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.
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 .....
20 Sep 201320 September 2013 • 12 comments
A fortnight ago, two interesting transfer bonuses were announced, both of which I covered. American Express is offering selected charge card holders a 20%-30% bonus on transfer from Membership .....
A fortnight ago, two interesting transfer bonuses were announced, both of which I covered. American Express .....
19 Sep 201319 September 2013 • 31 comments
PointsPay is an interesting way of cashing out airline miles – for real cash. PointsPay is not new, launching in 2012. It has also failed to take off in a major way, since Etihad Guest is the .....
PointsPay is an interesting way of cashing out airline miles – for real cash. PointsPay is not new, .....
17 Sep 201317 September 2013 • 15 comments
This year, on Saturday 7th December, we will see the first ‘Small Business Saturday’ in the UK. This has been a successful US event for a number of years, encouraging shoppers to visit .....
This year, on Saturday 7th December, we will see the first ‘Small Business Saturday’ in the UK. .....
16 Sep 201316 September 2013 • 4 comments
If you are opted in to receive junk email from American Express, charge card holders should have had an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus if they moved their Membership Rewards points .....
If you are opted in to receive junk email from American Express, charge card holders should have had an .....
4 Sep 20134 September 2013 • 72 comments
A quick reminder that July 31st is the last possible day to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Jumeirah Sirius. Amex has been very sneaky (or very stupid) over publicising this. On .....
A quick reminder that July 31st is the last possible day to transfer American Express Membership Rewards .....
30 Jul 201330 July 2013 • 3 comments
When three people email me about something, then something is definitely ‘up’! For the last few weeks, some American Express Platinum card holders have been mysteriously receiving bonus .....
When three people email me about something, then something is definitely ‘up’! For the last few .....
29 Jul 201329 July 2013 • 54 comments
American Express emailed me last week to offer 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other things) for each new supplementary cardholder added to my Platinum charge card account. .....
American Express emailed me last week to offer 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other .....
27 Jul 201327 July 2013 • 18 comments
I first wrote about Amex’s new range of gift cards last year. Basically, you can now (in theory) walk into a WH Smith, Sainsbury or Superdrug and a buy a £20, £30, £50 or £100 Amex gift .....
I first wrote about Amex’s new range of gift cards last year. Basically, you can now (in theory) walk .....
20 Jul 201320 July 2013 • 19 comments
Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express International Dollar Card if they move their Membership Rewards points to Avios. I said that I would .....
Yesterday I mentioned the 30% transfer bonus currently available to holders of the American Express .....
16 Jul 201316 July 2013 • 9 comments
This is, admittedly, a minority post since not many readers will have an American Express International Dollar Card or International Euro Card. These cards are issued in the UK to people who would .....
This is, admittedly, a minority post since not many readers will have an American Express International Dollar .....
15 Jul 201315 July 2013 • 12 comments
In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when booking airport car parking. Today I want to recap the best ways to earn points when using .....
In Part 1 of ‘Preparing for Summer’ a couple of days ago, I looked at ways to earn points when .....
30 Jun 201330 June 2013 • 14 comments
An interesting promotion has popped up on the American Express Travel website, for anyone who has an Amex card enrolled in the Membership Rewards programme. Amex is offering 2,500 Membership Rewards .....
An interesting promotion has popped up on the American Express Travel website, for anyone who has an Amex card .....
19 Jun 201319 June 2013 • 18 comments
One of the most interesting and least known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to transfer your points to another person, subject to a flat fee of £15. There .....
One of the most interesting and least known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is .....
18 Jun 201318 June 2013 • 27 comments
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