Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Membership Rewards is the rewards currency for many American Express cards including the The Platinum Card, Preferred Rewards Gold and American Express Rewards Credit Card. You can see a card comparison here.
You can convert Membership Rewards points into many other hotel, airline and retail schemes including Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Hilton Honors, Marriott Bonvoy and even Amazon credit. For a complete list of all UK Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners, click here.
This article looks at the best value partners to use your Membership Rewards with.
The American Express Platinum charge card has an astounding sign-up bonus at present – 50,000 Membership Rewards points. These are worth 50,000 Avios, or a whole heap of other things. Yes, .....
The American Express Platinum charge card has an astounding sign-up bonus at present – 50,000 Membership .....
14 Jan 201314 January 2013 • 23 comments
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. .....
12 Jan 201312 January 2013 • 6 comments
A lot of American Express Platinum charge card holders, including myself, got a special offer in the mail yesterday. The card offers 5,000 bonus Membership Rewards points for making ANY booking on the .....
A lot of American Express Platinum charge card holders, including myself, got a special offer in the mail .....
9 Jan 20139 January 2013 • 48 comments
As per this web page, Amex is offering triple Membership Rewards points (ie 3 per £1) on all bookings made via the Amex Travel website. The offer is valid on bookings made up to January 31st. If you .....
As per this web page, Amex is offering triple Membership Rewards points (ie 3 per £1) on all bookings made .....
5 Jan 20135 January 2013 • 7 comments
Yesterday afternoon saw one of those crazy moments in the miles and points game. It started at 3.36pm, when a poster on Flyertalk callyed Richyo said that he had just redeemed 4,000 American Express .....
Yesterday afternoon saw one of those crazy moments in the miles and points game. It started at 3.36pm, when a .....
3 Jan 20133 January 2013 • 46 comments
Alongside the post today on the latest credit card news, I wanted to highlight a few articles from last year which are worth a read if you have made a New Year resolution to change the miles and .....
Alongside the post today on the latest credit card news, I wanted to highlight a few articles from last year .....
2 Jan 20132 January 2013 • 1 comment
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 .....
30 Dec 201230 December 2012 • 8 comments
Just a quick reminder – especially for anyone who has only recently got an American Express Platinum or Preferred Rewards Gold card – that 31st December is the last day to claim your 500 .....
Just a quick reminder – especially for anyone who has only recently got an American Express Platinum or .....
28 Dec 201228 December 2012 • 11 comments
As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East. Last week, though, I was having a debate with myself about how to pay the hotel bill! It’s not that I can’t afford .....
As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East. Last week, though, I was having a debate .....
18 Dec 201218 December 2012 • 12 comments
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 .....
2 Dec 20122 December 2012 • 11 comments
American Express has, it seems, been running an interesting promotion with Admiral Insurance since the end of August, not that they bothered to tell us about it. If you are a new customer to Admiral .....
American Express has, it seems, been running an interesting promotion with Admiral Insurance since the end of .....
26 Nov 201226 November 2012 • 19 comments
I broke this post out from the long piece I did on American Express promotions yesterday as I didn’t want any regular Virgin travellers to miss it. Between 20th November and 31st December, Amex .....
I broke this post out from the long piece I did on American Express promotions yesterday as I didn’t .....
24 Nov 201224 November 2012 • 2 comments
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 .....
23 Nov 201223 November 2012 • 48 comments
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 .....
22 Nov 201222 November 2012 • 14 comments
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