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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.
After a short break, it is 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 all 25 .....
After a short break, it is time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going .....
7 Sep 20157 September 2015 • 42 comments
American Express has launched a new wave of cashback offers. To see what you have been targetted for, log in to your American Express account and click on ‘Offers’ on the statement page. .....
American Express has launched a new wave of cashback offers. To see what you have been targetted for, log in .....
2 Sep 20152 September 2015 • 52 comments
News in brief: Tesco Grocery code still running Reader Robert emailed to remind me that there is a functioning Tesco Grocery code out there with a surprisingly long expiry date. Code XXNNRR gives an .....
News in brief: Tesco Grocery code still running Reader Robert emailed to remind me that there is a functioning .....
19 Aug 201519 August 2015 • 29 comments
When I wrote about the new 40,000 points sign-up bonus for the American Express Platinum card on Friday, there were some queries about the Fine Hotels & Resorts hotel booking programme. I .....
When I wrote about the new 40,000 points sign-up bonus for the American Express Platinum card on Friday, there .....
16 Aug 201516 August 2015 • 20 comments
It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a specific group of people. For one month only, though, you can receive 40,000 American Express .....
It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a .....
14 Aug 201514 August 2015 • 79 comments
News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which originally ran last year, offering £50 statement credit on a purchase of £500 or more. I was .....
News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which .....
12 Aug 201512 August 2015 • 47 comments
Three years ago, I wrote an article about my experience claiming on the American Express Platinum card travel insurance. Amex made some nasty changes to the insurance on the Platinum card in January .....
Three years ago, I wrote an article about my experience claiming on the American Express Platinum card travel .....
7 Aug 20157 August 2015 • 67 comments
Today is the official opening of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. Yesterday evening I was sent some official photographs by Priority Pass which you can see below. I have also reproduced .....
Today is the official opening of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. Yesterday evening I was sent some .....
4 Aug 20154 August 2015 • 57 comments
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else for a £15 fee. This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and conditions .....
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else for .....
21 Jul 201521 July 2015 • 40 comments
If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able to visit one of the new airport lounges commissioned by American Express. A couple of years .....
If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able .....
15 Jun 201515 June 2015 • 31 comments
News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched A new batch of statement credit deals may have hit your BA Amex, SPG Amex, Amex Gold or Amex Platinum online account over the weekend. These .....
News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched A new batch of statement credit deals may have hit .....
9 Jun 20159 June 2015 • 27 comments
If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, you have until Tuesday evening to spend your £30. Remember that you do not need to buy .....
If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, .....
8 Jun 20158 June 2015 • 25 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty generous one at that. I wrote back in April about how the Post Office had begun to accept .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty .....
1 Jun 20151 June 2015 • 90 comments
American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. Only 8,000 Amex cards can be registered for this offer. The regular readers of Head for .....
American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. .....
21 May 201521 May 2015 • 149 comments
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