Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

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.

New American Express hotel cashback deals have launched

Some new Amex cashback offers have launched.  Some, all or none of these deals may be available for sign-up on the ‘Offers’ tab of your online statement page.  Remember that you need to .....

Some new Amex cashback offers have launched.  Some, all or none of these deals may be available for sign-up .....

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What UK airport lounges are in Priority Pass, Lounge Club and LoungeKey?

If you are heading off on holiday soon, you may want to check if you can access an airport lounge at your departure airport.  If not, it might still be possible to arrange free access via a credit .....

If you are heading off on holiday soon, you may want to check if you can access an airport lounge at your .....

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New American Express hotel cashback discounts launched

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her Gold card whilst I have them on my Platinum. The deals are: £35 cashback on £100 spend .....

A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts.  My wife has them on her .....

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Comparing the 10 UK Avios credit cards that can earn you points

What is the best Avios credit card?  With the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card now closed to new applicants, I wanted to take another look at the other remaining options for earning Avios points .....

What is the best Avios credit card?  With the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card now closed to new .....

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Get £30 cashback from American Express on £100 Harrods of spending

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express.  If you are targeted for this (log in to your online account and look at ‘Offers’ on each of your statement pages) .....

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express.  If you are targeted for this (log in .....

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What can you do with Amex Membership Rewards points?

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to articles on their charge cards.  It has been a while since I looked at the programme in .....

There are a lot of references on Head for Points to American Express Membership Rewards, mainly linked to .....

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How to use Billhop to pay your new council tax bill by Amex

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 .....

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