Probably the worst possible way of redeeming any sort of travel loyalty points, whether it be airline miles, hotel points or credit cards points, is for ‘real stuff’. The ‘person who .....

Probably the worst possible way of redeeming any sort of travel loyalty points, whether it be airline miles, .....

15 May 201915 May 2019 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

This is the second part of our two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One earlier in the week we looked at why you might want to add a supplementary card to your .....

This is the second part of our two articles on how American Express supplementary cards work. In Part One .....

4 May 20194 May 2019 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

I wasn’t planning to do another American Express article this week, but something came up in the comments to the article on Monday (and comes up in my emails with worrying regularity) which made .....

I wasn’t planning to do another American Express article this week, but something came up in the .....

2 May 20192 May 2019 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

For the last couple of years, Amazon has been offering a generous bribe to anyone with an American Express card which offers Membership Rewards points. You may not be aware that Amazon lets you pay .....

For the last couple of years, Amazon has been offering a generous bribe to anyone with an American Express .....

26 Apr 201926 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned on .....

One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....

20 Apr 201920 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I thought I’d drop this in as an extra quick item as the tickets may not still be there on Friday morning. FA Cup Final tickets at Wembley have popped up for redemption with Emirates Skywards .....

I thought I’d drop this in as an extra quick item as the tickets may not still be there on Friday .....

18 Apr 201918 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

In the comments to our article yesterday on the changes to certain American Express card sign-up and referral bonuses, a couple of readers questioned the merit of leaving their Membership Rewards .....

In the comments to our article yesterday on the changes to certain American Express card sign-up and referral .....

17 Apr 201917 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 111 comments

As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its personal credit and charge cards.  The details are here.  This follows the changes made .....

As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its .....

17 Apr 201917 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules regarding who qualifies for a sign-up bonus on its personal UK cards.  My summary of the .....

Last month American Express made some aggressive – and frankly confusing – changes to the rules .....

16 Apr 201916 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 494 comments

I get quite a few emails from holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card asking what they should do after their first year. With the recent changes to the American Express .....

I get quite a few emails from holders of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card asking what .....

14 Apr 201914 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 202 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that you .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

8 Apr 20198 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus rules on the UK personal American Express cards. Even if you no longer qualify for a bonus on .....

We have given a lot of editorial space over the last few days to covering the changes to the sign-up bonus .....

27 Mar 201927 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 86 comments

There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days.  Apart from everything we have discussed so far – see here and here – there was .....

There has been a lot to digest about the new American Express sign-up bonus rules in the last few days.  .....

24 Mar 201924 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 164 comments

We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy.  In most cases, you need to cancel all of your personal American Express cards and wait two .....

We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy.  .....

23 Mar 201923 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 372 comments