Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
There is currently a generous special offer running on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. Until 31st August, you will receive 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points if you spend £3,000 within your first three months. You will also receive Gold Elite status in Marriott Bonvoy until February 2023, as well as the standard benefit of 15 […]
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Which 41 airline partners can you transfer the new 40,000 points Marriott Amex bonus into?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
American Express and Marriott Bonvoy have just launched a special promotion on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express credit card. If you apply between now and 31st August, you will receive: 40,000 Marriott Bonvoy points when you spend £3,000 in your first three months (double the usual bonus of 20,000 points) Gold Elite status in Marriott […]
Bits: save £200 on a Four Seasons hotel stay, Heathrow Rewards update, Marriott Amex bonus update
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Save £200 at selected Four Seasons hotels with American Express For the first time ever, as far as I know, the ultra-luxurious Four Seasons hotel chain has launched a cashback offer with American Express. The offer appeared on Wednesday evening but apparently suffered an IT issue and couldn’t be saved. American Express […]
NEW: Get 40,000 points and Gold status with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
This article is sponsored by Marriott Bonvoy For the first time since it was launched 18 months ago, you can get an increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Credit Card®. From today until 31st August 2021, the sign-up bonus is doubled from 20,000 Marriott Bonvoy points to 40,000 points. This is worth […]
Bits: £5-£10 Amex credit at BP, BA Holidays sale extended, 100% bonus buying IHG points
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: Get an American Express credit at BP garages American Express has launched a series of cashback offers with BP garages. There appears to be two different versions: £10 back on a £30 spend £5 back on a £30 spend The good news is that, if you have multiple Amex cards, you might […]
Off to Wimbledon? Visit the American Express lounge. No ticket yet? Amex can help.
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
If you have tickets for Wimbledon this year – and if you don’t, read on, because Amex has extra tickets for sale each day – you can visit the free American Express lounge. Amex launched their Wimbledon lounge back in 2019. I visited it as Amex’s guest, so I didn’t queue, and it was a […]
Good Amex offers with B&Q, Rimowa and top UK independent hotels
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Two new American Express cashback offers turned up yesterday which are well worth flagging. You need to see if you are targetted by looking at the ‘Offers’ page in the Amex app, or on the website, for each card you own. Before we get into the travel offers, I want to flag a B&Q offer […]
Earn 1,500 bonus points on your Marriott Bonvoy Amex – and a reminder of its 41 (!) airline partners
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
American Express has launched a bonus points offer for anyone who holds the Marriott Bonvoy American Express credit card. After some of the generous offers we’ve seen to encourage spending on other American Express cards, you might be getting a little excitted. Don’t. The offer is underwhelming, although it might still be good enough to […]
How can American Express improve its cashback ‘statement credit’ offers?
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
There is no doubt that the American Express cashback rewards programme is very popular. Many HfP readers generate substantial savings from it. We often see people saying in our comments that the ability to save via Amex cashback is a key reason why they continue holding their card, even if it has an annual fee. […]
Reminder: Earn triple Avios, get up to 30% off and save £50 with Amex during the Bicester Village Private Sale
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Bicester Village, the luxury outlet shopping destination in Oxfordshire, is running a private sale from now until 31st May. British Airways Executive Club members can unlock up to 30% off regular prices and will earn triple Avios when shopping at Bicester Village during the sale.
B&Q will now accept American Express cards
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Just in time for a Bank Holiday weekend full of DIY, American Express has announced that B&Q will now accept its cards. A reader tipped us off about this last week after seeing a sign in his local store, but forgot to take a photograph. Rhys and I both headed down to our respective local […]
CONFIRMED: American Express Shop Small to return in June
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
American Express has confirmed that it is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. Regular readers will know that we had this news as an exclusive story last month. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at small independent retailers. In turn, of course, it encourages small independent retailers […]
Bits: new Qatar seat, new BA TV ad, Harvey Nichols Amex offer, Hilton loses Kitzbuhel hotel
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
News in brief: New Qatar Airways seat Yesterday we had a world exclusive with the first picture of the new Qatar Airways business class seat, for its Boeing 787-9 fleet. If you got the article by email, you missed some additional information. It turns out that the seat is actually the newly approved Adient Ascent, […]
Earn triple Avios, get up to 30% off and save £50 with Amex during the Bicester Village Private Sale
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Bicester Village, the luxury outlet shopping destination in Oxfordshire, is running a private sale from now until 31st May. British Airways Executive Club members can unlock up to 30% off regular prices and will earn triple Avios when shopping at Bicester Village during the sale.
How to buy a car with an American Express card
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
A common question that comes up in our comments section is whether you can buy a new or used car with a credit card, primarily American Express. After all, it would be wrong to turn down a large chunk of miles and points as part of the biggest single purchase you are ever likely to […]
NEW: Earn bonus points adding someone to your Marriott, Nectar or ARCC Amex card
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Adding a supplementary cardholder to your American Express card has two key benefits: you earn points, and trigger sign-up bonuses, more quickly when two people are carrying a card you receive a second batch of cardholder cashback offers, as long as the supplementary card is registered online On most of the American Express cards, you […]
Four credit cards worth keeping just for their benefits, even if you don’t use them
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
Typically there are three different types of travel loyalty credit cards you can apply for: cards you get just for the sign-up bonus cards you get primarily for the strong on-going earnings rate cards you get but don’t use because they come with generous perks Head for Points tends to focus on the first two […]
New Amex cashback offers: Harrods, Boots, Uber Eats, FREE NOW
Written by Rhys Jones @ Head for Points
A number of interesting Amex offers have dropped over the weekend now that non-essential retail has been allowed to open. I thought it would be worth running through some of them here: £50 back on £200 spend at Harrods A new offer on Harrods spend has appeared on many – but not all – card […]
Limited time: American Express boosts referral bonuses for both you and your friends
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
An easy way of earning a large bonus of Membership Rewards points or Avios is by inviting your friends and family to take out an American Expres Card. For a limited period, from 7th April to 12th May 2021, American Express has SUBSTANTIALLY increased the bonuses on their ‘invite a friend’ referral programme.
EXCLUSIVE: American Express Shop Small to return in June, tweaked
Written by Rob Burgess @ Head for Points
We understand that American Express is bringing back its ‘Shop Small’ promotion in June. ‘Shop Small’ is an established Amex offer which incentivises you to shop at small independent retailers. In turn, of course, it encourages small independent retailers to accept American Express in order to participate. It typically runs in November but American Express […]