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.
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and .....
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK .....
22 Apr 201922 April 2019 • 117 comments
As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its personal credit and charge cards. The details are here. This follows the changes made .....
As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its .....
17 Apr 201917 April 2019 • 67 comments
Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules regarding who qualifies for a sign-up bonus on its personal UK cards. My summary of the .....
Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules .....
16 Apr 201916 April 2019 • 494 comments
I get quite a few emails from holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card asking what they should do after their first year. With the recent changes to the American Express .....
I get quite a few emails from holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card asking what .....
14 Apr 201914 April 2019 • 202 comments
‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions. Running annually in the Autumn, it offers £5 cashback every time you spend £10 at a designated ‘small .....
‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions. Running annually in the .....
28 Mar 201928 March 2019
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via American Express. If you were targeted by American Express for this offer and signed up, you .....
A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via .....
28 Mar 201928 March 2019
There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days. Apart from everything we have discussed so far – see here and here – there was .....
There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days. .....
24 Mar 201924 March 2019 • 164 comments
We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy. In most cases, you need to cancel all of your personal American Express cards and wait two .....
We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy. .....
23 Mar 201923 March 2019 • 372 comments
On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. I have put together this one page summary of the new rules. I will add a link to .....
On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up .....
22 Mar 201922 March 2019 • 206 comments
American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end card churning for most people. Before I go on, I want to stress one thing. The new .....
American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end .....
21 Mar 201921 March 2019 • 1165 comments
This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses. The main article is here. This article was updated on 16th April to reflect changes in some .....
This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses. The main .....
21 Mar 201921 March 2019 • 125 comments
To celebrate being named Britain’s No1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day sale today. Long term readers may remember that they did a similar deal last year and the .....
To celebrate being named Britain’s No1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day .....
19 Mar 201919 March 2019 • 27 comments
If you are looking for an American Express Card® for your small business, American Express offers two Cards in the UK – Gold Business and Platinum Business. We will be taking a look at the .....
If you are looking for an American Express Card® for your small business, American Express offers two Cards .....
18 Mar 201918 March 2019 • 55 comments
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....
Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....
15 Mar 201915 March 2019 • 157 comments
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