News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this week. Some, all or none of these will be available for registration under the .....

News in brief: American Express launches new cashback deals A new wave of Amex cashback offers launched this .....

15 Sep 201615 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, American Express has arranged free screenings of the Opening Night Gala Film, A United .....

News in brief: Free cinema tickets from American Express As part of its London Film Festival sponsorship, .....

14 Sep 201614 September 2016 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

American Express has – yet again – increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, with the £195 annual fee, now offers 25,000 .....

American Express has – yet again – increased the sign-up bonuses on the two British Airways .....

19 Aug 201619 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British Airways American Express card to trigger the 2-4-1 voucher. A reader dropped me a line to ask if .....

Back in April I ran an article which argued that NO-ONE should be spending £20,000 on the free British .....

12 Aug 201612 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 151 comments

News in brief: Which? covers the end of Royal Mint commemorative coin purchases In the past I have written about Royal Mint offers where you could buy commemorative coins at face value – using a .....

News in brief: Which? covers the end of Royal Mint commemorative coin purchases In the past I have written .....

30 Jul 201630 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is often not scaleable or would collapse if given wider exposure.  I am happy to share this one .....

I get to hear some great Avios collecting stories from readers.  I rarely repeat them because the idea is .....

9 Jul 20169 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an exceptionally good fare to Dubai – just £975 return.  I have NEVER seen flights to the .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways launches Dubai in business class for £975 Qatar Airways has launched an .....

24 Jun 201624 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 59 comments

American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. There are two ways to sign up to these deals.  The easiest is to visit the Amex .....

American Express has launched a new round of statement credit deals, with a particularly strong travel focus. .....

16 Jun 201616 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, now with a .....

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on .....

15 Jun 201615 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on the two British Airways American Express cards. The Premium Plus version, now with a .....

Back in April, to celebrate the new £195 Premium Plus fee, American Express increased the sign-up bonus on .....

8 Jun 20168 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment.  The loss of the Costco contract in the US was a hammer blow to the business (I thoroughly recommend reading the story here) and there .....

American Express is having a bad time of things at the moment.  The loss of the Costco contract in the US was .....

7 Jun 20167 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals.  Our directory of all 25 UK travel credit cards can be .....

It’s time for our monthly round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

3 Jun 20163 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income requirements to apply for its cards. To be honest, I assumed that they were going to go up. .....

I had advance notice on Tuesday that American Express was about to make changes to the minimum income .....

27 May 201627 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

News in brief: Starbucks cashback offer with American Express Over at Shopper Points today are details of a Starbucks / American Express cashback offer. I am delighted to say that the rules are so .....

News in brief: Starbucks cashback offer with American Express Over at Shopper Points today are details of a .....

25 May 201625 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments