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Membership Rewards is the rewards currency for many American Express cards including the The Platinum Card, Preferred Rewards Gold and American Express Rewards Credit Card. You can see a card comparison here.
You can convert Membership Rewards points into many other hotel, airline and retail schemes including Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy and even Amazon credit. For a complete list of all UK Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners, click here.
This article looks at the best value partners to use your Membership Rewards with.
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 .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
27 Aug 201727 August 2017 • 31 comments
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 .....
This is the second part of the updated article I began two weeks ago, discussing the best ways to .....
22 Aug 201722 August 2017 • 68 comments
There was a huge response to my article on Monday about the fantastic new Amazon offer from American Express. It is available for many – but not all – British Airways American Express, .....
There was a huge response to my article on Monday about the fantastic new Amazon offer from American Express. .....
9 Aug 20179 August 2017 • 169 comments
You probably have, or have had, an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. If you haven’t, why not? Based on readership data for our articles, it seems to be the most popular .....
You probably have, or have had, an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. If you .....
15 Jun 201715 June 2017 • 129 comments
American Express has, quietly, slipped out a new version of the Membership Rewards terms and conditions. You can see the document here (PDF) – you are looking for pages 18+. The main .....
American Express has, quietly, slipped out a new version of the Membership Rewards terms and conditions. You .....
31 May 201731 May 2017 • 101 comments
If you currently have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum charge card, you should be eligible for a special offer for five days only. If you add the (free) Platinum .....
If you currently have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum charge card, you .....
27 May 201727 May 2017 • 96 comments
Deals in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the ability to earn 4 Virgin Flying Club miles for every £1 spent in-store at Waitrose has been a .....
Deals in brief: What happens to the Waitrose / Virgin Atlantic deal tomorrow? For the last few weeks, the .....
24 May 201724 May 2017 • 109 comments
This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards which offer airline miles or hotel loyalty points for your spending. However, as Expedia .....
This is my review of the American Express Nectar credit card. Head for Points mainly focusses on credit cards .....
12 May 201712 May 2017
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current credit card portfolio may impact what other cards you can get. I thought I would put .....
A reader asked in the comments yesterday if I could write an easy-to-understand guide to how your current .....
14 Mar 201714 March 2017 • 81 comments
News in brief: “AmEx Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this headline last week. The good news is that it focuses on the US market and not the UK .....
News in brief: “AmEx Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this .....
11 Mar 201711 March 2017 • 85 comments
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at any time, for a £15 fee. This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and .....
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at .....
5 Mar 20175 March 2017 • 54 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
21 Feb 201721 February 2017 • 125 comments
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That isn’t going to change, but as the benefit packages on reward cards continue to be .....
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That .....
28 Jan 201728 January 2017 • 31 comments
To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day sale today. Long term readers may remember that they did a similar deal last year. You will .....
To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 60 comments
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