Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
There are two American Express cards that let you earn Avios directly: the free British Airways American Express card and the paid-for British Airways Premium Plus card.
If you are committed to British Airways, the Premium Plus Amex card is your best choice. It comes with a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus and a 2-4-1 companion voucher that could save you up to 200,000 Avios on your next flight redemption.
This article explains how to use the BA 2-4-1 companion voucher you earn on the British Airways American Express cards.
You can read our full review of the British Airways American Express card here and our British Airways Premium Plus American Express card review here.
You can apply for the free card here (5,000 Avios bonus) and the Premium Plus card here (30,000 Avios bonus).
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
If you have a British Airways American Express card, an interesting new promotion should be waiting for you. The majority of cardholders seem to have it. Tthat said, looking at the comments below .....
If you have a British Airways American Express card, an interesting new promotion should be waiting for .....
21 Jul 201821 July 2018 • 93 comments
In Part 1 of this article 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?’. Today .....
In Part 1 of this article I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this .....
18 Jul 201818 July 2018 • 83 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
Some new Amex cashback offers have launched. Some, all or none of these deals may be available for sign-up on the ‘Offers’ tab of your online statement page. Remember that you need to .....
Some new Amex cashback offers have launched. Some, all or none of these deals may be available for sign-up .....
11 Jul 201811 July 2018
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus Avios for hotel bookings made before 31st August. You must be a British Airways American .....
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus .....
5 Jul 20185 July 2018 • 42 comments
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
2 Jul 20182 July 2018 • 68 comments
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....
It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....
4 Jun 20184 June 2018 • 102 comments
A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American Express cards. You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section of your online .....
A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American .....
1 Jun 20181 June 2018
Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to your online account and look at ‘Offers’ on each of your statement pages) you .....
Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express. If you are targeted for this (log in to .....
3 May 20183 May 2018
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
It is almost two years since I last ran a version of this article. I thought it was worth updating it and giving it another outing because it makes a few interesting points which you might never .....
It is almost two years since I last ran a version of this article. I thought it was worth updating it and .....
23 Apr 201823 April 2018 • 176 comments
Amex is clearly reading our articles. The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold have been changed back this morning. They now say, as they used to: “Please note, .....
Amex is clearly reading our articles. The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
23 Mar 201823 March 2018 • 126 comments
Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year. The reason I have updated it today is that there is no guarantee that the Starwood Amex will continue beyond the end .....
Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year. The reason I have updated .....
19 Mar 201819 March 2018 • 42 comments
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