Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card is a great choice for anyone looking to increase their Bonvoy points balance.
The card has a £95 annual fee but comes with a 20,000 points sign-up bonus and 15 elite night credits. This gives you instant Silver Elite status and puts you on the way to Gold Elite. You also earn 2 points for every £1 spent on the card.
You can read our full review of the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card here. You can apply for the card here.
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have it. There seem to be a few variants so you will need to look through the .....
Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have .....
7 Mar 20187 March 2018
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent emails, plus a discussion in the comments section on Saturday from a reader who had been .....
We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points. A number of recent .....
12 Feb 201812 February 2018 • 191 comments
The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after American Express finally lost a key European Union ruling yesterday. The decision means that .....
The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after .....
8 Feb 20188 February 2018 • 120 comments
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you spend £10’ offer appeared on many Amex cards yesterday – I have it on my .....
If you missed our article last week, American Express is now accepted at Aldi. A ‘£5 cashback when you .....
8 Feb 20188 February 2018 • 100 comments
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the discount supermarket starting to accept Amex but as we couldn’t find anything online, I .....
It looks like Aldi is starting to target American Express cardholders. There have been rumours about the .....
1 Feb 20181 February 2018 • 99 comments
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call centre that imminent changes are coming to the way sign-up bonuses are earned. The two stories .....
Two readers have contacted me in recent days to say that they have been told by the American Express call .....
16 Jan 201816 January 2018
It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The reason for the delay is that things got a .....
It is three months since I last did a round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline .....
30 Dec 201730 December 2017 • 46 comments
News in brief: New ‘Miles and More’ meilenschnaeppchen announced It has been a while since we covered these on Head for Points, but for the benefit those who don’t know about .....
News in brief: New ‘Miles and More’ meilenschnaeppchen announced It has been a while since we .....
10 Dec 201710 December 2017 • 15 comments
News in brief: British Airways selling Oakland for £994 in Club World British Airways has quietly started selling tickets to Oakland in California for £994 return for travel in January or February. .....
News in brief: British Airways selling Oakland for £994 in Club World British Airways has quietly started .....
6 Dec 20176 December 2017 • 77 comments
If you have never considered getting the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card, there are some good reasons why you should. Before I explain why, here is some background. Hotel credit .....
If you have never considered getting the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card, there are some .....
4 Dec 20174 December 2017 • 108 comments
If you have an American Express credit or charge card (some exceptions apply), you can make big savings on your Christmas shopping from this Saturday until 17th December with ‘Shop Small’. .....
If you have an American Express credit or charge card (some exceptions apply), you can make big savings on .....
1 Dec 20171 December 2017 • 114 comments
News in brief: BA owner IAG buys Monarch’s Gatwick landing slots IAG, the parent of British Airways, confirmed last night that it had bought the landing slots at Gatwick Airport previously used .....
News in brief: BA owner IAG buys Monarch’s Gatwick landing slots IAG, the parent of British Airways, .....
28 Nov 201728 November 2017 • 217 comments
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 .....
This is my review of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) American Express credit card issued in the UK. It is .....
30 Oct 201730 October 2017 • 67 comments
News in brief: British Airways closing its Toronto lounge It was rumoured on Flyertalk earlier this week that the British Airways lounge in Toronto was closing. The closing date has now been confirmed .....
News in brief: British Airways closing its Toronto lounge It was rumoured on Flyertalk earlier this week that .....
14 Oct 201714 October 2017 • 77 comments
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