American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon to offer a variety of amenities during the 2019 tournament, which starts on Monday. This includes a members lounge. You can see the details on the .....

American Express has teamed up with Wimbledon to offer a variety of amenities during the 2019 tournament, .....

29 Jun 201929 June 2019 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

A new wave of American Express cashback deals has been launched. You can see what you are targeted for by visiting the Amex website and looking at the ‘Offers’ tab on your online statement .....

A new wave of American Express cashback deals has been launched. You can see what you are targeted for by .....

25 Jun 201925 June 2019 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

I was having a look at the reservations process for the American Express lounge at the O2 Arena last week, and noticed that it has changed entirely in the last year or so. I thought it was worth .....

I was having a look at the reservations process for the American Express lounge at the O2 Arena last week, and .....

30 May 201930 May 2019 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

I wasn’t planning to do another American Express article this week, but something came up in the comments to the article on Monday (and comes up in my emails with worrying regularity) which made .....

I wasn’t planning to do another American Express article this week, but something came up in the .....

2 May 20192 May 2019 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

Following the recent changes to the American Express sign-up bonus rules, imposing a 24 month gap between bonuses, and the reduction in the sign-up bonus on Preferred Rewards Gold and American Express .....

Following the recent changes to the American Express sign-up bonus rules, imposing a 24 month gap between .....

29 Apr 201929 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 173 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 .....

22 Apr 201922 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its personal credit and charge cards.  The details are here.  This follows the .....

As we covered yesterday, American Express has announced a 2nd round of ‘no notice’ changes to its .....

17 Apr 201917 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions.  Running annually in the Autumn, it offers £5 cashback every time you spend £10 at a designated ‘small .....

‘Shop Small’ is one of the most popular American Express promotions.  Running annually in the .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via American Express. If you were targeted by American Express for this offer and signed up, you .....

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a very generous deal being offered by British watch brand Bremont via .....

28 Mar 201928 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy.  In most cases, you need to cancel all of your personal American Express cards and wait two .....

We have spent a lot of time in the last few days discussing the new American Express sign-up bonus policy.  .....

23 Mar 201923 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 374 comments

On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up bonus. I have put together this one page summary of the new rules.  I will add a .....

On 21st March 2019, American Express made some major changes to the rules on how you qualify for a sign-up .....

22 Mar 201922 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 208 comments

American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end card churning for most people. Before I go on, I want to stress one thing.  The new .....

American Express unveiled massive changes to its UK card sign-up bonuses last night. This will effectively end .....

21 Mar 201921 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 1171 comments

This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses.  The main article is here. This article was updated on 16th April to reflect changes in some .....

This is Part 2 of our discussion on changes to the personal American Express card sign-up bonuses.  The main .....

21 Mar 201921 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 126 comments

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people these are chunky (£2,000 is not uncommon in London) and obviously it would be great to pick .....

Council tax bills for the new tax year are dropping through letterboxes at the moment. For a lot of people .....

15 Mar 201915 March 2019 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments