American Express has launched two new discount deals with airline partners. South African Airways is offering £75 cashback when you spend £750 or more on an SAA flight via their flysaa website.  .....

American Express has launched two new discount deals with airline partners. South African Airways is offering .....

9 Nov 20149 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

This very generous offer – £50 cashback – has just been launched as part of the American Express partnership with TripAdvisor. The Amex / TripAdvisor arrangement is an odd one.  Once .....

This very generous offer – £50 cashback – has just been launched as part of the American Express .....

6 Nov 20146 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 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 .....

5 Nov 20145 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 57 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 .....

4 Nov 20144 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Last week I wrote about the generous new American Express promotion from Transport for London. It is offering £5 cashback when you spend £5 or more on tube, bus and rail tickets in London when you .....

Last week I wrote about the generous new American Express promotion from Transport for London. It is offering .....

31 Oct 201431 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

American Express has launched a few more special cardmember offers. You can see if you have been targeted for these deals by logging onto your online account, going into each card you have and .....

American Express has launched a few more special cardmember offers. You can see if you have been targeted for .....

26 Oct 201426 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

I accidentally started a mini-debate at Flyertalk yesterday when I criticised a new American Express promotional offer. If I take a look at my American Express Platinum account online, two new .....

I accidentally started a mini-debate at Flyertalk yesterday when I criticised a new American Express .....

14 Oct 201414 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

The London Restaurant Festival is back, running from October 8th to October 27th. American Express is again sponsoring the festival, and is offering £25 cashback on your statement when you make .....

The London Restaurant Festival is back, running from October 8th to October 27th. American Express is .....

13 Oct 201413 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to their accounts.  After all, the more people who are carrying a card, the more spend they .....

American Express has two on-going bonus schemes to encourage cardholders to add supplementary cardholders to .....

9 Oct 20149 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the screen for October. What’s new? The latest special offer on the British Airways American Express cards ended in .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers‘ page at the top of the screen for October. What’s .....

5 Oct 20145 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK.  Today I am reviewing the American Express Gold Business charge card.  My review of the .....

If you are looking for an Amex for business use, American Express offers two products in the UK.  Today I .....

29 Sep 201429 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

A decent new American Express promotion has appeared in the online accounts of many people.   I have it showing under my Platinum card although it is not showing for my SPG or BA Amex.  My wife .....

A decent new American Express promotion has appeared in the online accounts of many people.   I have it .....

24 Sep 201424 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

I ran an article on 3V Virtual Visa gift cards recently, the first one for a while.  These are the £25 Visa gift cards which you can buy for £25 in Tesco, earning yourself Tesco Clubcard points and .....

I ran an article on 3V Virtual Visa gift cards recently, the first one for a while.  These are the £25 Visa .....

22 Sep 201422 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

Next week I will be running a full review of the Plaza Premium lounge in the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow. I was lucky enough to be given a private tour last week. I was told at the time that they were .....

Next week I will be running a full review of the Plaza Premium lounge in the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow. I was .....

14 Sep 201414 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments