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American Express Platinum card

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.

SME? Get 40,000 points with Amex Business Platinum

If you have a small business, you may qualify for a very generous American Express sign-up bonus. With American Express Business Platinum, you will receive a sign-up bonus of 40,000 Membership Rewards .....

If you have a small business, you may qualify for a very generous American Express sign-up bonus. With .....

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Four credit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their benefits

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: cards you get just for the sign-up bonus cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate cards .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: cards you get just .....

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Why the free BA Amex credit card is now the best cashback card in Britain

Back in January, Avios and Nectar unveiled their new partnership. In a huge surprise, the two companies introduced two-way points transfers. This page of ba.com explains how Nectar transfers work. Not .....

Back in January, Avios and Nectar unveiled their new partnership. In a huge surprise, the two companies .....

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New Amex cashback offers: Harrods, Boots, Uber Eats, FREE NOW

A number of interesting Amex offers have dropped over the weekend now that non-essential retail has been allowed to open. I thought it would be worth running through some of them here: £50 back on .....

A number of interesting Amex offers have dropped over the weekend now that non-essential retail has been .....

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EXCLUSIVE: American Express Shop Small to return in June, tweaked

We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at small .....

We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. .....

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Which is the best American Express cashback credit card?

Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards?  And which of the two Amex cashback cards is best?  Last weekend we ran a general article on the best cashback credit cards – click .....

Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards?  And which of the two Amex cashback cards is .....

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What is the best Avios credit card?

What is the best Avios credit card?  In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points from a UK credit card, and explain my preferred choices. All of these cards add a 3% .....

What is the best Avios credit card?  In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios .....

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FINAL WEEK: Get 100,000 points with American Express Business Platinum

American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If .....

American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK .....

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New American Express cashback deals launched – and Shop Small changes?

American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As usual, you may see all, some or none of these offers on your American Express account. You .....

American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As .....

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Amex Business Platinum vs personal Platinum – what’s the difference?

A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum Card, apart from the obvious £20 difference in annual fee. As American Express Business .....

A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum .....

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