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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.
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 .....
19 Mar 201419 March 2014 • 49 comments
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, this means Gold, Platinum, SPG and BA .....
American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of .....
20 Feb 201420 February 2014 • 16 comments
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 .....
18 Feb 201418 February 2014 • 93 comments
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for February. The big event during January was the launch of the temporary sign-up bonus on the Virgin Flying .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for February. The big event .....
5 Feb 20145 February 2014 • 44 comments
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 .....
29 Jan 201429 January 2014 • 55 comments
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 .....
6 Jan 20146 January 2014 • 32 comments
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 .....
3 Jan 20143 January 2014 • 34 comments
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 .....
2 Jan 20142 January 2014 • 10 comments
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and top promotions and the large number of devaluations this year. Credit card sign-up .....
This is the last part of my look back at 2013. Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and .....
29 Dec 201329 December 2013 • 38 comments
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 .....
28 Dec 201328 December 2013 • 20 comments
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 .....
22 Dec 201322 December 2013 • 44 comments
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 .....
21 Dec 201321 December 2013 • 51 comments
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 .....
19 Dec 201319 December 2013 • 101 comments
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 need .....
Amex has launched a new ‘statement credit’ deal, this time with Selfridges. The discount is OK, .....
11 Dec 201311 December 2013 • 14 comments
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