(UPDATE 10pm Tue: applications for Curve Metal and Amex top-ups are currently not available. More to follow on Wednesday morning.) Curve Card launched its new subscription plans on Monday – and it is very interesting, to say the least. It is also a major departure […]
SPG American Express card
The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card is popular among miles and points collectors in the UK because of its sign-up bonus. The points you receive can transferred at 3:1 into 40 different frequent flyer schemes or redeemed for free hotel nights.
Our main article reviewing the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card is here. You can learn more and apply for the card via the Amex website.
Curve relaunches – charge ANY debit or credit card payment to your American Express (Part 1)
28 January 2019 By 584 Comments
Curve relaunches – charge ANY debit or credit card payment to your American Express (Part 2)
28 January 2019 By 301 Comments
(UPDATE 10pm Tue: applications for Curve Metal and Amex top-ups are currently not available. More to follow on Wednesday morning.) This is Part 2 of my article about the new Curve Card subscription plans which launched on Monday. Part 1, which reviews the flagship Curve […]
Has Amex secretly added a new status benefit to the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express card?
27 January 2019 By 101 Comments
On Friday I ran a short article on the fact that Marriott has announced that the two UK credit cards earning Marriott points (the closed Marriott Mastercard and the SPG American Express) were not rebranding despite the programme name changing to Marriott Bonvoy on 13th February. […]
Bits: the future of the SPG / Marriott credit cards, Virgin Hotels San Francisco offer, cheap Avios via Groupon
25 January 2019 By
News in brief: What is happening to the Starwood and Marriott UK credit cards? Over in the US, a major rebranding of the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest credit cards has been announced ahead of the launch of Marriott Bonvoy on 13th February. Over […]
Bits: Finnair launches Sapporo (bookable on Avios), 100% bonus buying Hilton points, SPG Amex interest
16 January 2019 By
News in brief: Finnair launches Sapporo Finnair, a British Airways partner in the oneworld alliance, will launch flights to Sapporo in Japan this Winter. It becomes the first European airline to fly to the city since KLM dropped the route back in 2002. The service […]
New year, new credit card? Learn which Amex cards you can get, based on the cards you have
7 January 2019 By
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. However, I ran a version of this article a year ago and it was very popular. More importantly, I’ve ended up emailing the link to at least one reader per day since then […]
Bits: Amex Travel £200 cashback returns, BA launches Islamabad with special deals, BA’s work experience scheme
19 December 2018 By
News in brief: Generous Amex Travel cashback credit launched American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion. There are a couple of versions. The most generous, which I got, is a whopping £200 back on a £600 spend via Amex Travel. The other […]
Bits: HFP on Radio 4, new Amex cashback hotel deals inc Marriott, changes to the Tesco Premium credit card
4 December 2018 By
News in brief: Listen to me on ‘You and Yours’ I did a segment on Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ yesterday lunchtime, discussing the recent changes to petrol loyalty with Esso dropping Clubcard and BP dropping Nectar – which Esso is joining! We did a Shopper […]
Get £5 back on a £10 purchase via American Express ‘Shop Small’
1 December 2018 By
Shop Small is back! If you have an American Express credit or charge card (unless it is a Lloyds Avios one), you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from tomorrow (Saturday) until 16th December with ‘Shop Small’. American Express is the major UK […]
Bits: IHG ‘buy points’ bonus, 250 free Shangri-La points, 25% cashback with Gett, WOW Air going bust?
30 November 2018 By
News in brief: Last day for 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards Club points IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – is running another sale with a bonus of up to 100% when you buy over 5,000 points. […]
Curve is now live with Amex for beta testers – this is how it works
26 November 2018 By
Curve Card is an all-in-one payment wallet and aggregator that is popular amongst Head for Points readers. I describe Curve in detail here, but in summary: Curve Card (a debit Mastercard) is free – in fact Curve will pay you £5 for trying it out […]
Credit & Charge Card Reviews (12): Starwood Preferred Guest / SPG American Express
11 November 2018 By
This is my review of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express credit card issued in the UK. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These […]
Bits: 100% bonus when you buy IHG points, Amazon gift cards DO count for £5 Amex cashback credit
13 October 2018 By
News in brief: 100% bonus when you buy IHG Rewards Club points IHG Rewards Club – the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc scheme – is running another sale with a bonus of 100% when you buy over 5,000 points. 100% is as generous an offer […]
Bits: Heathrow fined £1.6m for fixing car parking prices, Al Bustan Palace in Muscat reopens, 20% off LATAM flights
7 October 2018 By
News in brief: Heathrow Airport fined £1.6m for fixing car parking pricing at Terminal 5 Heathrow Airport has been hit with a £1.6m fine by the Competition & Markets Authority over price fixing for car parking at Terminal 5. The case involves the Sofitel Hotel […]
Bits: BA to drop trolley food service in Club World, American Express Shop Small to return
6 October 2018 By
News in brief: British Airways to drop trolley food service in Club World Business Traveller got confirmation yesterday that British Airways is to abandon the trolley service for serving food in Club World, just a short while after it was introduced. Rumours had been circulating for […]
How to use the SPG American Express card to earn miles with 44 different airlines
10 September 2018 By
One aspect of the Marriott / Starwood Preferred Guest programme merger we haven’t looked at yet is the increased ability to earn airline miles with the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card. Marriott Rewards had some airline partners which Starwood Preferred Guest did not […]
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