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American Express Platinum card

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, £300 of restaurant credit each year, £100 of Harvey Nichols credit each year 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.

American Express Platinum insurance proves its worth

The American Express Platinum charge card has taken a lot of stick this year.  And frankly, most of it was justified. There was a lot of grumbling, to put it mildly, when Amex cut the insurance .....

The American Express Platinum charge card has taken a lot of stick this year.  And frankly, most of it .....

by Rob Burgess

Amex Platinum boosts its UK Hotel Collection

American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, through either the Fine Hotels & Resorts programme (late check-out, upgrade if available at .....

American Express Platinum (and indeed Centurion) cardholders get a number of decent hotel deals, through .....

by Rob Burgess

I’ve launched a new credit cards update page

The eagle eyed will have noticed a new page at the top of the site called ‘Credit Card Offers‘. There are a lot of good UK credit cards available which offer benefits in various airline .....

The eagle eyed will have noticed a new page at the top of the site called ‘Credit Card Offers‘. .....

by Rob Burgess

Pick up 20,000 Avios for getting the BMI credit card

For most of 2011, UK frequent fliers who track the US market could only sit back and stare as credit card sign-up bonuses went crazy.  Ironically, the credit card that BA launched in conjunction .....

For most of 2011, UK frequent fliers who track the US market could only sit back and stare as credit card .....

by Rob Burgess

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