Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is our top choice for your first ‘miles and points’ credit card. It has no annual fee for the first year, comes with four free airport lounge passes and £120 of annual Deliveroo credit and has a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points.
You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here. You can apply for the card here.
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there .....
American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment. The loss of the Costco contract in the US was .....
7 Jun 20167 June 2016 • 57 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
3 Jun 20163 June 2016 • 30 comments
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....
I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....
27 May 201627 May 2016 • 87 comments
The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter through the market. One way a card issuer can circumvent the 0.3% cap on fees is to issue .....
The repercussions from the EU changes to interchange fees on credit and charge cards continue to filter .....
26 May 201626 May 2016 • 52 comments
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC customers. You need to: use promo code UKHSBC6 at the Emirates website fly from the UK book .....
This is the last week to benefit from a 10% discount on Emirates economy and business class tickets for HSBC .....
25 May 201625 May 2016 • 34 comments
There is a new Priority Pass lounge now available in the UK – the Premium Lounge at Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood airport (aka Finningley for anyone over 40 who lives in Yorkshire). The lounge .....
There is a new Priority Pass lounge now available in the UK – the Premium Lounge at Doncaster Sheffield .....
15 May 201615 May 2016 • 17 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
6 May 20166 May 2016 • 54 comments
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new style of personalised offer showing on your online card statement. On my account, I will .....
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new .....
13 Apr 201613 April 2016 • 63 comments
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have appeared – you can see what you have been targetted for by going to your online .....
News in brief: Get £20 Pizza Express cashback with Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have .....
5 Apr 20165 April 2016 • 76 comments
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on whether the British Airways American Express cards, amongst others, are already caught by .....
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on .....
25 Mar 201625 March 2016 • 96 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
7 Mar 20167 March 2016 • 26 comments
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
23 Feb 201623 February 2016 • 70 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
22 Feb 201622 February 2016 • 66 comments
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private .....
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets .....
17 Feb 201617 February 2016 • 22 comments
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