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American Express Gold card

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.

This article explains in greater detail why the American Express Gold card is the best credit card for a miles and points beginner.

You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here.  You can apply for the card here.

REMINDER: Don’t lose your £10 Amazon Amex cashback. Ends tomorrow.

If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, you have until Tuesday evening to spend your £30.  Remember that you do not need to buy .....

If you registered for the ‘£10 cashback when you spend £30 on amazon.co.uk’ offer two weeks ago, .....

by Rob Burgess26 comments

Amex Gold offer: Get £50 off a £100 booking with Amex Travel

American Express has launched a generous new offer for holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card. Until June 30th, you will receive £50 statement credit when you spend £100 or more .....

American Express has launched a generous new offer for holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

by Rob Burgess101 comments

Get £5 cashback on £10 Post Office spend with American Express

American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty generous one at that. I wrote back in April about how the Post Office had begun to accept .....

American Express has launched a new cashback deal in association with the Post Office – and a pretty .....

by Rob Burgess94 comments

DEAL DEAD: Register for £10 American Express cashback on £30 Amazon spend

American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. Only 8,000 Amex cards can be registered for this offer. The regular readers of Head for .....

American Express has, literally, just launched a very generous new promotion in association with amazon.co.uk. .....

by Rob Burgess150 comments

New Amex cashback offers with retailers you may actually visit

If you had begun to think that the American Express statement credit deals were getting rather too eclectic (Plenish Cleanse?  Paper London?), the good news is that a new raft of deals was launched .....

If you had begun to think that the American Express statement credit deals were getting rather too eclectic .....

by Rob Burgess93 comments

The Post Office is now accepting American Express

In one swoop, the Post Office has become the largest retail network in the UK to accept American Express cards.  As of last week, all 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK are accepting Amex for .....

In one swoop, the Post Office has become the largest retail network in the UK to accept American Express .....

by Rob Burgess98 comments

American Express Gold relaunched today – some good news, mainly bad news

American Express has relaunched the Preferred Rewards Gold card today.  This has involved a rejig of the benefits package which, for many people, makes it a poorer deal. This is the new benefits .....

American Express has relaunched the Preferred Rewards Gold card today.  This has involved a rejig of the .....

by Rob Burgess99 comments

What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at random, perhaps because they were on promotion or because they didn’t know any .....

People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at .....

by Rob Burgess82 comments

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