American Airlines has tripled the sign-up bonus of its UK credit cards from 5,000 miles to 15,000 miles. Whilst a far cry from the amazing 35,000 miles they offered last year, this is still a very .....

American Airlines has tripled the sign-up bonus of its UK credit cards from 5,000 miles to 15,000 miles. .....

4 Apr 20144 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

American Airlines is at it again, offering a generous bonus when you purchase their miles.  This deal offers a bonus of up to 40% (better than recent offers) and is valid until April 30th. You can .....

American Airlines is at it again, offering a generous bonus when you purchase their miles.  This deal offers .....

3 Apr 20143 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

After the British Airways Avios Suitcase game on Facebook (which keeps adding the odd extra badge, do revisit from time to time!), American Airlines has now launched its own. It is called .....

After the British Airways Avios Suitcase game on Facebook (which keeps adding the odd extra badge, do revisit .....

25 Mar 201425 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Two new ‘buy miles’ promotions have launched in the last couple of days. The first, with a novel format, is from US Airways. It is offering a mystery bonus.  You will receive a bonus of .....

Two new ‘buy miles’ promotions have launched in the last couple of days. The first, with a novel .....

8 Mar 20148 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

American Airlines has copied BA’s popular promotion and is offering a 25% bonus when you convert your hotel points into American Airlines miles. You can find full details of this promotion here. .....

American Airlines has copied BA’s popular promotion and is offering a 25% bonus when you convert your .....

26 Feb 201426 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

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 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

American Airlines is offering yet another promotion for buying miles. This one (a 30% bonus) is less generous than the one which ran in January (33%).  However, the reason I am bothering to mention .....

American Airlines is offering yet another promotion for buying miles. This one (a 30% bonus) is less .....

5 Feb 20145 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

With the US being a top tourist destination for Brits, it is worth remembering that Avios can have substantial value when you redeem them for American Airlines or Alaska Airlines flights inside the .....

With the US being a top tourist destination for Brits, it is worth remembering that Avios can have substantial .....

29 Jan 201429 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

American Airlines is again offering a bonus of up to 33% when you buy miles. The deal is valid until 31st January It is worth saying up front that this deal is nowhere near as good as the 50% bonus .....

American Airlines is again offering a bonus of up to 33% when you buy miles. The deal is valid until 31st .....

19 Jan 201419 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

I don’t usually cover bonus promotions on non-UK frequent flyer programmes on Head for Points.  However, I have made an exception for this one because a lot of readers will have an American .....

I don’t usually cover bonus promotions on non-UK frequent flyer programmes on Head for Points.  .....

17 Jan 201417 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access that American Express Platinum cardholders receive. The deadline for applying for the Cathay .....

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access .....

12 Jan 201412 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

This is the last part of my look back at 2013.  Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and top promotions and the large number of devaluations this year. Credit card sign-up .....

This is the last part of my look back at 2013.  Previous articles looked at my personal travel highlights and .....

29 Dec 201329 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Over the next three days, I am going to take a look back at some of the trends and highlights from 2013.  I will kick off today with some of my own travel highlights and a recap of some of the better .....

Over the next three days, I am going to take a look back at some of the trends and highlights from 2013.  I .....

27 Dec 201327 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the United Arab Emirates to their coverage network.  This is a decent boost for the scheme and .....

I received an email last week from ‘Travelling Connect’ telling me that they have now added the .....

8 Dec 20138 December 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments