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).
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Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
21 Feb 201721 February 2017 • 125 comments
Two bits of American Express-related news today: £15 Amazon discount code extended Amazon has extended its £15 discount code for Amex Gold and Platinum cardholders until 31st October. This came as a .....
Two bits of American Express-related news today: £15 Amazon discount code extended Amazon has extended its .....
8 Feb 20178 February 2017 • 95 comments
American Express has launched a generous Club Carlson (Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu, Park Inn, Park Plaza) promotion. You will receive £50 cashback on a £100 spend at a participating hotel .....
American Express has launched a generous Club Carlson (Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu, Park Inn, Park Plaza) .....
31 Jan 201731 January 2017 • 129 comments
Yesterday I ran a long article entitled ‘Everything you need to know about the BA Amex 2-4-1 voucher’ which attracted a lot of feedback. Looking at the comments during the day, it was .....
Yesterday I ran a long article entitled ‘Everything you need to know about the BA Amex 2-4-1 .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 220 comments
I get quite a few emails each week about various aspects of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 voucher, both about how to earn it and how to use it. I wanted to clear up some of the more .....
I get quite a few emails each week about various aspects of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 .....
23 Jan 201723 January 2017 • 400 comments
If you are looking for a way to give your Avios or Virgin Flying Club a little free boost for the new year, this deal is worth a look. Tesco Bank is still offering a ‘secret’ sign-up bonus .....
If you are looking for a way to give your Avios or Virgin Flying Club a little free boost for the new year, .....
21 Jan 201721 January 2017 • 26 comments
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focused on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get .....
17 Jan 201717 January 2017 • 191 comments
American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are about to ruin their experiment by publicising the deal here and generating a few thousand .....
American Express seems to be trialling exclusive cashback deals for Facebook users. Unfortunately, we are .....
10 Jan 201710 January 2017 • 60 comments
People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at random, perhaps because they were on promotion or because they didn’t know any .....
People who drift into this odd hobby of ours often apply for a couple of credit or charge cards almost at .....
4 Dec 20164 December 2016 • 87 comments
If you have ANY American Express credit or charge card – except TSB – you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from today until 18th December with ‘Shop Small’. .....
If you have ANY American Express credit or charge card – except TSB – you can make big savings on .....
3 Dec 20163 December 2016 • 132 comments
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has awarded to anyone who has held a British Airways American Express card since it launched in .....
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has .....
26 Nov 201626 November 2016 • 36 comments
I wrote earlier last week about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has awarded to anyone who has held a British Airways American Express card since it launched in 2001. .....
I wrote earlier last week about the generous bonus of 15,000 Avios points which British Airways has awarded .....
21 Nov 201621 November 2016 • 75 comments
News in brief: Get a 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 .....
News in brief: Get a free Uber ride up to $65 If you are heading to the US between now and New Year, American .....
20 Nov 201620 November 2016 • 105 comments
News in brief: Get 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: Get 15,000 free Avios from American Express I got a very pleasant surprise when I ran my .....
16 Nov 201616 November 2016 • 99 comments
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