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.
You could possibly fill a whole site just with changes to American Express’s sign-up and bonus policies. I don’t blame anyone who has now lost track entirely of what they can and .....
You could possibly fill a whole site just with changes to American Express’s sign-up and bonus .....
24 Aug 201224 August 2012 • 7 comments
You need to be on your toes to keep up with the rules governing the very generous referral bonuses offered by American Express on the Gold and Platinum charge cards. It was less than four weeks ago .....
You need to be on your toes to keep up with the rules governing the very generous referral bonuses offered by .....
2 Aug 20122 August 2012 • 9 comments
There are three types of loyalty credit card: The card you actually use day-to-day because of its good earning rate in a programme you value The card you get purely for the sign-up bonus, and cancel .....
There are three types of loyalty credit card: The card you actually use day-to-day because of its good earning .....
2 Aug 20122 August 2012 • 7 comments
Amex has launched a special promotion, limited to just 1,000 cardholders, planning to fly with Virgin Atlantic. The first 1,000 holders of an Amex-issued Amex card to register and then book a Virgin .....
Amex has launched a special promotion, limited to just 1,000 cardholders, planning to fly with Virgin .....
1 Aug 20121 August 2012 • 2 comments
With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines are having to look for a new home for their miles. One of the key determinants, for me, .....
With BMI’s departure from Star Alliance, those of us who regularly fly on Star Alliance member airlines .....
23 Jul 201223 July 2012 • 4 comments
Reader Kim got in touch to ask my advice on a letter she received from American Express. She has a Gold card – the old style one, no longer available to new customer. This is .....
Reader Kim got in touch to ask my advice on a letter she received from American Express. She has a Gold .....
22 Jul 201222 July 2012 • 1 comment
When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that you could both benefit from referral bonuses, I forgot to mention one additional benefit .....
When I wrote my piece on Friday about getting family and partners to apply for American Express cards so that .....
8 Jul 20128 July 2012 • 1 comment
The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for applying personally for the various loyalty credit cards. These are, at .....
The credit card posts on Head for Points are focussed on the sign-up and ongoing bonuses that you can get for .....
6 Jul 20126 July 2012 • 6 comments
Breaking news. American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving them on its charge cards. The net result is to make the bonuses harder for existing .....
Breaking news. American Express has changed the sign-up bonuses and the T&C’s for receiving .....
5 Jul 20125 July 2012 • 2 comments
This is the first of a new series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether of not they are worth applying for. These posts will be linked to the relevant sections .....
This is the first of a new series of posts looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether .....
24 Jun 201224 June 2012
A quick reminder that there are just two weeks left to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Priority Club – the last day is 30th June. It is not clear why this .....
A quick reminder that there are just two weeks left to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to .....
15 Jun 201215 June 2012
If you’ve been taking part in the avios.com and BAEC ‘new partners’ promo, anyone who converted £6.50 or more of Tesco vouchers to BAEC between February and May (and had not .....
If you’ve been taking part in the avios.com and BAEC ‘new partners’ promo, anyone who .....
14 Jun 201214 June 2012
BA has launched a 30% bonus for buying Avios running to 2nd August. The maximum 31,000 Avios will cost you £399. This is, however, still more expensive than the current offer for buying .....
BA has launched a 30% bonus for buying Avios running to 2nd August. The maximum 31,000 Avios will cost .....
11 Jun 201211 June 2012
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