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.
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 Mar 20194 March 2019 • 61 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ 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 .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....
1 Mar 20191 March 2019
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section on the online statement page of .....
A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. .....
27 Feb 201927 February 2019 • 143 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 .....
25 Feb 201925 February 2019 • 117 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ 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 .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ page lists 16 different credit cards in the UK which offer travel .....
1 Feb 20191 February 2019
Curve Card launched its new subscription plans on Monday – and it is very interesting, to say the least. It is also a major departure for Curve as it tries to create a sustainable business .....
Curve Card launched its new subscription plans on Monday – and it is very interesting, to say the .....
28 Jan 201928 January 2019 • 576 comments
This is Part 2 of my article about the new Curve Card subscription plans which launched on Monday. Part 1, which reviews the flagship Curve Metal product, is here. To summarise the changes: The .....
This is Part 2 of my article about the new Curve Card subscription plans which launched on Monday. Part 1, .....
28 Jan 201928 January 2019 • 298 comments
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. However, I ran a version of this article a year ago and it was very popular. More importantly, I’ve .....
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. However, I ran a .....
7 Jan 20197 January 2019 • 271 comments
Today I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. I mention this card quite a bit on Head for Points but if you are new to this hobby then it might not be .....
Today I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. I mention this card .....
3 Jan 20193 January 2019 • 156 comments
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. There are a couple of versions. The most generous, which I got, is a whopping £200 back on a £600 spend via Amex Travel. The .....
American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. There are a couple of versions. The .....
19 Dec 201819 December 2018
American Express has launched a new batch of hotel cashback offers. Some, all or none of these deals may be available for registration under the ‘Offers’ tab online of one of your .....
American Express has launched a new batch of hotel cashback offers. Some, all or none of these deals may be .....
4 Dec 20184 December 2018
Shop Small is back! If you have an American Express credit or charge card (unless it is a Lloyds Avios one), you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from tomorrow (Saturday) until 16th .....
Shop Small is back! If you have an American Express credit or charge card (unless it is a Lloyds Avios one), .....
1 Dec 20181 December 2018 • 241 comments
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett which operates in London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Coventry, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle. The offer may or may not .....
American Express has launched a new cashback offer with taxi app Gett which operates in London, Bristol, .....
30 Nov 201830 November 2018
Shangri-La Golden Circle has launched a new promotion to encourage you to download their app. Full details are on the Shangri-La website here. You will receive 250 points if you download the app .....
Shangri-La Golden Circle has launched a new promotion to encourage you to download their app. Full details are .....
30 Nov 201830 November 2018
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