Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here. You can apply for the card here.
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new style of personalised offer showing on your online card statement. On my account, I will .....
If you have an American Express Preferred Rewards Gold or American Express Platinum card, you may have a new .....
13 Apr 201613 April 2016 • 66 comments
News in brief: £20 Pizza Express cashback for all Amex-issued Amex cards A few new American Express cashback deals have appeared – you can see what you have been targetted for by going to your .....
News in brief: £20 Pizza Express cashback for all Amex-issued Amex cards A few new American Express cashback .....
5 Apr 20165 April 2016 • 76 comments
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on whether the British Airways American Express cards, amongst others, are already caught by .....
The Payment Systems Regulator, an arm of the Financial Conduct Authority, yesterday issued its final view on .....
25 Mar 201625 March 2016 • 98 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
7 Mar 20167 March 2016 • 27 comments
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby – ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you .....
Yesterday I did my best to begin answering the question commonly asked by beginners to this hobby .....
23 Feb 201623 February 2016 • 70 comments
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think and beginners to this hobby may not be aware of the full range of cards which are .....
What is the best credit card for earning Avios points? This is not as easy an answer as you might think .....
22 Feb 201622 February 2016 • 68 comments
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private .....
A couple of years ago, American Express expanded its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets .....
17 Feb 201617 February 2016 • 22 comments
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st March. It seems highly likely that the Avios-earning version (travelmoneynow.com/avios) will .....
American Express is closing Travel Money Now (travelmoneynow.com), its foreign currency website, on 1st .....
14 Feb 201614 February 2016 • 104 comments
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....
It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....
8 Feb 20168 February 2016 • 78 comments
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader review of ‘The Concorde Bar’ in the new British Airways lounge in Singapore. .....
News in brief: Check out ‘The Concorde Bar’ on YouTube Back in October, I published a brief reader .....
5 Feb 20165 February 2016 • 49 comments
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Our directory of .....
Better late than never, it’s time for the return of our monthly round up of what is coming and what is .....
17 Jan 201617 January 2016 • 81 comments
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping management of its hotel at Canary Wharf in London. This is presumably linked to the .....
News in brief: Four Seasons walks away from Canary Wharf Four Seasons announced yesterday that it is dropping .....
14 Jan 201614 January 2016 • 58 comments
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for American Express Gold and Platinum cardholders. To see if you have been targetted, you need .....
This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for .....
2 Jan 20162 January 2016 • 104 comments
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came into effect last week. This article covers the key information. You could (note, could) .....
I have written extensively about the new European Union regulations on credit card interchange fees which came .....
18 Dec 201518 December 2015 • 74 comments
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