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 wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. This was an attempt to judge the best card to use as your ‘day to day’ card. .....
Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. .....
21 Nov 201221 November 2012 • 32 comments
A lot of Head for Points readers now have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, following the special sign-up offer of 30,000 Membership Rewards points which ran two weeks ago. (If you .....
A lot of Head for Points readers now have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, following the .....
19 Nov 201219 November 2012 • 10 comments
Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with the fee-free Amex Preferred Rewards Gold card. A lot of people took this offer up, and .....
Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with .....
6 Nov 20126 November 2012 • 25 comments
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect changes over the past month. After a quiet start to the month, things have really picked up .....
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect .....
1 Nov 20121 November 2012 • 1 comment
I have spent the last few days with some friends of ours in Stuttgart. Had I not been there, I would have tried to get across to the Hyatt Churchill Hotel in London, where a group of 40 or so .....
I have spent the last few days with some friends of ours in Stuttgart. Had I not been there, I would have .....
31 Oct 201231 October 2012 • 46 comments
I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per £1) on overseas spend. He has noticed that both Amazon and Expedia were giving double .....
I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per .....
10 Oct 201210 October 2012 • 11 comments
There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of interest. Via this link, Hilton is offering a 30% discount on its Bed & Breakfast Rate. You .....
There are two special hotel rate deals knocking about for American Express cardholders which may be of .....
25 Sep 201225 September 2012
It is clear from two emails I’ve received this week that (not surprisingly) people are getting totally confused about the constant changing of the referral rules for getting the sign-up bonuses .....
It is clear from two emails I’ve received this week that (not surprisingly) people are getting totally .....
23 Sep 201223 September 2012 • 3 comments
We have our second piece of positive credit card news this week. Following a long period of bonus cuts, Virgin Atlantic suddenly launched a 20,000 Flying Club miles bonus on its credit card (see .....
We have our second piece of positive credit card news this week. Following a long period of bonus cuts, Virgin .....
22 Sep 201222 September 2012
The majority of the credit card posts 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 posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get .....
17 Sep 201217 September 2012 • 1 comment
The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest changes in sign-up bonuses. This is what has changed during August, none of it for the better! : .....
The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest .....
4 Sep 20124 September 2012 • 4 comments
…. because Amex has just taken an axe to the sign-up bonus. The deal for getting the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is now 10,000 Membership Rewards points (was 20,000). These .....
…. because Amex has just taken an axe to the sign-up bonus. The deal for getting the American Express .....
19 Aug 201219 August 2012
My wife was recently targetted for the Priority Club Black Visa card. This was for the offer that I highlight on the ‘Credit Cards Update‘ page – 40,000 Priority Club points (good .....
My wife was recently targetted for the Priority Club Black Visa card. This was for the offer that I .....
8 Aug 20128 August 2012 • 3 comments
You need to be on your toes to keep up with the rules governing the very generous referral bonuses offered by American Express on the Gold and Platinum charge cards. It was less than four weeks ago .....
You need to be on your toes to keep up with the rules governing the very generous referral bonuses offered by .....
2 Aug 20122 August 2012 • 9 comments
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