Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
The Platinum Card is the most premium card 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 and much more.
This article looks at whether the American Express Platinum Card is worth the £575 annual fee.
You can read our full review of The Platinum Card by American Express here. You can apply for the card here.
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 .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card now closed to new .....
7 May 20187 May 2018 • 126 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) .....
Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in .....
3 May 20183 May 2018 • Leave a comment
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 • 84 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 • 191 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 .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
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 • 93 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 • Leave a comment
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 • 131 comments
On 3rd March I wrote about a competition Hilton was running on Facebook which was exclusive to Amex Platinum cardholders. The article generated a lot of comments because the entry form was so .....
On 3rd March I wrote about a competition Hilton was running on Facebook which was exclusive to Amex Platinum .....
21 Mar 201821 March 2018 • Leave a comment
For the last 18 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 31st March .....
For the last 18 months, Amazon has been offering an exclusive £15 discount code for Amex Gold, Green and .....
20 Mar 201820 March 2018 • Leave a comment
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. To be honest, there is more ‘going’ than .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
15 Mar 201815 March 2018 • 109 comments
The Financial Times carried an article yesterday (paywall, or free if you google ‘Amex to woo retailers with biggest fee cut in 20 years’) in which the new American Express CEO talks of .....
The Financial Times carried an article yesterday (paywall, or free if you google ‘Amex to woo retailers .....
13 Mar 201813 March 2018 • Leave a comment
This is my review of the new Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 5. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. .....
This is my review of the new Plaza Premium departure lounge in London Heathrow Terminal 5. This is part of our .....
8 Mar 20188 March 2018 • 98 comments
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