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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.
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for every card you hold. You .....
A new American Express cashback offer may be showing on some, all or none of your cards. You need to look .....
25 Mar 202025 March 2020
Our ‘Credit Cards’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards. For the beginner to this hobby, however, there is one obvious piece of plastic to start .....
Our ‘Credit Cards’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel rewards. .....
20 Mar 202020 March 2020
American Express has doubled the sign up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. (Rob’s note: Whilst it is unlikely that you are travelling anywhere in the next few weeks, .....
American Express has doubled the sign up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. .....
18 Mar 202018 March 2020 • 184 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 .....
15 Mar 202015 March 2020 • 77 comments
Why should you get the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ series, I want to look at the top 10 reasons to apply for an American Express .....
Why should you get the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 .....
14 Mar 202014 March 2020
American Express has launched another of its occasional spend bonuses. This is not tied to any particular retailer but is based on your total spend during the promotional period. The new offer runs .....
American Express has launched another of its occasional spend bonuses. This is not tied to any particular .....
14 Feb 202014 February 2020
The latest travel company to offer a cashback offer on American Express cards is Qatar Airways. The offer is £80 back on £800+ spend. We have had numerous comments from people who have this offer so .....
The latest travel company to offer a cashback offer on American Express cards is Qatar Airways. The offer is .....
5 Feb 20205 February 2020 • 113 comments
American Express is currently offering £100 cashback on purchases of £1,000 or more with Malaysia Airlines. It appears to be highly targetted and does not seem to be on any of the British Airways .....
American Express is currently offering £100 cashback on purchases of £1,000 or more with Malaysia Airlines. .....
4 Feb 20204 February 2020
I am in The Sunday Times today as part of an article discussing how to earn miles and points from credit cards. It is the Money section if you have a copy – the link is here but there .....
I am in The Sunday Times today as part of an article discussing how to earn miles and points from credit .....
26 Jan 202026 January 2020 • 35 comments
On Tuesday we covered the unveiling of the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. Unfortunately this is not a brand new product. It is a rebranding of the existing Starwood Preferred Guest American .....
On Tuesday we covered the unveiling of the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. Unfortunately this is not a .....
17 Jan 202017 January 2020 • 103 comments
Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus and potentially move on. However, if you are .....
Many of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend .....
7 Jan 20207 January 2020 • 99 comments
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. When this offer has run in the past there have been two versions: £50 back on a £200 spend £200 back on a £600 spend This time .....
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. When this offer has run in the past .....
7 Jan 20207 January 2020 • 75 comments
It is now almost two years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. The good news was that it was replaced by the American Express Preferred Rewards .....
It is now almost two years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge .....
4 Jan 20204 January 2020 • 76 comments
You can get yourself £150 credit for Claridges, The Berkeley or The Connaught. This offer has appeared on a number of American Express cards, although it is less interesting than I thought. There are .....
You can get yourself £150 credit for Claridges, The Berkeley or The Connaught. This offer has appeared on a .....
4 Jan 20204 January 2020
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