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Marriott Bonvoy American Express

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.

Get a £5 or £10 American Express cashback credit at BP garages

American Express has launched a series of cashback offers with BP garages. There appears to be two different versions: The good news is that, if you have multiple Amex cards, you might find – as .....

American Express has launched a series of cashback offers with BP garages. There appears to be two different .....

by Rob Burgess59 comments

American Express brings back its cardmember lounge at Wimbledon

If you have tickets for Wimbledon this year – and if you don’t, read on, because Amex has extra tickets for sale each day – you can visit the free American Express lounge. Amex .....

If you have tickets for Wimbledon this year – and if you don’t, read on, because Amex has extra .....

by Rob Burgess79 comments

American Express refusing to pay £45 cashback for Economist promotion

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 Avios for taking out a subscription. We assumed that this offer would double-up with the .....

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 .....

by Rob Burgess

Good Amex offers with B&Q, Rimowa and top UK independent hotels

Two new American Express cashback offers turned up yesterday which are well worth flagging. You need to see if you are targetted by looking at the ‘Offers’ page in the Amex app, or on the .....

Two new American Express cashback offers turned up yesterday which are well worth flagging. You need to see if .....

by Rob Burgess67 comments

B&Q will now accept American Express cards

Just in time for a Bank Holiday weekend full of DIY, American Express has announced that B&Q will now accept its cards. A reader tipped us off about this last week after seeing a sign in his local .....

Just in time for a Bank Holiday weekend full of DIY, American Express has announced that B&Q will now .....

by Rob Burgess125 comments

CONFIRMED: American Express Shop Small to return in June

American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. Regular readers will know that we had this news as an exclusive story last month. ‘Shop .....

American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. .....

by Rob Burgess117 comments

New Harvey Nichols American Express cashback offer launched

A decent Harvey Nichols offer has appeared on many American Express cards. As usual, you need to look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the website or Amex app for each card that you own, and then .....

A decent Harvey Nichols offer has appeared on many American Express cards. As usual, you need to look under .....

by Rob Burgess

How to buy a car with an American Express card

A common question that comes up in our comments section is whether you can buy a new or used car with a credit card, primarily American Express. After all, it would be wrong to turn down a large chunk .....

A common question that comes up in our comments section is whether you can buy a new or used car with a credit .....

by Rob Burgess113 comments

Credit cards worth keeping, unused, just for their benefits

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 another look at the three .....

Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: Head for Points .....

by Rob Burgess51 comments

New Amex cashback offers: Harrods, Boots, Uber Eats, FREE NOW

A number of interesting Amex offers have dropped over the weekend now that non-essential retail has been allowed to open. I thought it would be worth running through some of them here: Get £50 back .....

A number of interesting Amex offers have dropped over the weekend now that non-essential retail has been .....

by Rhys Jones66 comments

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