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Membership Rewards is the rewards currency for many American Express cards including the The Platinum Card, American Express Preferred Rewards Gold and The 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.
This article is another of the ‘how to’ pieces we have been running over August for the benefit of newer readers, although hopefully everyone will get some value from them. A regular email .....
This article is another of the ‘how to’ pieces we have been running over August for the benefit of .....
24 Aug 201824 August 2018 • 42 comments
This is not unexpected, but it is good to have it confirmed. The American Express Membership Rewards hotel transfers page (click here) has been updated to show that transfers to the new combined .....
This is not unexpected, but it is good to have it confirmed. The American Express Membership Rewards hotel .....
21 Aug 201821 August 2018 • 157 comments
Good news – American Express is bringing in a new Membership Rewards transfer partner Bad news – it could not be less interesting The new partner is, erm, Aer Lingus Avios. Yes, someone .....
Good news – American Express is bringing in a new Membership Rewards transfer partner Bad news – .....
8 Aug 20188 August 2018
Another batch of offers has launched on my American Express cards, and presumably on yours too. To find these, you need to go to the ‘Offers’ section of EACH Amex card you hold, either .....
Another batch of offers has launched on my American Express cards, and presumably on yours too. To find .....
2 Aug 20182 August 2018
American Express Membership Rewards has suspended transfers into Starwood Preferred Guest until 8th August. This is inconvenient if you were hoping to pick up a Marriott Travel Package before they .....
American Express Membership Rewards has suspended transfers into Starwood Preferred Guest until 8th August. .....
30 Jul 201830 July 2018 • 96 comments
In our main article today I wrote about the very generous ‘double up’ bonus which Heathrow Rewards is running from today, 24th July, to Monday 30th July. During this period, every 250 .....
In our main article today I wrote about the very generous ‘double up’ bonus which Heathrow Rewards .....
24 Jul 201824 July 2018 • 105 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are available. .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and .....
17 Jul 201817 July 2018 • 47 comments
Over the last few years, IHG Rewards Club has made it a lot harder to earn top-tier Spire Elite status by restricting the sort of points which count towards it. I wrote a long article here looking at .....
Over the last few years, IHG Rewards Club has made it a lot harder to earn top-tier Spire Elite status by .....
19 Jun 201819 June 2018 • 46 comments
I need to be in Paris for two days at the end of June, returning home on a perennially expensive Friday evening. As my hotel is only three metro stops from Gare du Nord it made sense to take the .....
I need to be in Paris for two days at the end of June, returning home on a perennially expensive Friday .....
15 Jun 201815 June 2018 • 40 comments
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....
31 May 201831 May 2018 • 53 comments
Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card in order to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. For a high .....
Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the .....
30 Apr 201830 April 2018 • 76 comments
We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards loyalty scheme. If you missed it, this .....
We have spent a lot of time this week discussing the new (and still nameless) merged Marriott Rewards, .....
20 Apr 201820 April 2018 • 82 comments
Finnair, a oneworld partner along with British Airways, is offering a 50% bonus when you transfer in points to its Finnair Plus loyalty scheme. This includes American Express Membership Rewards points .....
Finnair, a oneworld partner along with British Airways, is offering a 50% bonus when you transfer in points to .....
20 Apr 201820 April 2018
I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a couple of years ago and decided to start Mainly Miles to cover KrisFlyer. You might think .....
I’ve recently been in touch with Andrew, a UK expat and long-term HfP reader who moved to Singapore a .....
12 Apr 201812 April 2018 • 76 comments
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