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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.
Our credit cards directory lists 12 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 12 different personal credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....
19 Oct 202019 October 2020 • 4 comments
This morning, American Express doubled the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. If you meet the bonus criteria, you now receive 20,000 Membership Rewards points .....
This morning, American Express doubled the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit .....
19 Oct 202019 October 2020 • 77 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Co-Op. You will receive £5 cashback when you spend £15 in-store. This is widely available. Don’t confuse it, however, with an offer .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Co-Op. You will receive £5 cashback when you spend .....
3 Oct 20203 October 2020
Last week I did a piece for This Is Money about the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, to help a reader who was unsure whether he should retain the card after the free first year. .....
Last week I did a piece for This Is Money about the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, to .....
28 Sep 202028 September 2020 • 47 comments
American Express has extended its interesting offer for holders of the Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. If you use your points for statement credit (ie reducing what you owe next month by redeeming .....
American Express has extended its interesting offer for holders of the Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. If .....
23 Sep 202023 September 2020 • 3 comments
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 .....
22 Sep 202022 September 2020 • 64 comments
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my Platinum card and my wife has it on her Gold card. I’m not sure what other cards may .....
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my .....
3 Sep 20203 September 2020 • 13 comments
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 .....
26 Aug 202026 August 2020
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 .....
19 Aug 202019 August 2020 • 19 comments
Since the start of May, American Express had been giving people six months – rather than the usual three months – to hit the spending target required to earn the sign-up bonus on a new .....
Since the start of May, American Express had been giving people six months – rather than the usual three .....
17 Aug 202017 August 2020 • 38 comments
Since the start of May, American Express has been giving new applicants six months – rather than the usual three months – to hit the spending target required to earn the sign-up bonus on a .....
Since the start of May, American Express has been giving new applicants six months – rather than the .....
15 Aug 202015 August 2020 • 40 comments
American Express has launched an interesting offer for holders of the Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. If you use your points for statement credit (ie reducing what you owe next month by redeeming .....
American Express has launched an interesting offer for holders of the Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. If .....
6 Aug 20206 August 2020 • 39 comments
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 .....
19 Jul 202019 July 2020
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 .....
5 Jul 20205 July 2020
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