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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.
Amex has launched, very quietly so far (ie they haven’t told anyone), a new promotion for Platinum cardholders. You get free admission for you and a friend to selected exhibitions at the Royal .....
Amex has launched, very quietly so far (ie they haven’t told anyone), a new promotion for Platinum .....
11 Aug 201411 August 2014 • 15 comments
American Express launched a new batch of ‘conditional spend’ offers recently. You will see these either by logging in to your online account and clicking the ‘Offers’ button .....
American Express launched a new batch of ‘conditional spend’ offers recently. You will see these .....
10 Aug 201410 August 2014 • 28 comments
Most British Airways American Express cardholders were emailed about this offer on Tuesday, but you can also take part if you have any other American Express card. The first 24,000 people to register .....
Most British Airways American Express cardholders were emailed about this offer on Tuesday, but you can also .....
23 Jul 201423 July 2014 • 60 comments
I received an email from a reader on Sunday asking whether Amex Platinum cardholders still get a free British Airways Premium Plus American Express card (they can’t!). It made me think .....
I received an email from a reader on Sunday asking whether Amex Platinum cardholders still get a free British .....
25 Jun 201425 June 2014 • 43 comments
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ with American Express over threatening to cancel your card, hoping to get a lucrative .....
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ .....
22 Jun 201422 June 2014 • 57 comments
American Express has launched some new Foursquare deals after a long hiatus. This promotion offers you £5 statement credit when spend £10 at Tesco. You will also receive £10 back when you spend .....
American Express has launched some new Foursquare deals after a long hiatus. This promotion offers you £5 .....
10 Jun 201410 June 2014 • 156 comments
Each week in the ‘Money’ section of The Sunday Times is a Q&A with a high profile figure about their personal finances. Last Sunday it was with economist Ha-Joon Chang, who has sold .....
Each week in the ‘Money’ section of The Sunday Times is a Q&A with a high profile figure about .....
8 May 20148 May 2014 • 85 comments
American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private lounge at the O2 Arena .....
American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access .....
29 Apr 201429 April 2014 • 17 comments
In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being offered £50 of free steak! More precisely, they are being offered a £50 statement credit .....
In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being .....
23 Apr 201423 April 2014 • 78 comments
By the time you read this article, I will be back in London. However, as I edit this article, I am still sitting in Dubai pondering how to pay the hotel bill. It’s not that I can’t .....
By the time you read this article, I will be back in London. However, as I edit this article, I am still .....
23 Apr 201423 April 2014 • 38 comments
American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers before using them. If you have an Amex-issued Amex card: On a desktop PC, log in to your .....
American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers .....
17 Apr 201417 April 2014 • 13 comments
This is my review of the American Express Platinum charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....
This is my review of the American Express Platinum charge card. It is part of my series .....
13 Apr 201413 April 2014 • 56 comments
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other things) for each new supplementary cardholder added to your .....
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= .....
3 Apr 20143 April 2014 • 11 comments
Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), American Express and London taxi app Hailo have launched another collaboration. This one could be .....
Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), .....
1 Apr 20141 April 2014 • 29 comments
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