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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.
Yesterday, a few people found a leaflet on their doormat from American Express entitled “Introducing The Perfect Companion To Your Platinum Card“. Basically – and for reasons which .....
Yesterday, a few people found a leaflet on their doormat from American Express entitled “Introducing .....
10 Mar 201310 March 2013 • 13 comments
An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which may be useful to some of you. Given that the miles and points earned on Amex cards are .....
An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which .....
9 Mar 20139 March 2013 • 21 comments
A massacre! Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American Express Platinum card which has plunged overnight from 50,000 Membership Rewards points (=50,000 .....
A massacre! Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American .....
5 Mar 20135 March 2013 • 20 comments
March is here, and with it are two great new Foursquare deals. As was hinted at last month, two new deals have been launched with Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. Both work the same way as the .....
March is here, and with it are two great new Foursquare deals. As was hinted at last month, two new deals have .....
2 Mar 20132 March 2013 • 33 comments
Key link: American Express Platinum card home page This is a ‘final boarding call’ for anyone thinking of applying for the American Express Platinum charge card. The Amex website has .....
Key link: American Express Platinum card home page This is a ‘final boarding call’ for anyone .....
28 Feb 201328 February 2013 • 44 comments
So, how is the American Express / Foursquare 2013 promotion going for you so far?! (See here for details of the current deals if you are new to this.) On Wednesday I picked up 6 x £50 gift cards in .....
So, how is the American Express / Foursquare 2013 promotion going for you so far?! (See here for details of .....
9 Feb 20139 February 2013 • 66 comments
As I have mentioned before on Head for Points, the American Express Platinum sign-up bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points (good for 50,000 Avios or various other things) is a great deal. The Amex .....
As I have mentioned before on Head for Points, the American Express Platinum sign-up bonus of 50,000 .....
8 Feb 20138 February 2013 • 19 comments
Last year I ran a number of articles about American Express Currency Exchange, the new bureau de change partner of British Airways Executive Club. See here, here and here. What we discovered was that .....
Last year I ran a number of articles about American Express Currency Exchange, the new bureau de change .....
4 Feb 20134 February 2013 • 34 comments
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Offers’ page for February. As with January, it was one of the quicker jobs I’ve done on this page because there have been no major changes since the .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Offers’ page for February. As with January, it was one of the .....
2 Feb 20132 February 2013 • 24 comments
Some people received this offer by email yesterday. However, it is NOT targetted and is described on the Amex Currency Exchange website, and so must be open to all. It is not a bad deal and .....
Some people received this offer by email yesterday. However, it is NOT targetted and is described on the .....
29 Jan 201329 January 2013 • 50 comments
I must admit, I was a little surprised when – like many of you – I was emailed on Saturday with details of the new Amex / Foursquare promotions that will run in February. Did they learn .....
I must admit, I was a little surprised when – like many of you – I was emailed on Saturday with .....
27 Jan 201327 January 2013 • 92 comments
A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus if they moved their Membership Rewards points into airline miles. There seem to be two .....
A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus .....
17 Jan 201317 January 2013 • 26 comments
If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as planned. The deal is that Amex Platinum cardholders can get 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards .....
If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as .....
16 Jan 201316 January 2013 • 41 comments
The American Express Platinum charge card has an astounding sign-up bonus at present – 50,000 Membership Rewards points. These are worth 50,000 Avios, or a whole heap of other things. Yes, .....
The American Express Platinum charge card has an astounding sign-up bonus at present – 50,000 Membership .....
14 Jan 201314 January 2013 • 22 comments
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