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Amex Rewards Credit Card

The American Express Rewards Credit Card – ARCC – is a free basic Amex card that still lets you earn Membership Rewards points and access American Express offers. The card has a sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points.

It is an excellent card for keeping your Membership Rewards balance active if you want to cancel an Amex Platinum or Preferred Rewards Gold card.

You can read our full review of the American Express Rewards Credit Card here.  You can apply for the card here.

Amex Rewards Credit Card: keep Membership Rewards points alive when cancelling a card

Can you keep your Membership Rewards points when cancelling an American Express Gold or Platinum card? One of the downsides of cancelling an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or Platinum charge .....

Can you keep your Membership Rewards points when cancelling an American Express Gold or Platinum card? One of .....

by Rob Burgess

Is there any point having the free British Airways American Express credit card?

We ran an article yesterday to explain how American Express treats refunds made to your card.  As I pointed out, a refund counts against your annual spend if you are trying to earn an annual bonus. .....

We ran an article yesterday to explain how American Express treats refunds made to your card.  As I pointed .....

by Rob Burgess

Amex USA extends the sign-up bonus spend period by 3 months – will the UK follow?

In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any help to people struggling to hit their sign-up bonus spend threshold. This is often £3,000 .....

In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any .....

by Rhys Jones

If you cancel Amex Platinum, the Amex Rewards Credit Card will keep your points alive

The second biggest topic in my inbox at the moment, after airlines not refunding payments, is the cancellation of fee-charging American Express cards. Most of these relate to American Express .....

The second biggest topic in my inbox at the moment, after airlines not refunding payments, is the cancellation .....

by Rob Burgess

What are the top 10 reasons to get the American Express Rewards Credit Card?

Why should you get the American Express Rewards Credit Card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ series, I want to look at the top 10 reasons to apply for an American Express Rewards Credit .....

Why should you get the American Express Rewards Credit Card? Today, in our ‘Top 10 Reasons’ .....

by Rob Burgess

What Amex bonuses are you still eligible for?

This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs through the checklist of which UK American Express cards you can get based on the cards you .....

This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. It runs .....

by Rob Burgess

What is the best use of American Express points?

What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using American Express Membership Rewards points and a few pieces on how I value airline miles .....

What are American Express Membership Rewards points worth? I have written numerous articles before about using .....

by Rob Burgess

Good new American Express cashback deals: TFL, Harrods, John Lewis, Fenwick etc

American Express has launched a number of new cashback deals to help cut the cost of your Christmas shopping. These are a very generous group of offers.  However, if my own family cards are anything .....

American Express has launched a number of new cashback deals to help cut the cost of your Christmas shopping. .....

by Rob Burgess

Review: the American Express Rewards credit card

This is our review of the American Express Rewards credit card (‘ARCC’). It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not .....

This is our review of the American Express Rewards credit card (‘ARCC’). It is part of our series .....

by Rob Burgess

Get 250 Membership Rewards points or Avios for £5 spend on American Express

American Express has launched a simple but effective card offer. If you targetted, you will earn 250 bonus Membership Rewards points when you spend £5 ANYWHERE, online or in-store, that accepts .....

American Express has launched a simple but effective card offer. If you targetted, you will earn 250 bonus .....

by Rhys Jones

What can you do with your American Express Membership Rewards points?

Starting tomorrow, I am re-running our series of credit card reviews.  These cover all of the core UK credit and charge cards which offer travel rewards. As the first four reviews cover cards which .....

Starting tomorrow, I am re-running our series of credit card reviews.  These cover all of the core UK credit .....

by Rob Burgess

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