News in brief: Free Uber ride up to $65 If you are heading to the US between now and New Year, American Express and Uber are running a holiday season promotion giving you two free Uber rides up to $65 .....

News in brief: Free Uber ride up to $65 If you are heading to the US between now and New Year, American .....

20 Nov 201620 November 2016 by Anika Burnett • 111 comments

News in brief: 15,000 free Avios from American Express I got a very pleasant surprise when I ran my AwardWallet update yesterday morning to refresh the balances of all my loyalty accounts.  My .....

News in brief: 15,000 free Avios from American Express I got a very pleasant surprise when I ran my .....

16 Nov 201616 November 2016 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

For the first time I can remember, British Airways has launched a cashback deal with American Express.  It is surprisingly generous and set at just the right level for anyone planning a Club .....

For the first time I can remember, British Airways has launched a cashback deal with American Express. .....

29 Oct 201629 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

This is my review of the British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not .....

This is my review of the British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card. It is part of my series .....

28 Oct 201628 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

This is my review of the free British Airways American Express (BA Amex) credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....

This is my review of the free British Airways American Express (BA Amex) credit card. It is part of my series .....

27 Oct 201627 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘.  This was fundamentally about which cards you should, long term, end up keeping in your .....

18 months ago I ran this post on ‘What is your credit card ‘end game’ strategy?‘. .....

24 Oct 201624 October 2016 by Rob Burgess • 194 comments

With the sign-up bonus on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus (BAPP) card increased to 25,000 Avios until February, I thought it was worth taking another look at why I rate this .....

With the sign-up bonus on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus (BAPP) card increased to .....

23 Sep 201623 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 173 comments

News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this week. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....

News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this .....

15 Sep 201615 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, American Express has arranged free screenings of the Opening Night Gala Film, A United .....

News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, .....

14 Sep 201614 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

American Express has – yet again – increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, with the £195 annual fee, now offers .....

American Express has – yet again – increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways .....

19 Aug 201619 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. A reader dropped me a line to ask if .....

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British .....

12 Aug 201612 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 151 comments

News in brief: Which? covers the end of Royal Mint commemorative coin purchases In the past I have written about Royal Mint offers where you could buy commemorative coins at face value – using a .....

News in brief: Which? covers the end of Royal Mint commemorative coin purchases In the past I have written .....

30 Jul 201630 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is often not scaleable or would collapse if given wider exposure.  I am happy to share .....

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an exceptionally good fare to Dubai – just £975 return.  I have NEVER seen flights to the .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an .....

24 Jun 201624 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments