Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

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.

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

What is the best Avios credit card? (Part 1: comparing sign-up bonuses)

What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think.  Beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....

What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think.  .....

by Rob Burgess

Save 15% on Gett taxi app rides with American Express cashback

American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett. You can use Gett in 25 major cities nationwide including London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle. The offer may or .....

American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett. You can use Gett in 25 major cities .....

by Rob Burgess

Get 20,000 Avios bonus with ‘free for a year’ Amex Gold

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 .....

by Rob Burgess

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