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.
I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently. They are poor value for money, but have one great advantage – they are a relatively cheap way of getting to the minimum spend .....
I wrote about Amex’s new gift cards recently. They are poor value for money, but have one great .....
8 Dec 20128 December 2012 • 7 comments
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December. (Click here to see it if you are an email or RSS reader.) There has been quite a lot of promotional .....
The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December. (Click here to .....
2 Dec 20122 December 2012 • 11 comments
Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. This was an attempt to judge the best card to use as your ‘day to day’ card. .....
Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. .....
21 Nov 201221 November 2012 • 32 comments
Regular as clockwork, American Express has brought back its special November promotion on the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card. This card usually comes with 10,000 SPG points as .....
Regular as clockwork, American Express has brought back its special November promotion on the Starwood .....
2 Nov 20122 November 2012 • 13 comments
This is the final part of the post I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon. You need to remember that you may first need .....
This is the final part of the post I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ .....
22 Oct 201222 October 2012 • 9 comments
An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random amounts of miles and points. Unless you are very disciplined, it is easy to end up with a lot .....
An interesting discussion on Flyertalk the other day led me to think about ways of using up small random .....
21 Oct 201221 October 2012 • 9 comments
There is always something satisfying about making a good value redemption, especially when you can see the saving in hard cash! My wife has been sitting on 21,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points for a .....
There is always something satisfying about making a good value redemption, especially when you can see the .....
1 Oct 20121 October 2012 • 8 comments
Sometimes, just when you think you know stuff, it turns out that there is something quite important that you never knew after all. The ability to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points to someone .....
Sometimes, just when you think you know stuff, it turns out that there is something quite important that you .....
30 Sep 201230 September 2012
This offer was promoted in the latest newsletter for British Airways American Express cardholders. However, it is actually valid for UK cardholders of any Amex-issued Amex. You can also take part .....
This offer was promoted in the latest newsletter for British Airways American Express cardholders. However, .....
25 Sep 201225 September 2012 • 5 comments
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get a card, spend the minimum required to trigger the bonus, cancel the card, move on. .....
The majority of the credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. Get .....
17 Sep 201217 September 2012 • 1 comment
The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest changes in sign-up bonuses. This is what has changed during August, none of it for the better! : .....
The ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the site has been updated to reflect the latest .....
4 Sep 20124 September 2012 • 4 comments
My wife was recently targetted for the Priority Club Black Visa card. This was for the offer that I highlight on the ‘Credit Cards Update‘ page – 40,000 Priority Club points (good .....
My wife was recently targetted for the Priority Club Black Visa card. This was for the offer that I .....
8 Aug 20128 August 2012 • 3 comments
There are three types of loyalty credit card: The card you actually use day-to-day because of its good earning rate in a programme you value The card you get purely for the sign-up bonus, and cancel .....
There are three types of loyalty credit card: The card you actually use day-to-day because of its good earning .....
2 Aug 20122 August 2012 • 6 comments
This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections of the .....
This is the 3rd of my series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....
7 Jul 20127 July 2012 • 3 comments
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