An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which may be useful to some of you. Given that the miles and points earned on Amex cards are .....

An email from Gerry, to whom I am grateful for the examples below, highlighted this interesting titbit which .....

9 Mar 20139 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

A massacre!  Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American Express Platinum card which has plunged overnight from 50,000 Membership Rewards points (=50,000 .....

A massacre!  Is there any other way to describe what has happened to the sign-up bonus on the American .....

5 Mar 20135 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

March is here, and with it are two great new Foursquare deals. As was hinted at last month, two new deals have been launched with Debenhams and Fenwick / Bentalls. Both work the same way as the .....

March is here, and with it are two great new Foursquare deals. As was hinted at last month, two new deals have .....

2 Mar 20132 March 2013 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Reader John emailed Amex last week to cancel his Platinum charge card. When they responded, Amex tried to persuade him not to cancel but to downgrade to a new ‘secret’ card – Gold .....

Reader John emailed Amex last week to cancel his Platinum charge card. When they responded, Amex tried to .....

11 Feb 201311 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Last year I ran a number of articles about American Express Currency Exchange, the new bureau de change partner of British Airways Executive Club. See here, here and here. What we discovered was that .....

Last year I ran a number of articles about American Express Currency Exchange, the new bureau de change .....

4 Feb 20134 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Offers’ page for February. As with January, it was one of the quicker jobs I’ve done on this page because there have been no major changes since the .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Offers’ page for February. As with January, it was one of the .....

2 Feb 20132 February 2013 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Some people received this offer by email yesterday.  However, it is NOT targetted and is described on the Amex Currency Exchange website, and so must be open to all.  It is not a bad deal and .....

Some people received this offer by email yesterday.  However, it is NOT targetted and is described on the .....

29 Jan 201329 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

I must admit, I was a little surprised when – like many of you – I was emailed on Saturday with details of the new Amex / Foursquare promotions that will run in February.  Did they learn .....

I must admit, I was a little surprised when – like many of you – I was emailed on Saturday with .....

27 Jan 201327 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus if they moved their Membership Rewards points into airline miles. There seem to be two .....

A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus .....

17 Jan 201317 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as planned. The deal is that Amex Platinum cardholders can get 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards .....

If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as .....

16 Jan 201316 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

I tend not to cover small business credit cards on Head for Points because they don’t offer great value. There are, for example, two British Airways American Express Corporate Cards, which I .....

I tend not to cover small business credit cards on Head for Points because they don’t offer great value. .....

12 Jan 201312 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, because there have been no major changes since the December list came out!  The only .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, .....

2 Jan 20132 January 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The stand-out deal, without a doubt, was the Lloyds TSB Avios credit card promotion. There has .....

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The .....

30 Dec 201230 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently.  They are poor value for money, but have one great advantage – they are a relatively cheap way of getting to the minimum spend .....

I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently.  They are poor value for money, but have one great .....

8 Dec 20128 December 2012 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments