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).
I received an email from a reader on Sunday asking whether Amex Platinum cardholders still get a free British Airways Premium Plus American Express card (they can’t!). It made me think .....
I received an email from a reader on Sunday asking whether Amex Platinum cardholders still get a free British .....
25 Jun 201425 June 2014 • 43 comments
A lot of people will have taken out the free British Airways American Express card in the last few months. BA was being very generous and offering 9,000 Avios for taking out the card – a .....
A lot of people will have taken out the free British Airways American Express card in the last few .....
21 Jun 201421 June 2014 • 48 comments
American Express has launched some new Foursquare deals after a long hiatus. This promotion offers you £5 statement credit when spend £10 at Tesco. You will also receive £10 back when you spend .....
American Express has launched some new Foursquare deals after a long hiatus. This promotion offers you £5 .....
10 Jun 201410 June 2014 • 156 comments
Just a quick reminder that the current sign-up offer on the two British Airways American Express cards ends in two days: The Premium Plus version, with the £150 annual fee, currently offers 25,000 .....
Just a quick reminder that the current sign-up offer on the two British Airways American Express cards ends in .....
19 May 201419 May 2014 • 32 comments
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the screen for May. A few new deals were launched during April – I will summarise the current special offers and their .....
I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the screen for May. A few new deals .....
11 May 201411 May 2014 • 14 comments
American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private lounge at the O2 Arena .....
American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access .....
29 Apr 201429 April 2014 • 17 comments
By the time you read this article, I will be back in London. However, as I edit this article, I am still sitting in Dubai pondering how to pay the hotel bill. It’s not that I can’t .....
By the time you read this article, I will be back in London. However, as I edit this article, I am still .....
23 Apr 201423 April 2014 • 38 comments
American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers before using them. If you have an Amex-issued Amex card: On a desktop PC, log in to your .....
American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers .....
17 Apr 201417 April 2014 • 13 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 .....
16 Apr 201416 April 2014 • 63 comments
This is my review of the free British Airways American Express credit card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....
This is my review of the free British Airways American Express credit card. It is part of my series .....
14 Apr 201414 April 2014 • 21 comments
Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), American Express and London taxi app Hailo have launched another collaboration. This one could be .....
Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), .....
1 Apr 20141 April 2014 • 29 comments
Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card ‘churning’ will not be allowed from 2nd May. Here is the statement that it .....
Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card .....
27 Mar 201427 March 2014 • 93 comments
You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor. They were paying £5 to every Amex cardholder who linked their American Express card to their UK .....
You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor. They were paying .....
19 Mar 201419 March 2014 • 49 comments
American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of Amex-issued Amex cards. For the purposes of Head for Points, this means Gold, Platinum, SPG and BA .....
American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of .....
20 Feb 201420 February 2014 • 16 comments
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