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).
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
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have it. There seem to be a few variants so you will need to look through the .....
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have .....
7 Mar 20187 March 2018
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge card and my British Airways Premium Plus card but not my Starwood Amex. You get £10 back .....
American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge .....
4 Mar 20184 March 2018 • 71 comments
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page .....
It was due a return and now it is back. I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you .....
3 Mar 20183 March 2018 • 102 comments
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and .....
What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK .....
19 Feb 201819 February 2018 • 118 comments
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent emails, plus a discussion in the comments section on Saturday from a reader who had been .....
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent .....
12 Feb 201812 February 2018 • 191 comments
The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after American Express finally lost a key European Union ruling yesterday. The decision means that .....
The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after .....
8 Feb 20188 February 2018 • 120 comments
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you spend £10’ offer appeared on many Amex cards yesterday – I have it on my .....
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you .....
8 Feb 20188 February 2018 • 100 comments
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the discount supermarket starting to accept Amex but as we couldn’t find anything online, I .....
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the .....
1 Feb 20181 February 2018 • 99 comments
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