Platinum charge card, there is a ‘sweet .....
21 Mar 201621 March 2016 • 66 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 .....
7 Mar 20167 March 2016 • 26 comments
Yesterday 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?’. Because you can earn .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
23 Feb 201623 February 2016 • 70 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 .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
22 Feb 201622 February 2016 • 66 comments
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 • 99 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 • 77 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 • 46 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 • 117 comments
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