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Amex has launched a new ‘statement credit’ deal, this time with Selfridges. The discount is OK, offering £10 back when you spend £50 on your American Express card. To register, you need to log on to your American Express online statement. In the right-hand margin should […]
Tomorrow, Saturday 7th, is the UK’s first ‘Small Business Saturday’. And, as American Express is the main sponsor, this is a great opportunity to rack up some decent discounts with your cards. You will receive £5 cashback on your American Express statement for every £10+ […]
I have written a fair bit on Head for Points about the lounge access benefits of the American Express Platinum card. Indeed, my other post today reminds you that you can even use it to access Eurostar business class lounges. The Cathay Pacific Gold card […]
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Update‘ page at the top of the blog for December. Apart from the big changes to the Starwood and BA cards, which I summarise below, the other points worth noting are: Tesco has brought in a 1,000 point sign-up […]
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the exclusive cashback deals that American Express is now offering you online when you log into your online statement. The first batch were not great, although my wife used the ‘£10 statement credit for a £50 Harvey […]
There are plenty of Head for Points readers currently chasing a spending target on their American Express card to trigger a lucrative sign-up bonus. There is 20,000 Starwood points (=25,000 Avios) for spending £2000 in three months on the SPG Amex and 20,000 Amex points (=20,000 […]
It now seems official. American Express has confirmed on the American Express Platinum members website (which I can’t link to) that the Cathay Pacific Gold card deal will end on 15 February 2014. If you are not familiar with this offer, this is how it […]
Here is a very nice little deal which will come in handy in the run up to Christmas – although I would take advantage ASAP because there is a quota. Amazon is offering a £5 discount on a £40 purchase when you use code AMEX5OFF […]
American Express has launched a series of special offers for cardholders, offering cashback on purchases at selected retailers. What is different this time is that the discounts ONLY seem to appear on the American Express website when you are logged in. This may (or may […]
The recent launch by Lloyds Bank of its two new Avios credit cards (with TSB taking over the older Duo credit cards, albeit dropping the Duo name) means that there are now 12 (!) UK credit cards which earn Avios points at a sensible rate. […]
Two months ago, I ran this post on ‘Small Business Saturday’. This has been running in the US for a few years, and is a nationwide attempt to promote smaller retailers. It is of interest to Head for Points readers because American Express is the […]
In August I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your wallet, and generated a lot of discussion. If you look at the full range of […]
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. After a couple of years, you can re-apply for the first card […]
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