What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and .....

What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK .....

22 Apr 201922 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 117 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 .....

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 • 69 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 • 500 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 • 204 comments

‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions.  Running annually in the Autumn, it offers £5 cashback every time you spend £10 at a designated ‘small .....

‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions.  Running annually in the .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via American Express. If you were targeted by American Express for this offer and signed up, you .....

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

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 • 374 comments

On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. I have put together this one page summary of the new rules.  I will add a .....

On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up .....

22 Mar 201922 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 208 comments

American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end card churning for most people. Before I go on, I want to stress one thing.  The new .....

American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end .....

21 Mar 201921 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 1171 comments

This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses.  The main article is here. This article was updated on 16th April to reflect changes in some .....

This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses.  The main .....

21 Mar 201921 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 126 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 and the .....

To celebrate being named Britain’s No 1 retailer for consumer satisfaction, Amazon is having a one day .....

19 Mar 201919 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

If you are looking for an American Express Card® for your small business, American Express offers two Cards in the UK – Gold Business and Platinum Business. We will be taking a look at the .....

If you are looking for an American Express Card® for your small business, American Express offers two Cards .....

18 Mar 201918 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....

15 Mar 201915 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments