Card Type: American Express Charge Card
Issuer: American Express
Sign-Up Bonus: 30,000
If you are referred by an existing American Express Cardholder the bonus rises to 35,000 membership points. Email me at email@georgethetravelmonkey.com if you want a referral. You cannot receive cashback and a referral. You must decide which is the better offer for you. I will earn 18,000 membership reward points.
Spending Requirement: £2,000 within first 3 months
Annual Fee: £450
Points-Earning Ability:
- 1 membership point earned per £1 spent
Cash-Back: 
offers £50.10 and 
offers £50
Additional Benefits:
- Complimentary access to over 1,000 airport lounges
- Comprehensive travel insurance
- 24/7 Platinum Global Assist
- Elite tier membership with Starwood, Accor, Carlson, Hertz and Avis
- Sign up miles not available to those who have held any American Express Charge Cards in the past 6 months.
- Household income requirement of £40,000
Review:
American Express membership points can be converted into Avios, Virgin Atlantic, Club Carlson, Hilton HHonors, Starwood Preferred Guest, and a few more airline and hotel partners. Therefore they are very useful for both their versatility and, if American Express run one of their occasional transfer bonuses, their value.
This card has a quite staggering £450 annual fee. On the plus side, the card comes with travel insurance for you and your family, free priority pass membership for worldwide airport lounge access, and elite status at various hotel and car rental companies. These benefits are only really useful if you travel frequently. You won’t find a more complete list of travel benefits than the American Express Platinum card.
30,00 Membership Rewards is a good sign up bonus. However, in the recent past it has been as high as 50,000 and as low as zero. So, whether 30,000 is enough points for you to pull the trigger on an application depends on whether you can wait and if you like a bit of gamble. Because there is no way to know whether the next sign up bonus will be higher or dramatically lower. I would value 30,000 membership points are around £300 but as always before you commit to a loyalty scheme know what you want to use the points for and how much you personally value those points.
If you haven´t already then you can Join Top CashBack. I will receive a £10 referral credit after you have earned £10 cashback through TopCashBack. Alternatively, you can have a friend recommend you through their TopCashBack account. There is no fee for using TopCashBack.
If you haven´t already then you can Join Quidco. I will receive a £2.50 referral credit after you have earned £5 cashback through the Quidco. You can also have a friend recommend you through their Quidco account. Quidco take the first £5 cashback you earn through their website each year as a fee. There is no fee if you have not earned at least £5 cashback.
New 30,000 Points Bonus for American Express Platinum
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