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ENDS SOON: Get a 30,000 points bonus (converts to 30,000 Avios) with ‘free for a year’ Amex Gold
American Express is currently running a special sign-up bonus on American Express Preferred Rewards Gold – apply here. The bonus is increased from 20,000 to 30,000 Membership Rewards points which converts to:
- 30,000 Avios
- 30,000 Virgin Points
- 30,000 Etihad, Flying Blue, Asia Miles, Delta, Qantas or SAS miles
- 22,500 Emirates Skywards miles
- 20,000 Singapore Airlines miles
- 60,000 Hilton Honors points
- 45,000 Marriott Bonvoy points
- 90,000 Radisson Rewards points
- 2,000 Club Eurostar points
….. and many other non-travel rewards.
You receive 30,000 Membership Rewards points after spending £3,000 in three months.
Even better, you get:
- four passes for any airport lounge in the Priority Pass network
- 24 x £5 credits to spend at Deliveroo (max one per order and two per month)
- up to 12,500 bonus Membership Rewards points each year based on your spending (2,500 points per £5,000 spent)
The card is free for the first year. If you keep it beyond the first year there is an annual fee of £195. You receive a further four airport lounge passes and more Deliveroo credits on renewal.
Our main article on the 30,000 points bonus is here. Make sure you read the bit about whether or not you qualify for the bonus.
You can apply for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold with the special bonus on this page of the Amex website.
The representative APR is 87.8% variable, including the annual fee. The representative APR on purchases, and in the first year which has no fee, is 30.4% variable.
In other news ….
Interview:
We chat to Icelandair CEO Bogi Bogason: Lie-flat business class, alliance membership and more, image above
Register today:
REGISTER NOW: Hilton launches its new bonus points promotion for January to April stays – click here to register
This week’s top travel news stories:
Virgin Atlantic: ‘We scrapped the 12 guaranteed reward seats due to member feedback’
Virgin Flying Club opens up household accounts to everyone – are they worth it?
JetBlue adds Edinburgh-Boston (bookable on Avios), drops Gatwick-New York
No1 Lounge opens in Heathrow Terminal 2
KLM adds its 18th UK airport as it launches flights from Exeter
Waldorf Astoria New York is taking bookings again, seven years after it closed for refurbishment
Virgin Red drops redemptions at Greggs!
Norwegian adds three new UK routes
Kenya Airways adds a new Nairobi flight
Win a BA Holiday to New York (Club World) and help two charities at the same time
Heathrow Rewards is joining ‘My Heathrow’ – what do you need to know?
How to do a hotel mattress run – and what can go wrong
Flying to or from the US? Your new rights if your flight gets delayed or cancelled
Top travel deals this week:
Get FREE Platinum status in Club Avolta and (hopefully) free TOP TIER Radisson VIP status
Save £250 on Cathay Pacific business class flights beyond Hong Kong
Get £50 cashback on £150 spend with Minor Hotels and American Express
Becoming an SAS points millionaire:
A reader is taking part in the SAS Million Points Challenge and is documenting his journey for us:
- “I’m doing the SAS million points challenge – here’s why” (a reminder)
- Barry’s SAS million point challenge – Airline 4, KLM and Airline 5, SAS
British Airways and Avios news
Do you know the cost of reserving a British Airways Club World business class seat?
The British Airways lounge in Singapore repopens after refurbishment
Reviews:
As part of his trip to Iceland to interview the Icelandair CEO, Rhys tried out Icelandair Saga Premium on the Boeing 737-8 MAX.
Conny heads to South Yorkshire to review the new Radisson Blu hotel, Sheffield.
Hotel news:
Mandarin Oriental gains two of our favourite city hotels in Europe
The Stratford hotel in the Olympic Park joins Marriott
Hilton loses two hotels in the UK
Hilton opens a new hotel on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah
Get €5-€10 of Accor Live Limitless hotel points for joining ClubOpinions
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here and will be updated on headforpoints.com on Sunday.
Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
