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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.
If you have ANY American Express credit or charge card – except TSB – you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from today until 18th December with ‘Shop Small’. .....
If you have ANY American Express credit or charge card – except TSB – you can make big savings on .....
3 Dec 20163 December 2016 • 134 comments
News in brief: Free Uber ride up to $65 If you are heading to the US between now and New Year, American Express and Uber are running a holiday season promotion giving you two free Uber rides up to $65 .....
News in brief: Free Uber ride up to $65 If you are heading to the US between now and New Year, American .....
20 Nov 201620 November 2016 • 111 comments
Last year I reviewed the Servisair lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3. Actually, I reviewed five lounges in Terminal 3 in the same day – I don’t mess about ….. The Servisair lounge .....
Last year I reviewed the Servisair lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3. Actually, I reviewed five lounges in .....
20 Nov 201620 November 2016 • 13 comments
On Wednesday, I wrote about some strange happenings with the Aspire Lounge in Terminal 5 at Heathrow – the only third-party lounge in the terminal. When the Aspire Lounge opened in Terminal 5 at .....
On Wednesday, I wrote about some strange happenings with the Aspire Lounge in Terminal 5 at Heathrow – .....
12 Nov 201612 November 2016 • 56 comments
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it). This post originally ran last month but I am repeating it today because I thought it would an interesting introduction .....
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it). This post originally ran last .....
9 Nov 20169 November 2016 • 87 comments
This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing .....
This is my review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) charge card. It is part of .....
26 Oct 201626 October 2016 • 119 comments
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today. I have pinned this recent article to the home page because I thought it would an interesting introduction any Mail readers who choose to .....
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today. I have pinned this recent article to the home page .....
19 Oct 201619 October 2016 • 79 comments
One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that you are required to empty out your Membership Rewards points account. The Preferred .....
One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge card is that .....
10 Oct 201610 October 2016 • 111 comments
News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this week. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....
News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this .....
15 Sep 201615 September 2016 • 103 comments
News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, American Express has arranged free screenings of the Opening Night Gala Film, A United .....
News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, .....
14 Sep 201614 September 2016 • 18 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our updated directory of all 25 UK travel credit .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline .....
12 Sep 201612 September 2016 • 86 comments
American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending £250’ promotion. It is restricted to the first 10,000 American Express cardholders to .....
American Express and Hilton Hotels have brought back their generous ‘£50 cashback for spending .....
8 Sep 20168 September 2016 • 69 comments
News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to pay your road tax with an American Express card has come and gone over the last couple of .....
News in brief: Pay your car tax with American Express Long-term readers of HfP will know that the ability to .....
21 Aug 201621 August 2016 • 94 comments
I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a focus on those which minimise the 2.99% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit .....
I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a .....
27 Jul 201627 July 2016 • 31 comments
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