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.
With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
With a new bonus on the Virgin Atlantic credit cards launched over the weekend, I thought it was time for our .....
9 May 20179 May 2017 • 48 comments
News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code still working Amazon is still offering a £15 discount Amex Gold and Platinum cardholders. This deal is meant to run until 31st October. This offer is a .....
News in brief: £15 Amazon discount code still working Amazon is still offering a £15 discount Amex Gold and .....
8 May 20178 May 2017 • 73 comments
News in brief: Earn cashback on Heathrow Express and Airbnb A new cashback deal has appeared on many American Express accounts offering £10 back on £50 Heathrow Express spend. It isn’t clear .....
News in brief: Earn cashback on Heathrow Express and Airbnb A new cashback deal has appeared on many American .....
1 May 20171 May 2017 • 81 comments
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
25 Apr 201725 April 2017 • 40 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are available. .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and .....
24 Apr 201724 April 2017 • 143 comments
As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring which totally changed the value basis of the scheme. You can now use Hilton Honors points .....
As we covered extensively on Head for Points in February, Hilton Honors underwent a substantial restructuring .....
23 Apr 201723 April 2017 • 129 comments
News in brief: Amex launches new travel statement credit deals A new batch of statement credit deals has appeared from American Express. Some, all or none of these offers will appear on the .....
News in brief: Amex launches new travel statement credit deals A new batch of statement credit deals has .....
18 Apr 201718 April 2017 • 95 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 23 UK travel credit cards can .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
2 Apr 20172 April 2017 • 73 comments
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get. I thought I would put .....
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....
14 Mar 201714 March 2017 • 81 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different credit and charge cards offering Avios points, either directly or indirectly, and issuers starting to reduce the rewards on Visa and .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different credit and charge cards offering Avios points, .....
13 Mar 201713 March 2017 • 92 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 23 UK travel credit cards can .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
6 Mar 20176 March 2017 • 109 comments
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at any time, for a £15 fee. This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and .....
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at .....
5 Mar 20175 March 2017 • 53 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 20171 March 2017
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
21 Feb 201721 February 2017 • 125 comments
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