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.
A few people have emailed me about this offer in the last month or so. I have not written about it before because this is a very complex process which should not be entered into lightly, .....
A few people have emailed me about this offer in the last month or so. I have not written about it .....
9 Aug 20149 August 2014 • 58 comments
This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series this week, covering ways of earning miles and points from every aspect of your holiday planning. Even if you do decide to pay for the .....
This is third part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series this week, covering ways of earning miles and .....
4 Aug 20144 August 2014 • 46 comments
Not a lot of people know that Nectar is a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards. You can transfer your Amex points into Nectar points in a ratio of 1:1. The minimum transfer to .....
Not a lot of people know that Nectar is a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards. You can .....
30 Jul 201430 July 2014 • 14 comments
Whilst Head for Points focusses heavily on the Gold, Platinum, Starwood and British Airways American Express cards, there are some other products in the portfolio. There is the Nectar card, the .....
Whilst Head for Points focusses heavily on the Gold, Platinum, Starwood and British Airways American Express .....
8 Jul 20148 July 2014 • 21 comments
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ with American Express over threatening to cancel your card, hoping to get a lucrative .....
I get occasional emails from Head for Points readers asking me if it is worth trying to ‘bargain’ .....
22 Jun 201422 June 2014 • 57 comments
You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex launched this a few weeks ago. I actually downloaded a few of the apps with a view to writing .....
You have just two days left to download a number of decent iOS apps for free via Amex Handpicked. Amex .....
30 May 201430 May 2014 • 16 comments
I don’t write much about small business credit cards on Head for Points, because they tend to offer poor value. There are, for example, two British Airways American Express Corporate Cards, .....
I don’t write much about small business credit cards on Head for Points, because they tend to offer poor .....
8 Apr 20148 April 2014 • 9 comments
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other things) for each new supplementary cardholder added to your .....
Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= .....
3 Apr 20143 April 2014 • 11 comments
Thursday of this week is your last chance to earn a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A lot of people, including myself, did not receive the original email .....
Thursday of this week is your last chance to earn a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to .....
19 Mar 201419 March 2014 • 14 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. It is even less known today .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
11 Mar 201411 March 2014 • 21 comments
American Express has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying Club. A lot of people, including myself, did not receive the email. However, the bonus .....
American Express has launched a 20% bonus on transfers of Membership Rewards points to Virgin Flying .....
22 Feb 201422 February 2014 • 24 comments
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be interesting, though, would be to rank the sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. Put .....
Our ‘Credit Card Offers’ tab lists all of the card deals currently available. What I thought might be .....
18 Feb 201418 February 2014 • 93 comments
We spend a LOT of money in Waitrose. It is at the top of our road, about 90 seconds from our door, and one of our household is in there virtually every day. It has always annoyed me that you .....
We spend a LOT of money in Waitrose. It is at the top of our road, about 90 seconds from our door, and .....
3 Feb 20143 February 2014 • 22 comments
The question of whether you can transfer your American Express Membership Rewards points to a friend took another twist this week. January card statements contain the following text: Effective .....
The question of whether you can transfer your American Express Membership Rewards points to a friend took .....
1 Feb 20141 February 2014 • 18 comments
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