Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
We have made a determined attempt this year to build up our collection of UK airport lounge reviews. We aren’t totally there yet, but we are well on the way – we only have a few hold-outs .....
We have made a determined attempt this year to build up our collection of UK airport lounge reviews. We .....
16 Sep 201916 September 2019 • 46 comments
A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. If you are targeted it will appear under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement page. The offer seems to .....
A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. If you are targeted it will .....
13 Sep 201913 September 2019
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Emirates. You can see if you are targeted by looking in the ‘Offers’ section of your online statement for each Amex card you have. .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Emirates. You can see if you are targeted by looking .....
5 Sep 20195 September 2019
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of the 16 main UK travel credit and charge cards .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
4 Sep 20194 September 2019 • 74 comments
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared again on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section on the online statement .....
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared again on a lot of American Express .....
3 Sep 20193 September 2019
I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by 7th October. This gets interesting. As you can see in our article here, this is what you .....
I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by .....
3 Sep 20193 September 2019 • 141 comments
If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK. This review looks at the American Express Business Gold charge card. Our review of the .....
If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK. This .....
2 Sep 20192 September 2019
If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected American Express cardholders £100 cashback when you spend £1,000. If you are targeted for this .....
If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected .....
31 Aug 201931 August 2019 • 84 comments
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card they should get. These often come with the caveat “but I don’t want to pay .....
I get numerous emails from Head for Points readers asking for advice on which miles and points credit card .....
18 Aug 201918 August 2019 • 101 comments
American Express has launched one of its easiest ever conditional spend offers. If you are targetted, you will receive £10 or 1000 Avios, depending on your card, when you spend £30 in participating .....
American Express has launched one of its easiest ever conditional spend offers. If you are targetted, you will .....
14 Aug 201914 August 2019
The wave of changes to the UK American Express card portfolio this year now seems to have settled down, although I am still waiting for the Starwood Preferred Guest card to relaunch under the Marriott .....
The wave of changes to the UK American Express card portfolio this year now seems to have settled down, .....
12 Aug 201912 August 2019 • 158 comments
I got an email from a reader last week asking about the difference between American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The Platinum Card from American Express. He thought it was a simple question with .....
I got an email from a reader last week asking about the difference between American Express Preferred Rewards .....
5 Aug 20195 August 2019 • 77 comments
Amazon is currently offering an exclusive £25 discount code for some or all Amex Gold, Green and Platinum card holders when they spend £40 or more. This offer expires on 31st July. If you .....
Amazon is currently offering an exclusive £25 discount code for some or all Amex Gold, Green and Platinum .....
26 Jul 201926 July 2019 • 41 comments
American Express has launched a new ‘Shop Small’ offer. Don’t get too excited – you can only use this once. You will get a £5 statement credit when you spend £10+ at a .....
American Express has launched a new ‘Shop Small’ offer. Don’t get too excited – you .....
23 Jul 201923 July 2019
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