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.

Five things to think about with the 25%-30% Membership Rewards bonus

A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus if they moved their Membership Rewards points into airline miles. There seem to be two .....

A lot of people with an American Express charge card got an email yesterday offering them a conversion bonus .....

by Rob Burgess27 comments

My Amex Travel 5,000 bonus points have posted … for £8.25 spend

If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as planned. The deal is that Amex Platinum cardholders can get 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards .....

If you read this article from a few days ago, I am pleased to say that the promotion is working exactly as .....

by Rob Burgess41 comments

Great new card offer! 40,000 Avios with the Amex BUSINESS Gold Card

I tend not to cover small business credit cards on Head for Points because they don’t offer great value. There are, for example, two British Airways American Express Corporate Cards, which I .....

I tend not to cover small business credit cards on Head for Points because they don’t offer great value. .....

by Rob Burgess6 comments

‘Credit Card Offers’ updated for January 2013

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, because there have been no major changes since the December list came out!  The only .....

I have updated the ‘Credit Card Offers’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, .....

by Rob Burgess25 comments

The best miles and points deals we saw in 2012

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The stand-out deal, without a doubt, was the Lloyds TSB Avios credit card promotion. There has .....

So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

‘Credit Card Offers’ updated for December 2012

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December.  (Click here to see it if you are an email or RSS reader.) There has been quite a lot of promotional .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of site has been updated for December.  (Click here to .....

by Rob Burgess11 comments

I have jumped on the Amex / Foursquare bandwagon

I was holding this post back for a couple of days until my credit card statement started reflecting my cashback.  However, there were so many comments about it in other posts that I have pulled .....

I was holding this post back for a couple of days until my credit card statement started reflecting my .....

by Rob Burgess25 comments

Amex’s Christmas promotions unwrapped

Yesterday I ran a post about earning double Avios when you shop at Sainsbury’s. Amex is offering double Membership Rewards points on all purchases until 31 December. If you have a BA Amex, you .....

Yesterday I ran a post about earning double Avios when you shop at Sainsbury’s. Amex is offering double .....

by Rob Burgess48 comments

Earn bonus Avios …. at Sainsbury’s

Yes, that’s right.  Sainsbury’s! For those with very long memories, Sainsbury’s used to award BA Miles and Air Miles before the contract switched to Tesco in 2002.  You may have .....

Yes, that’s right.  Sainsbury’s! For those with very long memories, Sainsbury’s used to .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

The top 15 UK loyalty credit card sign-up deals by £ value

Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. This was an attempt to judge the best card to use as your ‘day to day’ card. .....

Two months ago I wrote a post on “What are the best credit card bonuses for LONG-TERM spending?“. .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

Tricks to earn 2x and 3x points when using your Amex Gold card

A lot of Head for Points readers now have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, following the special sign-up offer of 30,000 Membership Rewards points which ran two weeks ago. (If you .....

A lot of Head for Points readers now have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, following the .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

New Amex Gold and Plat holders – a word on triggering the sign-up bonus …

Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with the fee-free Amex Preferred Rewards Gold card.  A lot of people took this offer up, and .....

Last week I promoted an offer, now closed, for 30,000 bonus American Express Membership Rewards points with .....

by Rob Burgess26 comments

‘Credit Card Offers’ updated for November 2012

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect changes over the past month.  After a quiet start to the month, things have really picked .....

The ‘Credit Card Offers’ page at the top of the site has been updated for November to reflect .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment