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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.
News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to pay your road tax with an American Express card has come and gone over the last couple of .....
News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to .....
21 Aug 201621 August 2016 • 93 comments
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in preparation for the Summer season. Earlier articles looked at the best credit card to use .....
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in .....
24 Jul 201624 July 2016 • 45 comments
There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is the club lounge of the Sofitel hotel, Club Millesime, which is now open to the public. Full .....
There is new lounge available at Heathrow Terminal 5 for holders of a Priority Pass or LoungeKey card. It is .....
10 Jul 201610 July 2016 • 58 comments
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Platinum Business charge card. My review of the .....
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am .....
20 Jun 201620 June 2016
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Gold Business charge card. My review of the .....
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I .....
19 Jun 201619 June 2016
American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. There are two ways to sign up to these deals. The easiest is to visit the Amex .....
American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. .....
16 Jun 201616 June 2016 • 47 comments
Tucked away in the new issue of ‘Departures’, the magazine for American Express Platinum charge card holders, is an intriguing new offer. The ‘intriguing’ element comes from .....
Tucked away in the new issue of ‘Departures’, the magazine for American Express Platinum charge .....
15 Jun 201615 June 2016 • 62 comments
News in brief: American Express ending Royal Academy partnership For the last year or so, it has been possible to get free access to exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London with your American .....
News in brief: American Express ending Royal Academy partnership For the last year or so, it has been possible .....
8 Jun 20168 June 2016 • 37 comments
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there has .....
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 57 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 .....
3 Jun 20163 June 2016 • 30 comments
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....
27 May 201627 May 2016 • 87 comments
The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter through the market. One way a card issuer can circumvent the 0.3% cap on fees is to issue .....
The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter .....
26 May 201626 May 2016 • 52 comments
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....
25 May 201625 May 2016 • 34 comments
On Thursday, we published exclusive details on the new HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard. Luckily for us, all of those details appear to have been correct. The official website for the card is .....
On Thursday, we published exclusive details on the new HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard. Luckily for .....
22 May 201622 May 2016 • 47 comments
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