Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is our top choice for your first ‘miles and points’ credit card. It has no annual fee for the first year, comes with four free airport lounge passes and £120 of annual Deliveroo credit and has a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points.
You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here. You can apply for the card here.
Avis and Hotels.com have a partnership which may allow you to get a status match across the two programmes. These are not, perhaps, the two most obvious companies to run a status matching programme. .....
Avis and Hotels.com have a partnership which may allow you to get a status match across the two programmes. .....
20 Feb 202320 February 2023 • 27 comments
Why should you get the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card? Today, I want to look at the top 10 card benefits you get if you get the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) .....
Why should you get the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card? Today, I want to look at the top .....
1 Feb 20231 February 2023
We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. In truth, virtually the only thing that Amex Gold and Amex .....
We often get asked about the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card .....
30 Jan 202330 January 2023 • 46 comments
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....
22 Jan 202322 January 2023 • 33 comments
If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, you will know that you receive £120 of annual Deliveroo credit. (We did a full article on the best benefits of the American .....
If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, you will know that you receive £120 of .....
16 Jan 202316 January 2023 • 33 comments
A recent email from a reader reminded me that you may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds when you have a spend target to hit. The answer is simple: all American Express .....
A recent email from a reader reminded me that you may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds .....
6 Jan 20236 January 2023 • 49 comments
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are planning your credit card strategy for 2023, this article will help you decide which cards .....
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are .....
26 Dec 202226 December 2022 • 5 comments
One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold Card and American Express Business Platinum is annual Dell credit. It’s a strong benefit to add to the multiple .....
One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold Card and American Express .....
29 Nov 202229 November 2022 • 14 comments
In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. This card comes with a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert .....
In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. This card .....
20 Nov 202220 November 2022 • 2 comments
We have two interesting bits of IHG news today. A new IHG / American Express cashback deal launches First up is a new American Express cashback offer. You will receive £75 back when you spend £300 .....
We have two interesting bits of IHG news today. A new IHG / American Express cashback deal launches First up .....
16 Nov 202216 November 2022 • 36 comments
This article will look at how small business owners can use the benefits packages that come with American Express Business Gold Card and American Express Business Platinum Card to make their business .....
This article will look at how small business owners can use the benefits packages that come with American .....
11 Nov 202211 November 2022
For the last few weeks, American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card from 20,000 to 30,000 points. Today, Tuesday 8th November, is your .....
For the last few weeks, American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred .....
8 Nov 20228 November 2022 • 7 comments
Our credit cards directory lists 13 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards. For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to .....
Our credit cards directory lists 13 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....
5 Nov 20225 November 2022
Airport lounge membership network Priority Pass made the surprise announcement yesterday that it was increasing guest fees by a whopping 20%, from £20 to £24. The change kicks in from 1st December. .....
Airport lounge membership network Priority Pass made the surprise announcement yesterday that it was .....
26 Oct 202226 October 2022 • 68 comments
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