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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 two 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.

4%-5% cashback at Waitrose for American Express cardholders

A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.  If you are targeted it will appear under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement page. The offer seems to .....

A cashback offer for Waitrose has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.  If you are targeted it will .....

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Save 15% on BA Wine Flyer purchases with American Express

I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by 7th October. This gets interesting.  As you can see in our article here, this is what you .....

I have an offer on my British Airways American Express for 15% cashback for a purchase at BA Wine Flyer by .....

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Review: the American Express Business Gold card

If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK.  This review looks at the American Express Business Gold charge card.  Our review of the .....

If you are looking for an Amex business card, American Express offers two core products in the UK.  This .....

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New £100 cashback deal from Trailfinders for American Express cardholders

If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected American Express cardholders £100 cashback when you spend £1,000. If you are targeted for this .....

If you have a large chunk of travel spending coming up, travel agency Trailfinders is offering selected .....

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What American Express bonuses can you get, based on the cards you have?

The wave of changes to the UK American Express card portfolio this year now seems to have settled down, although I am still waiting for the Starwood Preferred Guest card to relaunch under the Marriott .....

The wave of changes to the UK American Express card portfolio this year now seems to have settled down, .....

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New American Express ‘Shop Small’ cashback offer launched

American Express has launched a new ‘Shop Small’ offer. Don’t get too excited – you can only use this once. You will get a £5 statement credit when you spend £10+ at a .....

American Express has launched a new ‘Shop Small’ offer. Don’t get too excited – you .....

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