An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by inviting your friends and family to take out an American Expres Card. For a limited period, from 7th April to 12th May .....

An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by inviting your friends and .....

12 Apr 202112 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at small .....

We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. .....

12 Apr 202112 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards?  And which of the two Amex cashback cards is best?  Last weekend we ran a general article on the best cashback credit cards – click .....

Are the Amex cashback cards better than other rewards cards?  And which of the two Amex cashback cards is .....

11 Apr 202111 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Until close of play today, American Express is offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The offer ends today, 9th April. American Express told us that the special .....

Until close of play today, American Express is offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a .....

9 Apr 20219 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: Aer Lingus to stop storing payment cards I got an interesting email from Aer Lingus yesterday saying that it was deleting the credit card details that I had stored in my Aer Club .....

News in brief: Aer Lingus to stop storing payment cards I got an interesting email from Aer Lingus yesterday .....

7 Apr 20217 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything we have seen before. If .....

American Express is – for another few days – running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK .....

5 Apr 20215 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As usual, you may see all, some or none of these offers on your American Express account. You .....

American Express has launched a new batch of cashback deals, with a couple of new hotel deals among them. As .....

3 Apr 20213 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

American Express is currently offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The offer ends on 9th April. This means that you only have a few days left to decide if you are .....

American Express is currently offering the biggest sign-up bonus ever seen in the UK for a payment card. The .....

2 Apr 20212 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum Card, apart from the obvious £20 difference in annual fee. As American Express Business .....

A regular question I get asked by readers is how American Express Business Platinum differs from The Platinum .....

30 Mar 202130 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

News in brief: Race against McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris with Hilton The options to use your hotel and airline points for ‘experience’ packages has been thin on the ground recently, with .....

News in brief: Race against McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris with Hilton The options to use your hotel .....

30 Mar 202130 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

News in brief: JetBlue’s Heathrow slots are confirmed Regular readers will know that two weeks ago we reported how US airline JetBlue was showing up on the Heathrow Airport website. This implied .....

News in brief: JetBlue’s Heathrow slots are confirmed Regular readers will know that two weeks ago we .....

29 Mar 202129 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of putting the cost of gas and electricity onto an American Express card. This is unfortunate, .....

Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of .....

28 Mar 202128 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 156 comments

On 21st March 2019, American Express unveiled major changes to its rules on who could obtain a sign-up bonus on its cards. Our article from that day is here – it ended up getting over 72,000 .....

On 21st March 2019, American Express unveiled major changes to its rules on who could obtain a sign-up bonus .....

22 Mar 202122 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting The Platinum Card from American Express. It comes with SIX hotel status cards.  Five .....

If you’re looking to get yourself some hotel status cards quickly, there is no easier route than getting .....

20 Mar 202120 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments