Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
5 Nov 20145 November 2014 • 56 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 .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
4 Nov 20144 November 2014 • 58 comments
American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to their accounts. After all, the more people who are carrying a card, the more spend they .....
American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to .....
9 Oct 20149 October 2014 • 35 comments
This little trick came up in the comments again this week so I thought it was worth a reminder for everyone. Given that the miles and points earned on Amex cards are generally far higher than those .....
This little trick came up in the comments again this week so I thought it was worth a reminder for everyone. .....
7 Oct 20147 October 2014 • 60 comments
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Gold Business charge card. My review of the .....
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I .....
29 Sep 201429 September 2014
American Express Membership Rewards has three hotel partners in the UK, assuming you want to redeem for points instead of a voucher for a free room: Hilton HHonors, with a conversion rate of 1:2 .....
American Express Membership Rewards has three hotel partners in the UK, assuming you want to redeem for points .....
21 Sep 201421 September 2014 • 32 comments
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am reviewing the American Express Platinum Business charge card. My review of the other .....
If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK. Today I am .....
17 Aug 201417 August 2014
A few people have emailed me about this offer in the last month or so. I have not written about it before because this is a very complex process which should not be entered into lightly, .....
A few people have emailed me about this offer in the last month or so. I have not written about it .....
9 Aug 20149 August 2014 • 58 comments
This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series this week, covering ways of earning miles and points from every aspect of your holiday planning. Even if you do decide to pay for the .....
This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series this week, covering ways of earning miles and .....
4 Aug 20144 August 2014 • 46 comments
Not a lot of people know that Nectar is a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards. You can transfer your Amex points into Nectar points in a ratio of 1:1. The minimum transfer to .....
Not a lot of people know that Nectar is a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards. You can .....
30 Jul 201430 July 2014 • 14 comments
Whilst Head for Points focusses heavily on the Gold, Platinum, Starwood and British Airways American Express cards, there are some other products in the portfolio. There is the Nectar card, the .....
Whilst Head for Points focusses heavily on the Gold, Platinum, Starwood and British Airways American Express .....
8 Jul 20148 July 2014 • 21 comments
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ with American Express over threatening to cancel your card, hoping to get a lucrative .....
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ .....
22 Jun 201422 June 2014 • 57 comments
You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex launched this a few weeks ago. I actually downloaded a few of the apps with a view to writing .....
You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex .....
30 May 201430 May 2014 • 16 comments
I don’t write much about small business credit cards on Head for Points, because they tend to offer poor value. There are, for example, two British Airways American Express Corporate Cards, .....
I don’t write much about small business credit cards on Head for Points, because they tend to offer poor .....
8 Apr 20148 April 2014 • 9 comments
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