Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is our top choice for your first ‘miles and points’ credit card. It has no annual fee for the first year, comes with four free airport lounge passes and £120 of annual Deliveroo credit and has a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points.
You can read our full review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card here. You can apply for the card here.
Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business cards. The plan was to take a more holistic view of your finances. A single person living .....
Back in 2016, American Express removed the minimum income requirements from its UK personal and small business .....
20 Jul 202320 July 2023 • 235 comments
It is now five years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. The good news was that it was replaced by the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....
It is now five years since American Express withdrew the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card. .....
16 Jul 202316 July 2023 • 22 comments
A generous hotel cashback offer has popped up on many American Express cards from Millennium Hotels & Resorts, which runs the Millennium and Copthorne brands. You will receive £70 cashback on a .....
A generous hotel cashback offer has popped up on many American Express cards from Millennium Hotels & .....
4 Jul 20234 July 2023 • 33 comments
According to the Wimbledon website, the American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2023 tournament which starts next Monday. You can see the details on the Wimbledon website here. Because .....
According to the Wimbledon website, the American Express cardmember lounge is returning for the 2023 .....
27 Jun 202327 June 2023 • 21 comments
What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points from a UK credit card, and explain my preferred choices. There are nine UK credit cards .....
What is the best Avios credit card? In this article I want to look at your options for earning Avios points .....
24 Jun 202324 June 2023 • 46 comments
American Express has traditionally offered one feature which other UK credit card companies did not. If you took out a card with an upfront annual fee, you would receive a pro-rata fee refund if you .....
American Express has traditionally offered one feature which other UK credit card companies did not. If you .....
19 Jun 202319 June 2023 • 220 comments
One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold card and the American Express Business Platinum card is annual Dell credit. It’s a strong benefit, especially .....
One interesting and often-forgotten benefit of the American Express Business Gold card and the American .....
17 Jun 202317 June 2023 • 9 comments
American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card from 20,000 to 25,000 points. This is the first special offer we’ve seen on this card .....
American Express has increased the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card .....
14 Jun 202314 June 2023 • 48 comments
This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex family which, in one scenario, can prove incredibly useful.. One of the downsides of .....
This article looks at the American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex .....
28 May 202328 May 2023
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my Platinum card but not my British Airways Premium Plus American Express card. My wife has it on .....
Small Luxury Hotels of the World has launched a new cashback offer with American Express. I have it on my .....
13 May 202313 May 2023 • 15 comments
American Express has launched a big new promotion for holders of its non-cobrand cards. If you have, and I quote, an “American Express Platinum Cashback Everyday Credit Card, American Express .....
American Express has launched a big new promotion for holders of its non-cobrand cards. If you have, and I .....
4 Apr 20234 April 2023
This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or .....
This is our review of the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (Amex Gold) credit card. It is part of our .....
31 Mar 202331 March 2023 • 30 comments
American Express is currently running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen in the UK for a payment card. Today, 30th March, is your last day to apply. You need some sort of small business .....
American Express is currently running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen in the UK for a payment card. .....
30 Mar 202330 March 2023 • 5 comments
American Express is currently running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. The deals end on Thursday 30th March. These are, genuinely, on a scale unlike anything else we see. If .....
American Express is currently running the biggest sign-up bonuses ever seen on a UK payment card. The deals .....
26 Mar 202326 March 2023
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