Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Membership Rewards is the rewards currency for many American Express cards including the The Platinum Card, Preferred Rewards Gold and American Express Rewards Credit Card. You can see a card comparison here.
You can convert Membership Rewards points into many other hotel, airline and retail schemes including Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy and even Amazon credit. For a complete list of all UK Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners, click here.
This article looks at the best value partners to use your Membership Rewards with.
News in brief: “Amex Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this headline last week. The good news is that it focuses on the US market and not the UK .....
News in brief: “Amex Seeks to Weed Out Credit-Card Churners Chasing Rewards” Bloomberg ran this .....
11 Mar 201711 March 2017 • 85 comments
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at any time, for a £15 fee. This option no longer exists. However …. The terms and .....
Until early 2013, American Express allowed you to transfer your Membership Rewards points to someone else, at .....
5 Mar 20175 March 2017 • 53 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
21 Feb 201721 February 2017 • 125 comments
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That isn’t going to change, but as the benefit packages on reward cards continue to be .....
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That .....
28 Jan 201728 January 2017 • 30 comments
To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day sale today. Long term readers may remember that they did a similar deal last year. You will .....
To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 60 comments
If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the whirl of the festive season, it isn’t too late. You still have time to save £15 on .....
If you missed this offer when I wrote about it just before Christmas, or you simply forgot about it in the .....
18 Jan 201718 January 2017 • 70 comments
American Express appears to have made a quiet change to its refer a friend scheme without telling anyone. This only impacts anyone who holds a Preferred Rewards Gold card. Until recently, a Gold or .....
American Express appears to have made a quiet change to its refer a friend scheme without telling anyone. .....
23 Dec 201623 December 2016 • 41 comments
On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points when booking a package holiday via avios.com. The changes to avios.com redemptions on January .....
On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points .....
19 Nov 201619 November 2016 • 45 comments
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it). This post originally ran last month but I am repeating it today because I thought it would an interesting introduction .....
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today (click here to read it). This post originally ran last .....
9 Nov 20169 November 2016 • 87 comments
News in brief: Hilton running a ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour flash sale at 8am today. Discounts are expected to be up to 40% off Best Available Rate, .....
News in brief: Hilton running a ‘40% off’ 4-day APAC flash sale Hilton is due to launch a 96-hour .....
7 Nov 20167 November 2016 • 71 comments
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it does is show you how complex it can be. I also tend to throw out valuations of hotel points .....
Valuing miles and points is a thankless task. I wrote this long piece on valuing Avios points but all it .....
26 Oct 201626 October 2016 • 82 comments
News in brief: Win 1 million Membership Rewards points American Express launched a competition yesterday to win 1 million Membership Rewards points …. but it comes with a catch. 1m Membership .....
News in brief: Win 1 million Membership Rewards points American Express launched a competition yesterday to .....
21 Oct 201621 October 2016 • 47 comments
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today. I have pinned this recent article to the home page because I thought it would an interesting introduction any Mail readers who choose to visit .....
Head for Points is featured in The Daily Mail today. I have pinned this recent article to the home page .....
19 Oct 201619 October 2016 • 76 comments
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, the generous arbitrage that used to be available if you held the American Express .....
One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro has been to destroy, pretty much, .....
26 Sep 201626 September 2016 • 109 comments
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