It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

2 Jul 20182 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. The market is slowly coming to terms with the interchange fee .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel .....

4 Jun 20184 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.  You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section of your online .....

A ‘£5 cashback on a £50 Esso transaction’ cashback deal has appeared on a lot of American .....

1 Jun 20181 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express.  If you are targeted for this (log in to your online account and look at ‘Offers’ on each of your statement pages) .....

Harrods has launched a generous cashback offer with American Express.  If you are targeted for this (log in .....

3 May 20183 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card in order to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. For a high .....

Last Monday I ran this article on why I don’t believe that anyone should be spending £20,000 on the .....

30 Apr 201830 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

It is almost two years since I last ran a version of this article.  I thought it was worth updating it and giving it another outing because it makes a few interesting points which you might never .....

It is almost two years since I last ran a version of this article.  I thought it was worth updating it and .....

23 Apr 201823 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 176 comments

Amex is clearly reading our articles.  The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold have been changed back this morning.   They now say, as they used to: “Please note, .....

Amex is clearly reading our articles.  The refer a friend rules for American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

23 Mar 201823 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 131 comments

Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year.   The reason I have updated it today is that there is no guarantee that the Starwood Amex will continue beyond .....

Long term readers may recognise that I ran a version of this article last year.   The reason I have .....

19 Mar 201819 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have it. There seem to be a few variants so you will need to look through the .....

Emirates has launched a decent cashback deal with American Express although not many people appear to have .....

7 Mar 20187 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge card and my British Airways Premium Plus card but not my Starwood Amex. You get £10 back .....

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Heathrow Express. It is showing on my Platinum charge .....

4 Mar 20184 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your hotel loyalty points to British Airways Avios‘ promotion. The ba.com page for the .....

It was due a return and now it is back.  I’m talking about the ‘bonus when you transfer your .....

3 Mar 20183 March 2018 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK travel credit card sign-up bonuses in terms of cold hard cash. How do I value my miles and .....

What I thought might be interesting to look at today, in very mercenary terms, would be to rank the best UK .....

19 Feb 201819 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 122 comments

We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points.  A number of recent emails, plus a discussion in the comments section on Saturday from a reader who had been .....

We don’t do very many ‘first principles’ articles on Head for Points.  A number of recent .....

12 Feb 201812 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 196 comments

The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after American Express finally lost a key European Union ruling yesterday. The decision means that .....

The end could be approaching, medium term, for the free British Airways American Express credit card after .....

8 Feb 20188 February 2018 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments