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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.
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3 Oct 20223 October 2022 • 23 comments
With bad timing – since we did an article on the current crazy ‘60,000 points + £200’ American Express Platinum sign-up bonus yesterday – American Express has removed the .....
With bad timing – since we did an article on the current crazy ‘60,000 points + £200’ .....
15 Sep 202215 September 2022 • 48 comments
American Express is currently offering its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. As we are now half way through the offer period, I though it was worth reminding you how it works. The .....
American Express is currently offering its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. As we are now .....
14 Sep 202214 September 2022 • 50 comments
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is an offer which triggers when you pay for anything, on any website (in theory £ payments .....
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is .....
13 Sep 202213 September 2022 • 50 comments
American Express Business Platinum has launched two new benefits for cardmembers today. I think that they go some of the way towards closing the benefits gap with the personal version of American .....
American Express Business Platinum has launched two new benefits for cardmembers today. I think that they go .....
24 Aug 202224 August 2022 • 70 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card and spend £6,000 in your .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....
23 Aug 202223 August 2022 • 43 comments
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get. These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
21 Aug 202221 August 2022 • 79 comments
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it launched the best ever sign-up bonus – 60,000 Membership Rewards points (worth .....
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it .....
20 Aug 202220 August 2022 • 109 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....
17 Aug 202217 August 2022 • 46 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....
11 Aug 202211 August 2022 • 33 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....
8 Aug 20228 August 2022 • 30 comments
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would .....
American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....
6 Aug 20226 August 2022 • 47 comments
If you didn’t read our article on the new American Express Platinum sign-up bonus yesterday – a crazy 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel statement credit – you .....
If you didn’t read our article on the new American Express Platinum sign-up bonus yesterday – a .....
4 Aug 20224 August 2022 • 77 comments
American Express has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 30,000 Membership Rewards points, which converts to 30,000 Avios, was already good. Until 25th .....
American Express has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of .....
3 Aug 20223 August 2022 • 339 comments
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