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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.
I wanted to gently remind everyone that time is running out if you want to apply for the American Express Platinum card in order to get the free Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club Gold card. The last day .....
I wanted to gently remind everyone that time is running out if you want to apply for the American Express .....
26 Feb 201426 February 2014 • 197 comments
American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of Amex-issued Amex cards. For the purposes of Head for Points, that means Gold, Platinum, SPG .....
American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of .....
20 Feb 201420 February 2014 • 16 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, though, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. Put .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
18 Feb 201418 February 2014 • 94 comments
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for February. The big event during January was the launch of the temporary sign-up bonus on the Virgin Flying .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for February. The big event .....
5 Feb 20145 February 2014 • 44 comments
If you are self-employed, 31st January is the day that you will need to make your final tax payment for the 2012-2013 tax year. HMRC now accepts credit cards for tax payment. However, they do .....
If you are self-employed, 31st January is the day that you will need to make your final tax payment for the .....
29 Jan 201429 January 2014 • 56 comments
The independent consortium of boutique luxury properties, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, has added British Airways as a partner. You will now earn a flat rate of 500 Avios points when staying at .....
The independent consortium of boutique luxury properties, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, has added British .....
13 Jan 201413 January 2014 • 13 comments
By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access that American Express Platinum cardholders receive. The deadline for applying for the Cathay .....
By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access .....
12 Jan 201412 January 2014 • 67 comments
If you ever stay at Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt, Four Seasons, Peninsula or similar upscale hotels, you may be surprised to know that you are almost certainly NOT getting the best possible deal if .....
If you ever stay at Mandarin Oriental, Park Hyatt, Four Seasons, Peninsula or similar upscale hotels, you may .....
7 Jan 20147 January 2014 • 23 comments
If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous sign-up bonus, there are a number of offers which are ending soon and are well worth .....
If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous .....
6 Jan 20146 January 2014 • 33 comments
American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their website. To qualify for the 1,200 point bonus, you need to spend £400 or more on pre-paid .....
American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their .....
2 Jan 20142 January 2014 • 10 comments
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and top promotions and the large number of devaluations this year. Credit card sign-up .....
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and .....
29 Dec 201329 December 2013 • 39 comments
I wrote a few days ago about a discount deal for 30% off House of Fraser giftcards when you paid with an Amex. This was offered by a company called SVM, who have run ‘discount deals’ on .....
I wrote a few days ago about a discount deal for 30% off House of Fraser giftcards when you paid with an .....
28 Dec 201328 December 2013 • 20 comments
This offer came to light too late for Christmas, unfortunately, but may still be worth a look if you are a regular House of Fraser customer. Amex is running a promotion with House of Fraser allowing .....
This offer came to light too late for Christmas, unfortunately, but may still be worth a look if you are a .....
22 Dec 201322 December 2013 • 44 comments
Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may not have noticed. These are a continuation of the special deals that have been running .....
Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may .....
21 Dec 201321 December 2013 • 52 comments
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