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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.
American Express is currently running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. You need to get a move on, however, as it ends on 14th January. The standard bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards .....
American Express is currently running a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. You need to get a move on, .....
28 Dec 202428 December 2024 • 53 comments
I was on LinkedIn last week when a post appeared asking if I owned a restaurant – and if I did, was I interested in joining the Amex Dining 10% cashback programme? I clicked the link and it took .....
I was on LinkedIn last week when a post appeared asking if I owned a restaurant – and if I did, was I .....
22 Dec 202422 December 2024 • 78 comments
Airport lounge access card Priority Pass is not just about lounges. It also has deals with many airport restaurants where you can receive a free or discounted meal by showing your Priority Pass card. .....
Airport lounge access card Priority Pass is not just about lounges. It also has deals with many airport .....
3 Dec 20243 December 2024 • 13 comments
If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It appear in the App or in your Online Account for a feature - Instalment Plans from American .....
If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It .....
22 Nov 202422 November 2024 • 99 comments
A valuable benefit that comes with The Platinum Card from American Express is £300 of annual dining credit, increasing to £400 on 1st January 2025. It makes a big dint in the annual membership fee. .....
A valuable benefit that comes with The Platinum Card from American Express is £300 of annual dining credit, .....
19 Nov 202419 November 2024 • 84 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express is probably the most divisive credit card on the UK market. Some people find it crazy that anyone would pay £650 per year for a credit card. However … .....
The Platinum Card from American Express is probably the most divisive credit card on the UK market. Some .....
15 Nov 202415 November 2024 • 110 comments
Back in August we covered Bluechain, a company which allows you to pay invoices with a credit card. Bluechain charges your credit card, adds a small fee and sends a bank transfer to the company to .....
Back in August we covered Bluechain, a company which allows you to pay invoices with a credit card. Bluechain .....
13 Nov 202413 November 2024 • 84 comments
American Express has launched a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points for spending £6,000, which converts to 50,000 Avios, was already .....
American Express has launched a bumper sign-up offer for The Platinum Card. The standard bonus of 50,000 .....
7 Nov 20247 November 2024 • 67 comments
The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual fee. This is initially due to the generous sign-up bonus (50,000 Membership Rewards .....
The Platinum Card from American Express is very popular with Head for Points readers, despite the £650 annual .....
31 Oct 202431 October 2024 • 290 comments
Last Tuesday, the most recent American Express Business Platinum sign-up offer ended. Whilst I suspect that any HfP reader who was planning to apply will have done so, I wanted to point out that .....
Last Tuesday, the most recent American Express Business Platinum sign-up offer ended. Whilst I suspect that .....
30 Oct 202430 October 2024 • 22 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types. I thought it was worth a look at the four loyalty .....
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....
25 Oct 202425 October 2024 • 46 comments
American Express is currently running big sign-up bonuses on its small business cards but you are running out of time to apply. Interestingly, as we covered in more detail in a separate article, all .....
American Express is currently running big sign-up bonuses on its small business cards but you are running out .....
21 Oct 202421 October 2024 • 22 comments
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s our story. Up to this point, the company had taken a more holistic view. It was .....
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 57 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 25 comments
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