Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card 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 Credit Card here. You can apply for the card here.
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is an offer which triggers when you pay for anything, on any website (in theory £ payments .....
A few weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is .....
13 Sep 202213 September 2022 • 50 comments
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get. These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
21 Aug 202221 August 2022 • 79 comments
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it launched the best ever sign-up bonus – 60,000 Membership Rewards points (worth .....
A couple of weeks, American Express relaunched The Platinum Charge as a credit card. To coincide with this it .....
20 Aug 202220 August 2022 • 109 comments
American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders extra benefits when renting a car. We cover the car hire element of The .....
American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
18 Aug 202218 August 2022 • 45 comments
Priority Pass has added two new options at Heathrow Airport. In Terminal 5, ‘The Globe’ pub and restaurant has joined the programme. You will find it by South Security, landside. In .....
Priority Pass has added two new options at Heathrow Airport. In Terminal 5, ‘The Globe’ pub .....
1 Aug 20221 August 2022 • 165 comments
A couple of weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. This is an offer which triggers when you pay for anything, on any website (in theory £ .....
A couple of weeks ago, American Express launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is well worth a look. .....
30 Jul 202230 July 2022 • 131 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 .....
19 Jul 202219 July 2022 • 18 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is worth a look. This is an offer which triggers when you pay for anything, on any website (in theory £ payments only), via PayPal. .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with PayPal which is worth a look. This is an offer which .....
12 Jul 202212 July 2022 • 46 comments
American Express is currently offering an increased sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, up from 20,000 to 30,000 points. If you meet the bonus criteria, you will .....
American Express is currently offering an increased sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards .....
3 Jul 20223 July 2022 • 3 comments
News in brief: Save up to £80 on Virgin Atlantic flights to the Caribbean Virgin Atlantic is running a new promotion on Caribbean flights, with savings of up to £80. The routes covered are Antigua, .....
News in brief: Save up to £80 on Virgin Atlantic flights to the Caribbean Virgin Atlantic is running a new .....
30 Jun 202230 June 2022
American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon again to offer a variety of amenities during the 2022 tournament, which started yesterday. This includes a members lounge. You can see the details on the .....
American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon again to offer a variety of amenities during the 2022 .....
28 Jun 202228 June 2022 • 31 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 .....
25 Jun 202225 June 2022 • 11 comments
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (or Amex Gold, as we call it, to save our typing fingers from strain) is arguably the most mainstream Amex product in the UK. It’s the one that gets the .....
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (or Amex Gold, as we call it, to save our typing fingers from strain) .....
22 Jun 202222 June 2022 • 154 comments
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from 20th to 26th June. This is far shorter than the 2021 version which ran for almost three .....
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from .....
13 Jun 202213 June 2022 • 43 comments
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