Your Platinum Card application takes less than 10 minutes and you can get a response in 60 seconds.
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Charge Card with no preset spending limit and no interest charges. All you need to do is pay off your balance in full each month 1.
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| Annual fee |
£450
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Highlights
- Earn 40,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend £1,500 in your first 3 months2.
- Transfer your points to over 15 major frequent flyer and hotel programmes
- Unlimited access to over 700 airport and Eurostar lounges
- Partner programme membership with Starwood, Carlson, Hertz and Avis
- Comprehensive worldwide travel insurance for you, your family, your Supplementary Cardmembers and their family
- Your dedicated Platinum Travel and Concierge services can help with travel plans, tickets and dinner reservations
Reward yourself
Choose from complimentary nights in glorious hotels, trips away or great deals on shopping and entertainment. Just order what you want through us, or transfer points to your favourite frequent flyer, hotel or retail loyalty programme. Enjoy a special treat, you’ve earned it.
- Earn 40,000 Membership Rewards points when you spend £1,500 in your first 3 months. They’re redeemable for a wide range of products, experiences, travel and hotel stays.
- Earn one Membership Rewards® point for every full £1 spent3
- Transfer your points to over 15 major frequent flyer and hotel programmes.
Whatever you’re into, get more out of it.
- 100,000+
Travel - five nights at a category 6 Starwood hotel or resort, like the Royal Hawaiian in Waikiki
Shopping - one iPad2 with Wi-Fi and 3G, 16Gb (106,690 points required)
Experience - £500 Laithwaites Wine Fine Wine Experience.
- 40,000
Travel - one return flight to Dubai with Virgin Atlantic*
Shopping - £200 Harvey Nichols gift card
Experience - £200 gift card for the fabulous Elemis Spa in London.
- 20,000
Travel - one return flight to Istanbul with British Airways*
Shopping - one set of Bose Around-Ear headphones
Experience - £100 Spafinder gift card, choose from over 400 UK spas (including Champneys).
- 10,000
Travel - one night stay at a Category 4 Starwood hotel or resort, like the Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort
Shopping - £50 Harrods gift card
Experience - go wild with a Smartbox Unusual Escapes gift box, choose from 50 experiences.
- 5,000
Travel - one night stay at a Sol Media '˜Sol' hotel (5,500 points required)
Shopping - £25 gift card at one of Amazon, Boots, Comet, Gap, HMV, Homebase, House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer, PC World, Waterstones and others
Experience - £25 gift voucher to redeem at Carluccio's, D&D (a group of 20 London restaurants), Starbucks, Wagamama and selected other cafes and restaurants.
Redeem with American Express or these great partners
Examples representative of redeeming Membership® Rewards points.
*Terms, taxes and fees apply.
Travel
Take one more thing with you when you travel with the Platinum Card, peace of mind. We’re there to help if you need it for all kinds of requests. To start with, we’ll make sure you’re welcomed at VIP airport and Eurostar lounges, and offered glorious rooms and suites when you stay with our partner hotels.
- Relax in over 700 airport VIP lounges and Eurostar Business Premier lounges
- Your dedicated Platinum Travel Service make sure that you get exclusive deals on all your travel needs including flights, hotels and car hire
- Enjoy complimentary partner programme membership including Starwood Preferred Guest® Gold, Club CarlsonSM Gold Elite, Hertz #1 Club, and Avis Preferred
- Receive emergency help 24/7, virtually wherever you are in the world
- Be assured, with comprehensive worldwide travel insurance for you, your family, your supplementary Card holders and their families, too.
World class service
Researching restaurants, getting a seat at the match, running all over town for a perfect birthday gift – don’t let life’s unavoidable chores eat up your free time. Let us help. Call our concierge service and we’ll make the arrangements for you.
- Manage your account online and on the go
- Secure a top table at your favourite restaurant by making your reservation through us
- Grab some of the hottest tickets in town first with Preferred Seating from American Express
- Don’t recognise a purchase? We’ll remove it from your account immediately and investigate it for you as part of our fraud guarantee.
- Enjoy Purchase Protection on eligible items bought on your Card and even Refund Protection on Card purchases from UK retailers
Your Platinum Card is accepted all over town
Eligibility
To save time before you apply for your Platinum Card, it’s best to make sure you can say yes to the following.
- I am aged 18 or over
- I have a current UK bank or building society account
- I have a permanent UK home address
- I have a household income of at least £40,000
- I have no history of bad debt
- And if self-employed, I have been working for more than one year
If you can say yes, go ahead. Your application takes less than 10 minutes and we may be able to give you a response in less than 60 seconds – so apply now.
View important information
If you’d prefer a Card without any rewards, other features or a Cardmembership fee, an alternative option is available – the Basic Card.
