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.
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 .....
25 Feb 202125 February 2021 • 32 comments
American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It doesn’t just set a new record, it smashes them. The highest bonus I have ever seen in the last .....
American Express has launched the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. It .....
24 Feb 202124 February 2021 • 238 comments
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 .....
23 Feb 202123 February 2021 • 39 comments
We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 3% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit card transactions outside the UK. For personal travel you might want to .....
We write a lot on Head for Points about ways to minimise the 3% foreign exchange fee added to most credit .....
21 Feb 202121 February 2021 • 49 comments
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 .....
19 Feb 202119 February 2021 • 11 comments
I often get emails from readers asking advice on the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. People think it is a simple question with .....
I often get emails from readers asking advice on the differences between American Express Preferred Rewards .....
1 Feb 20211 February 2021 • 29 comments
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 .....
We recently looked at interesting ways to use the £20 cashback credit being offered by the Daily Telegraph to .....
1 Feb 20211 February 2021
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 .....
30 Jan 202130 January 2021 • 93 comments
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American Express accounts at the moment. To see if you are targeted, you need to look under the .....
There is an interesting offer from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph showing on a lot of American .....
21 Jan 202121 January 2021 • 90 comments
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by sharing the benefits of your American Express Business or personal Card with friends and family. You have probably .....
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by sharing the benefits of your .....
18 Jan 202118 January 2021 • 43 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 .....
15 Jan 202115 January 2021 • 22 comments
As we covered last week, American Express has launched a cashback deal with PayPal. It is effectively free money if you are targeted for the offer. There seem to be two versions, one for personal .....
As we covered last week, American Express has launched a cashback deal with PayPal. It is effectively free .....
13 Jan 202113 January 2021 • 65 comments
We rarely cover the benefits of American Express Additional Cards (previously called Supplementary Cards) on Head for Points, which is something I intend to rectify this week. Today I want to look .....
We rarely cover the benefits of American Express Additional Cards (previously called Supplementary Cards) on .....
11 Jan 202111 January 2021 • 35 comments
As we suggested was likely last year, American Express has announced some good news for Preferred Rewards Gold credit and charge card holders. Effectively immediately, your Lounge Club airport lounge .....
As we suggested was likely last year, American Express has announced some good news for Preferred Rewards Gold .....
11 Jan 202111 January 2021 • 34 comments
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