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American Express Gold card

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.

This article explains in greater detail why the American Express Gold card is the best credit card for a miles and points beginner.

You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here.  You can apply for the card here.

American Express Shop Small to return in December

American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in December – but only for three days. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which .....

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

by Rob Burgess80 comments

How to use your American Express Business £100 or £150 of Dell credit

American Express has a little known but potentially lucrative statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. It is worth £100 to £150 per year of statement credit on your future purchases from .....

American Express has a little known but potentially lucrative statement credit offer with Dell Technologies. .....

by Rhys Jones

This is the best card for a miles and points beginner

In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. This card comes with a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert .....

In this article I want to take a look at the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. This card .....

by Rob Burgess

What is the best American Express strategy if you earn under £35,000?

A few months ago, 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 .....

A few months ago, American Express introduced minimum income requirements on its UK credit cards. Here’s .....

by Rob Burgess113 comments

Get £70 cashback with a new IHG and American Express hotel promotion

IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal under the ‘Offers’ tab for one or more of your Amex cards on the statement page. .....

IHG has launched a new hotel cashback deal with American Express. If you targetted, you will see this deal .....

by Rob Burgess54 comments

American Express raises the annual fee on many of its cards

American Express has announced a sharp rise in annual fees on many of its UK personal and business credit and charge cards. There will be no compensatory change in any of the benefit packages. .....

American Express has announced a sharp rise in annual fees on many of its UK personal and business credit and .....

by Rob Burgess157 comments

How to boost your Amex spend by using PayPal for online purchases

Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website recently, I was reminded of an interesting trick which you can use at retailers which do not take American Express. This assumes that .....

Trying to buy some trainers for my son from the Decathlon website recently, I was reminded of an interesting .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

Six reasons to keep your American Express Gold card after the free first year

A while ago I did a piece for the Daily Mail’s This Is Money section about the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card, to help a reader who was unsure whether he should retain the .....

A while ago I did a piece for the Daily Mail’s This Is Money section about the American Express .....

by Rob Burgess

Cancelling Amex Gold or Amex Plat this week? Here’s how to save your points

This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex family which, in one scenario, can prove incredibly useful.. You may be thinking of cancelling .....

This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex .....

by Rob Burgess49 comments

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