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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 quietly launched a new spend bonus for some people with American Express Business Platinum. There are no reports so far of it appearing on Business Gold but we don’t know for definite .....
Amex has quietly launched a new spend bonus for some people with American Express Business Platinum. There are .....
23 Aug 202123 August 2021
American Express is currently running a ‘never seen before’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into 60,000 Avios or lots of .....
American Express is currently running a ‘never seen before’ bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards .....
20 Aug 202120 August 2021 • 29 comments
American Express Platinum comes with FOUR hotel status cards. I thought I would take a closer look at this benefit to help you decide if you should jump on the 30,000 Membership Rewards points .....
American Express Platinum comes with FOUR hotel status cards. I thought I would take a closer look at .....
19 Aug 202119 August 2021 • 70 comments
American Express has launched an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be the biggest ‘open to all’ bonus I have ever seen. The standard bonus of 30,000 .....
American Express has launched an exceptionally generous sign-up bonus for The Platinum Card. It may be the .....
18 Aug 202118 August 2021 • 209 comments
It may be a couple of years behind schedule, but the American Express Centurion Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 will soon be here. We spoke to the Amex team a couple of weeks ago and they confirmed that .....
It may be a couple of years behind schedule, but the American Express Centurion Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3 .....
7 Aug 20217 August 2021 • 27 comments
Very quietly, American Express has rolled out an app which allows American Express Platinum cardholders to book its special Platinum events. This is more beneficial than it seems. American Express .....
Very quietly, American Express has rolled out an app which allows American Express Platinum cardholders to .....
5 Aug 20215 August 2021 • 58 comments
Back in May, American Express announced a reduction in the cashback rate paid on its two cashback credit cards – Platinum Cashback and Platinum Cashback Everyday. There was a three month grace .....
Back in May, American Express announced a reduction in the cashback rate paid on its two cashback credit cards .....
4 Aug 20214 August 2021 • 21 comments
Why should you get the The Platinum Card from American Express? Today I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you receive as an American Express Platinum charge cardholder (‘The Platinum .....
Why should you get the The Platinum Card from American Express? Today I want to look at the top 10 card .....
1 Aug 20211 August 2021
For a few years, American Express has been running various levels of airport lounge access with Lufthansa for holders of The Platinum Card. Certain lounges would be available but would disappear. The .....
For a few years, American Express has been running various levels of airport lounge access with Lufthansa for .....
18 Jul 202118 July 2021 • 29 comments
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from getting a bonus on some other cards, but not all cards block you from all other cards. There .....
There are complex rules around American Express sign-up bonuses. Getting some cards blocks you from .....
5 Jul 20215 July 2021 • 36 comments
If you are looking to stock up on champagne, there is an opportunity at the moment to buy branded drinks from Laithwaites at a good discount. Many American Express cards feature an offer from wine .....
If you are looking to stock up on champagne, there is an opportunity at the moment to buy branded drinks from .....
4 Jul 20214 July 2021
For the first time ever, as far as I know, the ultra-luxurious Four Seasons hotel chain has launched a cashback offer with American Express. The offer appeared on Wednesday evening but apparently .....
For the first time ever, as far as I know, the ultra-luxurious Four Seasons hotel chain has launched a .....
3 Jul 20213 July 2021 • 35 comments
American Express has launched a series of cashback offers with BP garages. There appears to be two different versions: The good news is that, if you have multiple Amex cards, you might find – as .....
American Express has launched a series of cashback offers with BP garages. There appears to be two different .....
30 Jun 202130 June 2021 • 59 comments
If you have tickets for Wimbledon this year – and if you don’t, read on, because Amex has extra tickets for sale each day – you can visit the free American Express lounge. Amex .....
If you have tickets for Wimbledon this year – and if you don’t, read on, because Amex has extra .....
27 Jun 202127 June 2021 • 79 comments
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