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.
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
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs through the checklist of which UK American Express cards you can get based on the cards you .....
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs .....
1 Jan 20201 January 2020 • 79 comments
Shop Small is back for 2019. If you have an American Express credit or charge card, you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from today until 22nd December with ‘Shop Small’. .....
Shop Small is back for 2019. If you have an American Express credit or charge card, you can make big savings .....
7 Dec 20197 December 2019 • 109 comments
American Express has launched a number of new cashback deals to help cut the cost of your Christmas shopping. These are a very generous group of offers. However, if my own family cards are anything .....
American Express has launched a number of new cashback deals to help cut the cost of your Christmas shopping. .....
3 Dec 20193 December 2019 • 166 comments
A new American Express cashback offer has appeared for the Bicester Village shopping outlet in Oxfordshire. This may show on all, some or none of your Amex cards under the ‘Offers’ .....
A new American Express cashback offer has appeared for the Bicester Village shopping outlet in Oxfordshire. .....
16 Nov 201916 November 2019
American Express and Waitrose have extended their current cashback deal, which appears on quite a lot of cards. You need to check the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for each .....
American Express and Waitrose have extended their current cashback deal, which appears on quite a lot of .....
8 Nov 20198 November 2019
American Express has launched two good new cashback deals. You may see these offers on some, none or all of our cards – you need to look at the online statement page and look under the .....
American Express has launched two good new cashback deals. You may see these offers on some, none or all of .....
5 Nov 20195 November 2019
This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....
This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our .....
31 Oct 201931 October 2019 • 38 comments
American Express has launched a simple but effective card offer. If you targetted, you will earn 250 bonus Membership Rewards points when you spend £5 ANYWHERE, online or in-store, that accepts .....
American Express has launched a simple but effective card offer. If you targetted, you will earn 250 bonus .....
29 Oct 201929 October 2019
Starting tomorrow, I am re-running our series of credit card reviews. These cover all of the core UK credit and charge cards which offer travel rewards. As the first four reviews cover cards which .....
Starting tomorrow, I am re-running our series of credit card reviews. These cover all of the core UK credit .....
28 Oct 201928 October 2019 • 71 comments
American Express has announced the return of ‘Shop Small’ for 2019, but with a catch. ‘Shop Small’ is an annual American Express event aimed at encouraging cardholders to visit .....
American Express has announced the return of ‘Shop Small’ for 2019, but with a catch. ‘Shop .....
22 Oct 201922 October 2019
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....
What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....
14 Oct 201914 October 2019 • 26 comments
Of all the pointless rebrands I’ve seen recently, the clear winner is FREENOW. For some reason, the mytaxi black cab app – owned by BMW and Daimler – decided that being called .....
Of all the pointless rebrands I’ve seen recently, the clear winner is FREENOW. For some reason, the .....
9 Oct 20199 October 2019 • 105 comments
Regular readers may remember the strange case of the recent American Express cashback offer with watch manufacturer Bremont. Many cardholders were given a very attractive offer of £400 cashback on a .....
Regular readers may remember the strange case of the recent American Express cashback offer with watch .....
28 Sep 201928 September 2019 • 68 comments
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