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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.

New Amex deal: £50 off £250 spend at Hilton Hotels

You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor.  They were paying £5 to every Amex cardholder who linked their American Express card to their UK .....

You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor.  They were paying .....

by Rob Burgess50 comments

Three new £10 cashback deals from American Express launched

American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of Amex-issued Amex cards.  For the purposes of Head for Points, that means Gold, Platinum, SPG .....

American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of .....

by Rob Burgess16 comments

What are the most valuable UK credit card sign-up bonuses?

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, though, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. Put .....

Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....

by Rob Burgess94 comments

How to pay your January tax bill with an American Express card

If you are self-employed, 31st January is the day that you will need to make your final tax payment for the 2012-2013 tax year. HMRC now accepts credit cards for tax payment.  However, they do .....

If you are self-employed, 31st January is the day that you will need to make your final tax payment for the .....

by Rob Burgess56 comments

New year, new credit card – various sign-up bonuses disappearing soon

If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous sign-up bonus, there are a number of offers which are ending soon and are well worth .....

If one of your New Year resolutions was to churn your credit card collection in order to pick up a generous .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

Is Lloyds Avios Rewards now the best credit card for FX spend?

The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card was a game-changer when it launched in October.  For the first time, we had a credit which offered NO FOREIGN EXCHANGE FEE – AND gave you Avios points for .....

The Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card was a game-changer when it launched in October.  For the first time, we .....

by Rob Burgess35 comments

Get 1,200 bonus Membership Rewards points for £400 spend at Amex Travel

American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their website. To qualify for the 1,200 point bonus, you need to spend £400 or more on pre-paid .....

American Express Travel has launched a decent bonus promotion for anyone spending £400 or more at their .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

House of Fraser ‘30% off’ giftcard orders being cancelled

I wrote a few days ago about a discount deal for 30% off House of Fraser giftcards when you paid with an Amex.  This was offered by a company called SVM, who have run ‘discount deals’ on .....

I wrote a few days ago about a discount deal for 30% off House of Fraser giftcards when you paid with an .....

by Rob Burgess20 comments

30% discount on House of Fraser gift cards for Amex cardholders

This offer came to light too late for Christmas, unfortunately, but may still be worth a look if you are a regular House of Fraser customer. Amex is running a promotion with House of Fraser allowing .....

This offer came to light too late for Christmas, unfortunately, but may still be worth a look if you are a .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

£5 off £10 at Tesco, £20 off £60 at World Duty Free – new Amex offers

Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may not have noticed.  These are a continuation of the special deals that have been running .....

Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may .....

by Rob Burgess52 comments

Get 15,000 Amex points for upgrading your Gold to Platinum – worth it?

American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership Rewards points if they upgrade to American Express Platinum. Even if you did not receive .....

American Express has sent an offer to some Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders offering them 15,000 Membership .....

by Rob Burgess104 comments

New American Express ‘statement credit’ deal at Selfridges

Amex has launched a new ‘statement credit’ deal, this time with Selfridges. The discount is OK, offering £10 back when you spend £50 on your American Express card. To register, you .....

Amex has launched a new ‘statement credit’ deal, this time with Selfridges. The discount is .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

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