American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access to tickets for certain cultural events – by opening a private lounge at the O2 Arena .....

American Express is expanding its ‘Invites’ programme – which gets cardholders early access .....

29 Apr 201429 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being offered £50 of free steak! More precisely, they are being offered a £50 statement credit .....

In one of the odder American Express promotions of recent times, all Platinum charge card holders are being .....

23 Apr 201423 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

By the time you read this article, I will be back in London.  However, as I edit this article, I am still sitting in Dubai pondering how to pay the hotel bill. It’s not that I can’t .....

By the time you read this article, I will be back in London.  However, as I edit this article, I am still .....

23 Apr 201423 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers before using them. If you have an Amex-issued Amex card: On a desktop PC, log in to your .....

American Express has launched another batch of cashback offers available. You need to activate these offers .....

17 Apr 201417 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

This is my review of the American Express Platinum charge card. It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....

This is my review of the American Express Platinum charge card. It is part of my series .....

13 Apr 201413 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= 1,000 Avios, amongst other things) for each new supplementary cardholder added to your .....

Last July, I wrote about a special American Express promotion offering 1,000 Membership Rewards points (= .....

3 Apr 20143 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), American Express and London taxi app Hailo have launched another collaboration. This one could be .....

Following on from their recent promotion (which Head for Points readers exhausted within a few hours), .....

1 Apr 20141 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card ‘churning’ will not be allowed from 2nd May. Here is the statement that it .....

Follow a number of rumours in recent weeks, American Express’s USA operation has now confirmed that card .....

27 Mar 201427 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, an interesting new offer has popped up at the Amex Platinum website. To quote: Members-only website BestSecret is one of the fashion industry’s .....

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, an interesting new offer has popped up at the Amex .....

24 Mar 201424 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor.  They were paying £5 to every Amex cardholder who linked their American Express card to their UK .....

You may remember last Winter that American Express launched a partnership with TripAdvisor.  They were paying .....

19 Mar 201419 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is offering a decent deal for stays until the end of February 2015. As long as you book by .....

Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is .....

16 Mar 201416 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

I promise I won’t mention this again after today.  Honestly. However, if you were sitting on the fence about whether to apply for American Express Platinum before the free Cathay Pacific Gold .....

I promise I won’t mention this again after today.  Honestly. However, if you were sitting on the fence .....

12 Mar 201412 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

I wanted to gently remind everyone that time is running out if you want to apply for the American Express Platinum card in order to get the free Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club Gold card. The last day .....

I wanted to gently remind everyone that time is running out if you want to apply for the American Express .....

26 Feb 201426 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 197 comments

American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of Amex-issued Amex cards.  For the purposes of Head for Points, that means Gold, Platinum, SPG and BA .....

American Express has launched another couple of cashback offers available exclusively to holders of .....

20 Feb 201420 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments