There are many benefits of adding an Additional Card to your existing American Express Gold or Platinum. Let's take a look at why you should do it.

11 Jan 202111 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

In November we published an article on the best ‘sweet spots’ in the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme. There are some interesting options. KrisFlyer is, I think, the cheapest way .....

31 Dec 202031 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on any of the personal UK American Express cards, there IS one generous bonus which you may well be able to get. American Express is still offering 30,000 .....

21 Dec 202021 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

Despite having an American Express Business Platinum card, no-one had ever bothered to tell me that Amex Business has a gas and electricity deal with EDF Energy. You can see details here. The tariff .....

10 Dec 202010 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Twice in one year?! It must be Christmas! After American Express launched an out-of-season ‘Shop Small UK’ promotion over the summer we weren’t sure if it would return in time for .....

4 Dec 20204 December 2020 by Rhys Jones • 220 comments

How can you use American Express Membership Rewards points to benefit your small business? Here are some options you might want to try.

1 Dec 20201 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

American Express has recently launched a new service for Cardmembers called Premium Rewards. It allows you to pay the majority of your company bills - to suppliers who do not take payment cards - via .....

25 Nov 202025 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

American Express has a payments business called American Express FX International Payments. I want to take a closer look at this today, as it allows Cardmembers to earn additional rewards.

20 Nov 202020 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

American Express has just launched a 25% transfer bonus when you move your Membership Rewards points into Hilton Honors points. Let’s see if this is enough to move the needle or not. Which .....

17 Nov 202017 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

Last week we published an article on the best ‘sweet spots’ in the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme. There are some interesting options. KrisFlyer is, I think, the cheapest way of .....

17 Nov 202017 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

16 Nov 202016 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

American Express has been running a very interesting offer for holders of American Express Business Gold and American Express Business Platinum. This is the same offer which was made available to .....

12 Nov 202012 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

You might think that the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme, which is part of Star Alliance and so accesses a different group of airlines to Avios, is irrelevant to you. And yet …. if you .....

9 Nov 20209 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned on .....

7 Nov 20207 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments