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).
Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, now with a .....
Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on .....
8 Jun 20168 June 2016 • 37 comments
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there .....
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 57 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
3 Jun 20163 June 2016 • 30 comments
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....
27 May 201627 May 2016 • 87 comments
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....
25 May 201625 May 2016 • 34 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
6 May 20166 May 2016 • 54 comments
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 20th June. 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 May 20165 May 2016 • 23 comments
American Express unveiled its first response to the new 0.3% cap on retailer interchange fees yesterday. It increased the annual fee on the British Airways Premium Plus card from £150 to £195. To .....
American Express unveiled its first response to the new 0.3% cap on retailer interchange fees yesterday. It .....
15 Apr 201615 April 2016 • 107 comments
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new style of personalised offer showing on your online card statement. On my account, I will .....
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new .....
13 Apr 201613 April 2016 • 63 comments
I recently received a very kind email from a Head for Points reader thanking for me for helping improve his travels. He offered to convert his email into an article and I agreed, and as it is a Sunday .....
I recently received a very kind email from a Head for Points reader thanking for me for helping improve his .....
10 Apr 201610 April 2016 • 86 comments
Last weekend I discussed the closure to new applicants of the IHG Rewards Club Visa credit cards, issued by Barclaycard. I used the article to examine strategies that credit card companies may now .....
Last weekend I discussed the closure to new applicants of the IHG Rewards Club Visa credit cards, issued by .....
8 Apr 20168 April 2016 • 112 comments
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have appeared – you can see what you have been targetted for by going to your online .....
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have .....
5 Apr 20165 April 2016 • 76 comments
Many Head for Points readers have the free British Airways American Express card, especially as BA was being very generous and offering 9,000 Avios for taking out the card between last August and .....
Many Head for Points readers have the free British Airways American Express card, especially as BA was .....
1 Apr 20161 April 2016 • 93 comments
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on whether the British Airways American Express cards, amongst others, are already caught by .....
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on .....
25 Mar 201625 March 2016 • 96 comments
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