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.
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 visit .....
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 • 76 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 • 99 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 cards .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
12 Sep 201612 September 2016 • 82 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 • 93 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 • 30 comments
In Part 1 of Holiday Tips on Wednesday, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking. Today I want to provide an updated look at the best ways to earn points when using your .....
In Part 1 of Holiday Tips on Wednesday, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking. .....
22 Jul 201622 July 2016 • 88 comments
American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. There are two ways to sign up to these deals. The easiest is to visit the Amex .....
American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. .....
16 Jun 201616 June 2016 • 47 comments
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there has .....
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 57 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 .....
3 Jun 20163 June 2016 • 30 comments
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....
27 May 201627 May 2016 • 87 comments
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