How do I sign up for my Amex Platinum Card benefits?

The American Express Platinum Card is one of the most fiercely debated credit cards in terms of value received from the annual fee. For some, the fee is better spent on buying what you want but for others (ourselves included) it’s easy to surpass the £575 annual fee as long as you take advantage of all the card has to offer. If you have recently taken out the Amex Platinum Card here is how to sign up for your Amex Platinum Card benefits to make sure you take full advantage of your card!

How do I see what benefits the Platinum Card has?

The Amex Platinum Card comes with a wide range of benefits that make it suitable for many frequent travelers. The main ones include…

Airport Lounge Access

You will get 2 free Priority Pass memberships, one with the main Platinum card and one with your first FREE Platinum supplementary cardholder. These are valid at any airport lounge in the Priority Pass network. Each card can bring in one FREE guest, each additional guest will cost you £20. You can view what airport lounges accept Priority Pass here – https://www.prioritypass.com/. In addition to this, you and your supplementary cardholder get access to Plaza Premium Lounges and Amex’s range of Centurion Lounges.

Elevated Hotel Status

For as long as you hold the card you will also receive elevated status in various hotel programs. Gold in Hilton Honors, Gold in Marriott Bonvoy, Gold in Radisson Rewards & Gold in MeliaRewards. We talk about what benefits these statuses have here – https://pointsuncovered.com/hotels/free-hotel-elite-status-from-uk-credit-cards/

Travel Insurance

Full travel insurance: You receive travel insurance for yourself and your family as long as you are under 70. You can insure ONE other person and their family by giving them a supplementary card on your account. Some benefits require you to pay for your trip on a UK-issued personal American Express.

Points Earning

Each £1 spent on the card will give you one membership reward point. Travel bookings made through the American Express Travel website will give you two membership reward points per £1.

Alongside this, the Platinum card also offers car hire insurance among other things. You can read more about the benefits here – https://www.americanexpress.com/en-gb/benefits/the-platinum-card/

How do I sign up for my Amex Platinum Card benefits?

The £100 Harvey Nichols credit and £300 Dining credit are Amex offers that need to be saved to your card. To do this you need to visit the American Express website or app, go to your Platinum account page, find the offer, and click ‘Save to Card’. If they aren’t there when you first receive your card give it a few days to load your offers otherwise contact Amex support by chat or phone.

If you applied for your card before April 2019, you are already enrolled and no action is required. After this, if you ticked the box when applying saying you wanted the free insurance benefits the travel/care hire insurance will cover you from card approval. If you didn’t say you wanted the free insurance benefits you can enroll at any time by making a claim here – https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/insuranceportal

To view/enroll for your Hotel statuses, Car hire statuses, and Priority Pass you need to visit the Platinum Card benefits status page here – https://global.americanexpress.com/benefits/status

Here you can pick and choose which benefits you want to enroll for. You will need your program details to enroll for your relevant status so make sure you have those handy! If you haven’t registered already you will need to…

Other benefits such as complimentary benefits with Fine Hotels & Resorts don’t need ‘activating’ to use. You just need to book through the Platinum Travel service or through fhrdigitaldirectory.com/uk.

Conclusion

For the right person the Platinum Card makes a lot of sense! Just make sure you enroll in all the benefits you want to use as they aren’t always automatic! To learn more about the Platinum Card see the American Express website here – https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/credit-cards/platinum-card/. You can also get a referral for bonus points here – https://pointsuncovered.com/amex-referral-link-uk/