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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.
The American Express Platinum charge card has a lot to offer the regular traveller. Yes, there is a fairly bonkers £450 annual fee, but you can get 50,000 Avios for signing up and the benefits are .....
The American Express Platinum charge card has a lot to offer the regular traveller. Yes, there is a fairly .....
11 Jan 201311 January 2013 • 13 comments
A lot of American Express Platinum charge card holders, including myself, got a special offer in the mail yesterday. The card offers 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards points for making ANY booking on the .....
A lot of American Express Platinum charge card holders, including myself, got a special offer in the mail .....
9 Jan 20139 January 2013 • 47 comments
So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The stand-out deal, without a doubt, was the Lloyds TSB Avios credit card promotion. There has .....
So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The .....
30 Dec 201230 December 2012 • 8 comments
Yesterday I wrote an article, triggered by our current holiday, on the best credit card to use to pay our hotel bill. Today I am writing about a similar dilemma, also triggered in part by the holiday .....
Yesterday I wrote an article, triggered by our current holiday, on the best credit card to use to pay our .....
19 Dec 201219 December 2012 • 38 comments
As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East. Last week, though, I was having a debate with myself about how to pay the hotel bill! It’s not that I can’t .....
As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East. Last week, though, I was having a .....
18 Dec 201218 December 2012 • 12 comments
I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently. They are poor value for money, but have one great advantage – they are a relatively cheap way of getting to the minimum spend requirement on .....
I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently. They are poor value for money, but have one great .....
8 Dec 20128 December 2012 • 7 comments
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December. (Click here to see it if you are an email or RSS reader.) There has been quite a lot of promotional .....
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December. (Click here to .....
2 Dec 20122 December 2012 • 11 comments
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. Full details are here. .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
30 Nov 201230 November 2012 • 5 comments
I was holding this post back for a couple of days until my credit card statement started reflecting my cashback. However, there were so many comments about it in other posts that I have pulled it .....
I was holding this post back for a couple of days until my credit card statement started reflecting my .....
29 Nov 201229 November 2012 • 25 comments
Yesterday I ran an article about earning double Avios when you shop at Sainsbury’s. Amex is offering double Membership Rewards points on all purchases until 31 December. If you have a BA Amex, .....
Yesterday I ran an article about earning double Avios when you shop at Sainsbury’s. Amex is offering .....
23 Nov 201223 November 2012 • 47 comments
Yes, that’s right. Sainsbury’s! For those with very long memories, Sainsbury’s used to award BA Miles and Air Miles before the contract switched to Tesco in 2002. You may .....
Yes, that’s right. Sainsbury’s! For those with very long memories, Sainsbury’s used to .....
22 Nov 201222 November 2012 • 13 comments
Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. This was an attempt to judge the best card to use as your ‘day to day’ card. .....
Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. .....
21 Nov 201221 November 2012 • 32 comments
When American Express relaunched its Platinum Card earlier this year, there was a page in the glossy brochure they sent out about the range of exciting free events they organise for cardmembers. .....
When American Express relaunched its Platinum Card earlier this year, there was a page in the glossy brochure .....
12 Nov 201212 November 2012 • 4 comments
Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with the fee-free Amex Preferred Rewards Gold card. A lot of people took this offer up, and .....
Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with .....
6 Nov 20126 November 2012 • 25 comments
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