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.
Two months ago, I ran this article on ‘Small Business Saturday’. This has been running in the US for a few years, and is a nationwide attempt to promote smaller retailers. It is of .....
Two months ago, I ran this article on ‘Small Business Saturday’. This has been running in the US .....
9 Nov 20139 November 2013 • 15 comments
The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....
The majority of the credit card articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. .....
30 Oct 201330 October 2013 • 36 comments
Reader Dan dropped me a note to say that he had just renewed his car tax, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the DVLA website is now accepting American Express for payment. This is quite rare .....
Reader Dan dropped me a note to say that he had just renewed his car tax, and was pleasantly surprised to see .....
22 Oct 201322 October 2013 • 32 comments
One of the more mind-boggling articles I have ever run on Head for Points was this one from June, discussing the various complex combinations of earning Avios from buying petrol. At the end of the .....
One of the more mind-boggling articles I have ever run on Head for Points was this one from June, discussing .....
17 Oct 201317 October 2013 • 17 comments
If you have an Amex Gold or Amex Platinum charge card, and are opted in to postal mailshots from Amex, you should have received the Membership Rewards Christmas offers brochure recently. There is a .....
If you have an Amex Gold or Amex Platinum charge card, and are opted in to postal mailshots from Amex, you .....
15 Oct 201315 October 2013 • 8 comments
This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you connect your Amex card to your TripAdvisor account and write one review on the site. The .....
This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you .....
9 Oct 20139 October 2013 • 50 comments
American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / relationship building events later this month. This is happening over the weekend of Friday .....
American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / .....
7 Oct 20137 October 2013 • 10 comments
American Express has rolled out two new cashback offers for holders of Amex-issued Amex cards, which includes MBNA and Lloyds Bank-issued Amex cards as well as the ‘official’ ones. The .....
American Express has rolled out two new cashback offers for holders of Amex-issued Amex cards, which includes .....
28 Sep 201328 September 2013 • 1 comment
The London Restaurant Festival is back this year, running from 3rd to 21st October. American Express is again sponsoring the festival, and is offering £25 cashback on your statement when you make 2 x .....
The London Restaurant Festival is back this year, running from 3rd to 21st October. American Express is again .....
19 Sep 201319 September 2013 • 18 comments
Yes, be warned …. it is another weird American Express gimmick. But I honestly don’t know the point of it yet …. If you have an Amex-issued Amex card, go to the website, log in and .....
Yes, be warned …. it is another weird American Express gimmick. But I honestly don’t know the .....
2 Sep 20132 September 2013 • 18 comments
I had two conversations recently on a broadly similar theme, one with a credit card executive and one with an Australian who has just moved to the UK and is building up his card collection. .....
I had two conversations recently on a broadly similar theme, one with a credit card executive and one .....
22 Aug 201322 August 2013 • 89 comments
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a relatively quiet month, although a number of excellent promotions are still running. You .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site for July. It has been a .....
2 Jul 20132 July 2013 • 29 comments
In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking. Today I want to recap the best ways to earn points when using .....
In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when .....
30 Jun 201330 June 2013 • 14 comments
American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion this July. And this means a potential £50 for every American Express card you hold! Lloyds TSB and MBNA Amex cards are .....
American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion this July. And this means a .....
27 Jun 201327 June 2013 • 46 comments
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