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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.
It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a specific group of people. For one month only, though, you can receive 40,000 American Express .....
It has been a long time since I have seen a special sign-up bonus on an American Express card aimed at a .....
14 Aug 201514 August 2015 • 79 comments
News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which originally ran last year, offering £50 statement credit on a purchase of £500 or more. I was .....
News in brief: £50 Apple cashback deal with Amex American Express is repeating an Apple promotion which .....
12 Aug 201512 August 2015 • 47 comments
Three years ago, I wrote an article about my experience claiming on the American Express Platinum card travel insurance. Amex made some nasty changes to the insurance on the Platinum card in January .....
Three years ago, I wrote an article about my experience claiming on the American Express Platinum card travel .....
7 Aug 20157 August 2015 • 67 comments
EDIT: This article was published in 2015. Our 2021 review of the Club Aspire lounge at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 is here. Today is the official opening of the Aspire lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. .....
EDIT: This article was published in 2015. Our 2021 review of the Club Aspire lounge at Heathrow Airport .....
4 Aug 20154 August 2015 • 57 comments
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else for a £15 fee. This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and conditions .....
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else for .....
21 Jul 201521 July 2015 • 40 comments
If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able to visit one of the new airport lounges commissioned by American Express. A couple of years .....
If you are heading to the USA this Summer and hold an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be able .....
15 Jun 201515 June 2015 • 31 comments
News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched A new batch of statement credit deals may have hit your BA Amex, SPG Amex, Amex Gold or Amex Platinum online account over the weekend. These .....
News in brief: New American Express cashback deals launched A new batch of statement credit deals may have hit .....
9 Jun 20159 June 2015 • 27 comments
If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, you have until Tuesday evening to spend your £30. Remember that you do not need to buy .....
If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, .....
8 Jun 20158 June 2015 • 25 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty generous one at that. I wrote back in April about how the Post Office had begun to accept .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty .....
1 Jun 20151 June 2015 • 90 comments
American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. Only 8,000 Amex cards can be registered for this offer. The regular readers of Head for .....
American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. .....
21 May 201521 May 2015 • 149 comments
If you had begun to think that the American Express statement credit deals were getting rather too eclectic (Plenish Cleanse? Paper London?), the good news is that a new raft of deals was launched .....
If you had begun to think that the American Express statement credit deals were getting rather too eclectic .....
28 Apr 201528 April 2015 • 92 comments
In one swoop, the Post Office has become the largest retail network in the UK to accept American Express cards. As of last week, all 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK are accepting Amex for .....
In one swoop, the Post Office has become the largest retail network in the UK to accept American Express .....
13 Apr 201513 April 2015 • 93 comments
After a break in February – because there was nothing new to write about – it is time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline .....
After a break in February – because there was nothing new to write about – it is time for the .....
15 Mar 201515 March 2015 • 43 comments
A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when he called to cancel his Platinum charge card. This is the first time in two years that I .....
A reader emailed me last week to say that American Express tried to offer him the Gold Rewards Plus card when .....
10 Mar 201510 March 2015 • 7 comments
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