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.
There are plenty of Head for Points readers currently chasing a spending target on their American Express card to trigger a lucrative sign-up bonus. There is 20,000 Starwood points (=25,000 .....
There are plenty of Head for Points readers currently chasing a spending target on their American Express card .....
25 Nov 201325 November 2013 • 89 comments
Here is a very nice little deal which will come in handy in the run up to Christmas – although I would take advantage ASAP because there is a quota. Amazon is offering a £5 discount on a £40 .....
Here is a very nice little deal which will come in handy in the run up to Christmas – although I would .....
21 Nov 201321 November 2013 • 37 comments
American Express has launched a series of special offers for cardholders, offering cashback on purchases at selected retailers. What is different this time is that the discounts ONLY seem to appear on .....
American Express has launched a series of special offers for cardholders, offering cashback on purchases at .....
18 Nov 201318 November 2013 • 49 comments
There are now 11 UK credit cards which earn Avios points at a rate of at least 1 Avios per £1 on an American Express card. This is what you now have to choose from: British Airways American .....
There are now 11 UK credit cards which earn Avios points at a rate of at least 1 Avios per £1 on an American .....
15 Nov 201315 November 2013 • 85 comments
Back in March, I wrote about the ‘private’ Platinum Credit Card from American Express. Not to be confused with the Amex Platinum cashback cards, this card was ONLY available to Platinum .....
Back in March, I wrote about the ‘private’ Platinum Credit Card from American Express. Not to be .....
12 Nov 201312 November 2013 • 52 comments
Two months ago, I ran this article on ‘Small Business Saturday’. This has been running in the US for a few years, and is a nationwide attempt to promote smaller retailers. It is of .....
Two months ago, I ran this article on ‘Small Business Saturday’. This has been running in the US .....
9 Nov 20139 November 2013 • 15 comments
The majority of the credit card articles 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 articles on Head for Points are focussed on exploiting sign-up bonuses. .....
30 Oct 201330 October 2013 • 36 comments
Reader Dan dropped me a note to say that he had just renewed his car tax, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the DVLA website is now accepting American Express for payment. This is quite rare .....
Reader Dan dropped me a note to say that he had just renewed his car tax, and was pleasantly surprised to see .....
22 Oct 201322 October 2013 • 32 comments
One of the more mind-boggling articles I have ever run on Head for Points was this one from June, discussing the various complex combinations of earning Avios from buying petrol. At the end of the .....
One of the more mind-boggling articles I have ever run on Head for Points was this one from June, discussing .....
17 Oct 201317 October 2013 • 17 comments
If you have an Amex Gold or Amex Platinum charge card, and are opted in to postal mailshots from Amex, you should have received the Membership Rewards Christmas offers brochure recently. There is a .....
If you have an Amex Gold or Amex Platinum charge card, and are opted in to postal mailshots from Amex, you .....
15 Oct 201315 October 2013 • 8 comments
This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you connect your Amex card to your TripAdvisor account and write one review on the site. The .....
This seems like easy free money, to be honest. American Express is offering a £5 statement credit when you .....
9 Oct 20139 October 2013 • 50 comments
American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / relationship building events later this month. This is happening over the weekend of Friday .....
American Express and the Hyatt London Churchill hotel are jointly sponsoring a weekend of focus group / .....
7 Oct 20137 October 2013 • 10 comments
American Express has rolled out two new cashback offers for holders of Amex-issued Amex cards, which includes MBNA and Lloyds Bank-issued Amex cards as well as the ‘official’ ones. The .....
American Express has rolled out two new cashback offers for holders of Amex-issued Amex cards, which includes .....
28 Sep 201328 September 2013 • 1 comment
The London Restaurant Festival is back this year, running from 3rd to 21st October. American Express is again sponsoring the festival, and is offering £25 cashback on your statement when you make 2 x .....
The London Restaurant Festival is back this year, running from 3rd to 21st October. American Express is again .....
19 Sep 201319 September 2013 • 18 comments
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