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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.

Get up to £100 Amex cashback with Hilton, IHG and Leading Hotels of the World

Another batch of hotel cashback offers have hit American Express cards. This means that virtually all of the major chains are currently offering cashback via American Express, although you may not be .....

Another batch of hotel cashback offers have hit American Express cards. This means that virtually all of the .....

by Rhys Jones64 comments

More American Express cashback card offers launched

Yesterday we covered an interesting Santander Cycles American Express card offer. This would get you 1,000 Membership Rewards points for a £6 outlay. There are a number of other American Express .....

Yesterday we covered an interesting Santander Cycles American Express card offer. This would get you 1,000 .....

by Rob Burgess

Amex Business cardholders can sell their Membership Rewards points for 0.9p

American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and American Express Business Platinum. This is the same offer which was made available to holders .....

American Express has launched a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

American Express launches luxury shopping cashback offers

A raft of American Express cashback offers for high-end retailers have appeared on cards.  Some, all or none of these offers will appear in the ‘Offers’ section of your online American .....

A raft of American Express cashback offers for high-end retailers have appeared on cards.  Some, all or none .....

by Rob Burgess

American Express launches new benefits for Business Gold cardholders

American Express recently launched a range of ‘added value’ offers for Business Platinum cardholders.   These were generous, including £150 cashback on a £150 Dell spend and 10 x £20 .....

American Express recently launched a range of ‘added value’ offers for Business Platinum .....

by Rob Burgess

This is the best card for a miles and points beginner

In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card.  The sign up bonus has just been increased to 20,000 Membership Rewards points! I mention this .....

In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card.  The .....

by Rob Burgess

What is the best Avios credit card?

What is the best Avios credit card?  In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points from a UK credit card, and explain my preferred choices. All of these cards add a 3% .....

What is the best Avios credit card?  In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios .....

by Rob Burgess

What is the best Avios credit card? (Part 2: on-going earning rates)

In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’.  Today .....

In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this .....

by Rob Burgess

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