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American Express Gold card

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.

This article explains in greater detail why the American Express Gold card is the best credit card for a miles and points beginner.

You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here.  You can apply for the card here.

Review: the American Express Business Gold card

If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK.  This review looks at the American Express Business Gold charge card.  Our review of the .....

If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK.  This .....

by Rob Burgess

New American Express cashback offers appearing

After a lockdown-driven hiatus, new American Express cashback offers have started to appear this week. Many Marriott Bonvoy American Express cardholders, including myself, have an easy win – .....

After a lockdown-driven hiatus, new American Express cashback offers have started to appear this week. Many .....

by Rob Burgess

What are the most valuable UK credit card sign-up bonuses?

It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and points? The biggest question mark is over the value of the .....

It’s time for our annual rank of the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard .....

by Rob Burgess23 comments

Get 50,000 points – and no fee in Year 1 – with Amex Business Gold

As we announced yesterday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If you or .....

As we announced yesterday, American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

What can you do with American Express Membership Rewards points?

Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional ‘first principles’ articles where we look at a topic that is regularly discussed on .....

Who are the UK American Express Membership Rewards partners? Today I wanted to do one of our occasional .....

by Rob Burgess39 comments

How to use your American Express Business £100 or £150 of Dell credit

American Express has launched a new statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 per year of statement credit on your future purchases from dell.co.uk

American Express has launched a new statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 .....

by Rhys Jones11 comments

How to use your £25 Financial Times credit from American Express

We recently looked at interesting ways to use the £20 cashback credit being offered by the Daily Telegraph to many American Express cardholders – click here. There is a similar offer available .....

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by Rob Burgess

When is it worth paying an annual fee for a miles and points credit card?

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 a .....

I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....

by Rob Burgess93 comments

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