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.
If you currently have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum charge card, you should be eligible for a special offer for five days only. If you add the (free) Platinum .....
If you currently have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum charge card, you .....
27 May 201727 May 2017 • 96 comments
News in brief: 100% IHG Rewards Club ‘buy points’ bonus – three days only IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – has brought back .....
News in brief: 100% IHG Rewards Club ‘buy points’ bonus – three days only IHG Rewards Club .....
17 May 201717 May 2017 • 45 comments
With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our .....
9 May 20179 May 2017 • 48 comments
News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code still working Amazon is still offering a £15 discount Amex Gold and Platinum cardholders. This deal is meant to run until 31st October. This offer is a .....
News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code still working Amazon is still offering a £15 discount Amex Gold and .....
8 May 20178 May 2017 • 73 comments
News in brief: £10 back on £50 Heathrow Express spend and 2% back on Airbnb A new cashback deal has appeared on many American Express accounts offering £10 back on £50 Heathrow Express spend. It .....
News in brief: £10 back on £50 Heathrow Express spend and 2% back on Airbnb A new cashback deal has appeared .....
1 May 20171 May 2017 • 82 comments
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
25 Apr 201725 April 2017 • 42 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
24 Apr 201724 April 2017 • 146 comments
As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring which totally changed the value basis of the scheme. You can now use Hilton Honors points .....
As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring .....
23 Apr 201723 April 2017 • 133 comments
News in brief: 2,400 Avios with a £99 Samsung tablet Tesco Direct is running an interest Samsung Galaxy Tab offer this week. Until April 24th, these four tablets – all priced at £99 or £119 .....
News in brief: 2,400 Avios with a £99 Samsung tablet Tesco Direct is running an interest Samsung Galaxy Tab .....
21 Apr 201721 April 2017 • 131 comments
The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country. Whilst the cards look the same wherever you go (unless you turn them over) you receive different benefits .....
The American Express Platinum charge card offering differs from country to country. Whilst the cards look .....
19 Apr 201719 April 2017 • 103 comments
News in brief: Amex launches new travel statement credit deals A new batch of statement credit deals has appeared from American Express. Some, all or none of these offers will appear on the .....
News in brief: Amex launches new travel statement credit deals A new batch of statement credit deals has .....
18 Apr 201718 April 2017 • 102 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 23 UK travel credit cards can .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
2 Apr 20172 April 2017 • 75 comments
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start spending every night of the week in a hotel, changing property every night to maximise your stay .....
If you want to gain status at a number of hotel chains quickly, you have two options. One is to start .....
31 Mar 201731 March 2017 • 115 comments
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get. I thought I would .....
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....
14 Mar 201714 March 2017 • 81 comments
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