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).
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
For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the booking process. Whilst this is a perfectly logical time to try to catch a new customer, the .....
For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the .....
24 Jan 201824 January 2018
Many of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. After a period, you .....
Many of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the .....
23 Jan 201823 January 2018 • 337 comments
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call centre that imminent changes are coming to the way sign-up bonuses are earned. The two stories .....
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call .....
16 Jan 201816 January 2018
Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a credit or charge card – including American Express cards. You can probably imagine how .....
Back in September we first wrote about Billhop, a Swedish company that lets you pay almost ANY bill with a .....
6 Jan 20186 January 2018 • 16 comments
British Airways and American Express have launched a new cashback or points deal which appears generous, especially as it can be combined with the current sale deals. Remember that there are Club .....
British Airways and American Express have launched a new cashback or points deal which appears generous, .....
4 Jan 20184 January 2018 • 96 comments
I have covered the HSBC Premier World Elite MasterCard in some detail in the past – my full review is here. It is a VERY attractive MasterCard product if you want to earn Avios. There is a .....
I have covered the HSBC Premier World Elite MasterCard in some detail in the past – my full review is .....
2 Jan 20182 January 2018 • 49 comments
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