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.
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are planning your credit card strategy for 2025, this article will help you decide which cards .....
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are .....
1 Jan 20251 January 2025 • 33 comments
If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It appear in the App or in your Online Account for a feature - Instalment Plans from American .....
If you have an American Express Credit Card - as opposed to a Charge Card - you may have seen Plan It .....
22 Nov 202422 November 2024 • 99 comments
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card is a good niche product with one stand-out feature – holding it earns you 15 elite nights in Marriott Bonvoy each year, credited to your account in .....
The Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card is a good niche product with one stand-out feature – holding .....
8 Nov 20248 November 2024 • 59 comments
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points tends to focus on the first two types. I thought it was worth a look at the four loyalty .....
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....
25 Oct 202425 October 2024 • 43 comments
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s our story. Up to this point, the company had taken a more holistic view. It was .....
Back in July 2023, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 57 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....
14 Oct 202414 October 2024 • 23 comments
We often get questions on American Express supplementary cards in our forum or emailed to us directly, so I though it was worth taking a proper look at how they work. There are often misconceptions .....
We often get questions on American Express supplementary cards in our forum or emailed to us directly, so I .....
7 Oct 20247 October 2024 • 52 comments
A flurry of new offers has landed on American Express cards. You are unlikely to have all these offers, as they do not appear on all cards, but you should have two or three. If you missed it, we .....
A flurry of new offers has landed on American Express cards. You are unlikely to have all these offers, as .....
27 Sep 202427 September 2024 • 34 comments
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are planning your credit card strategy for 2025, this article will help you decide which cards .....
This is our beginners guide to whether you qualify for an American Express sign-up bonus or not. If you are .....
18 Sep 202418 September 2024 • 28 comments
It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in London. I got to visit it for the first time recently (I’m normally hiding away in .....
It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in .....
1 Sep 20241 September 2024 • 33 comments
You may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds when you have a spend target to hit. The answer is simple: all American Express spend targets are based on NET spend, not GROSS .....
You may not be familiar with how American Express treats refunds when you have a spend target to hit. The .....
20 Jul 202420 July 2024 • 52 comments
Marriott Bonvoy is currently offering a substantially increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Credit Card. The sign-up bonus is TRIPLED from 20,000 Marriott Bonvoy .....
Marriott Bonvoy is currently offering a substantially increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy .....
1 Jul 20241 July 2024 • 3 comments
The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will also be a new ‘Amex Pavilion’ on the Hill. If you are wondering what .....
The American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2024 tournament which starts on Monday. There will .....
29 Jun 202429 June 2024 • 43 comments
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If you are just getting started with miles and points, you have probably realised by now that .....
This article looks at the different ways you can get elite status with hotel chains via UK credit cards. If .....
26 Jun 202426 June 2024 • 28 comments
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