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.
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 .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
23 Feb 201623 February 2016 • 70 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 .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
22 Feb 201622 February 2016 • 68 comments
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private .....
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets .....
17 Feb 201617 February 2016 • 22 comments
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st March. It seems highly likely that the Avios-earning version (travelmoneynow.com/avios) will .....
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st .....
14 Feb 201614 February 2016 • 102 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 directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
8 Feb 20168 February 2016 • 78 comments
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader review of ‘The Concorde Bar’ in the new British Airways lounge in Singapore. .....
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader .....
5 Feb 20165 February 2016 • 49 comments
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of 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 directory of .....
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is .....
17 Jan 201617 January 2016 • 81 comments
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping management of its hotel at Canary Wharf in London. This is presumably linked to the .....
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping .....
14 Jan 201614 January 2016 • 56 comments
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for American Express Gold and Platinum cardholders. To see if you have been targetted, you need .....
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for .....
2 Jan 20162 January 2016 • 102 comments
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came into effect last week. This article covers the key information. You could (note, could) .....
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came .....
18 Dec 201518 December 2015 • 74 comments
Our ‘Credit Cards 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 Cards Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might .....
14 Dec 201514 December 2015 • 47 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different cards now offering Avios points, and issuers starting to reduce the rewards on Visa and MasterCard products in response to the new EU .....
What is the best Avios credit card? With 13 different cards now offering Avios points, and issuers .....
7 Dec 20157 December 2015 • 81 comments
Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business Saturday’, a slightly more welcome US import than Black Friday. It is, in theory, little more than .....
Today, Saturday 5th December, is the third outing for the UK version of ‘Small Business .....
5 Dec 20155 December 2015 • 132 comments
News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched yesterday. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....
News in brief: New American Express statement credit deals launched A new wave of Amex cashback offers .....
1 Dec 20151 December 2015 • 116 comments
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