Halifax Platinum Credit Cards Reviews

This bank appears not to pay attention to maintaining courteous professional customer communications. I bank with First Direct who are excellent at customer services and put Halifax to shame. Also Halifax seem very poor at structuring their processes and systems to make things easy for the customer & I would not recommend them. I have ...  Read the complete review

Only got the card for 0% on transfer balances after Egg period was expiring. Called customer services a few time to get an answer on interest charges which took 3 calls. Had the misfortune to forget to send in a £80 payment one month because I was away on business and got a most aggressive letter from Collections department. Call Customer Services ...  Read the complete review

Might be good if it ever arrives - Advantages: Good rate - Disadvantages: Customer service is appalling

For those of you matching my requirements of: - no fees - high cashback on every purchase - online statement - reasonable interest free period ?I can recommend the Halifax Platinum card. It?s great if you are one of those people that pays off their card each money religiously (otherwise go for one of the low rate cards). ...  Read the complete review

Credit cards are part of our national make-up. A fact of life along with buses arriving in threes and manufactured pop bands dominating the ratings, credit cards allow huge swathes of the population to buy now, pay later. Should you be one of the few that doesn't possess a plastic friend then dipping into this already very crowded market can ...  Read the complete review

I switched from the Egg Card to the Halifax Platinum card in December 2001 and have not looked back. The better cash back scheme offered by the Halifax was a major incentive as I do spend a lot of money via my card. Egg changed their cash back from 1% to 0.5% while Halifax offer 0.5% cash back on the first £1000 and then 1% thereafter. ...  Read the complete review

I always look for the best deal around. I must have been one of the first to get hold of the egg card when it came out and used it to pay for just about everything. When they recently changed their cashback from 1% to .5%, I knew that it was time to move. There are several cards offering cashback at the moment. I pay my balance off ...  Read the complete review

Although I was able to get a Platinum card from Halifax, my comments are applicable to all Halifax cashback cards - indeed I'm not even sure what added benefits the Platinum card gives. My requirements are (in order): 1) Card with no fee 2) Cashback (NOT points for toasters!) 3) Paper statements 4) Good website, ...  Read the complete review