Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
For the last 20+ months, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and Platinum charge card holders when they spend £25 or more. This offer expires on 30th June .....
For the last 20+ months, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and .....
19 Jun 201819 June 2018 • 128 comments
New cashback deals for Hertz car rentals in the UK and Hyatt hotels have appeared on a lot of American Express statements. Hertz is offering £30 cashback when you spend £150+ in the UK by 31st .....
New cashback deals for Hertz car rentals in the UK and Hyatt hotels have appeared on a lot of American Express .....
6 Jun 20186 June 2018
American Express has added further Lufthansa lounges in Germany to its American Express Global Lounge Collection. From now on Platinum and Centurion Card holders can enjoy complimentary access to .....
American Express has added further Lufthansa lounges in Germany to its American Express Global Lounge .....
2 Jun 20182 June 2018 • 40 comments
A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section of your online .....
A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American .....
1 Jun 20181 June 2018
Of all the credit and charge cards we cover on Head for Points, American Express Platinum is the one that people often find the hardest to get their head around. On the one hand, American Express .....
Of all the credit and charge cards we cover on Head for Points, American Express Platinum is the one that .....
16 May 201816 May 2018 • 228 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? With the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card now closed to new applicants, I wanted to take another look at the other remaining options for earning Avios points from .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card now closed to new applicants, .....
7 May 20187 May 2018 • 124 comments
Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to your online account and look at ‘Offers’ on each of your statement pages) you .....
Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to .....
3 May 20183 May 2018
We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards loyalty scheme. If you missed it, this .....
We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, .....
20 Apr 201820 April 2018 • 82 comments
Loyalty press conferences in the UK are a funny old thing, because there aren’t actually that many people to invite. Thus it was that four usual suspects – plus a mysterious woman who I .....
Loyalty press conferences in the UK are a funny old thing, because there aren’t actually that many .....
18 Apr 201818 April 2018 • 184 comments
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Finally, after a few relatively dull months, we have had some .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
16 Apr 201816 April 2018 • 71 comments
There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their charge cards. It has been a while since I looked at the programme in .....
There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....
8 Apr 20188 April 2018 • 90 comments
American Express has opened a new lounge for Platinum cardholders at Melbourne Airport. Located in Terminal 2 at the Satellite Level Departures the lounge shares some facilities with the new Plaza .....
American Express has opened a new lounge for Platinum cardholders at Melbourne Airport. Located in Terminal 2 .....
29 Mar 201829 March 2018
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....
26 Mar 201826 March 2018 • 43 comments
Amex is clearly reading our articles. The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold have been changed back this morning. They now say, as they used to: “Please note, .....
Amex is clearly reading our articles. The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
23 Mar 201823 March 2018 • 126 comments
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