New Amex offers: £25 off £100 at Eurostar and £25 off £50 at Argos

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On Saturday I ran through the latest run of American Express cardholder offers – including a generous £50 cashback on a £500 Apple purchase – and surmised that this would be it for the year.

I was wrong. A very generous offer with Argos turned up yesterday.

You can find the offer on the cardmemberoffers.co.uk website under ‘Shopping’. If you go via this route you will need to register via the Foursquare smartphone app. Alternatively, you may find it on your American Express online account on the statement pages of one of your cards.

You will receive £25 cashback when you spend £50 at Argos before 31st December.

Only 20,000 registrations are available. I recommend registering all of your American Express cards sooner rather than later as this target is likely to be hit. Head for Points readers are likely to take 2,000 or so.

What should you buy at Argos? Gift cards! Most Argos shops stock a range of gift cards for other retailers. Some even stock the £53.95 Visa gift cards which come with a £50 Visa credit you can pay into a bank account, to HMRC, to a utility etc.

Note that this is an ‘in-store only’ offer. Transactions on the Argos website will not count unless they are ‘click and collect’ and you pay in-store.

You can only register one American Express card per Foursquare account. If you open multiple Foursquare accounts, each requires a different email address.

Meanwhile, a new Eurostar offer is about to launch. It does not yet show up online but you can register by clicking here.

The deal is worth £25 cashback on a £100 Eurostar sale (either online or at a Eurostar ticket office in the UK) before the end of January. There is no limit to the number of people who can register for this.

Eurostar no longer sells gift vouchers online. You can buy paper vouchers via the phone but this could well be run by a third party and not trigger the cashback. Your best option to maximise the bonus is to break down a trip into chunks of £100, potentially booking each passenger separately. As you can select seats after booking there is no risk of your party being split up.

Want to earn more points from credit cards? – December 2021 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit or charge card, here are our November 2021 recommendations based on the current sign-up bonus.

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the top current deals:

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers.

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and free for a year Read our full review

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and a long list of travel benefits Read our full review

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

For a non-American Express option, we also recommend the Barclaycard Select Cashback card for sole traders and small businesses. It is FREE and you receive 1% cashback on your spending:

Barclaycard Select Cashback Credit Card

1% cashback and no annual fee Read our full review

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Robin says:

19 Dec19 December 00:20

I’m struggling to find a place to ‘add to card’ for any offer. I can see the amex logo for just one offer (not Argos), no ‘add to card’ to click. I’m a little puzzled–could mean the offer is over, but then why show it if FS works in real time? The ‘how to add a card’ instructions aren’t helpful, as they just say to click. I’ve had the email confirmation that my card is synced. Any thought?
- Robin says:
  
  19 Dec19 December 00:36
  
  My apologies, I missed a whole page of comments.
Simon says:

19 Dec19 December 08:41

Has the Argos deal run out or been pulled? I registered the other day but have just got round to picking up my wife’s phone to load it on her foursquare and it’s not there…
Alantmcf says:

19 Dec19 December 16:54

I have a supplementary card on my wifes PP account. I made a purchase at Argos, does anyone know if it will track or does it need to be purchaed using her card?
Thanks
- TimS says:
  
  19 Dec19 December 18:13
  
  The purchase needs to be on the specific card the offer was loaded on to, not just a card within the same group account.
grex9101 says:

19 Dec19 December 17:31

Local argos only had £15 m&s, so bought £105 worth. After much grumping, and the request for a supervisor, they agreed to split total over the two gold cards – £50+£55.

Weird thing is, the mrs. got an email that the offer had gone through, nothing on my supplementary card. She activated hers through the amex site, I had to go down the foursquare route. They definitely both showed under “my offers” on our individual accounts. Should be ok, right?
- Andy says:
  
  20 Dec20 December 15:39
  
  My to purchases today that were loaded through my offers on Amex confirmed before I even left the till. The one sup card that registered via foursquare shows nothing yet, but this is normal pattern.
Andy says:

19 Dec19 December 18:26

Only 2 visa gift cards left on the rack in the Argos in Nottingham. took them to the till, lady swiped them, all good so far, then she presses a couple of buttons and gets a confused look on her face. She tells me the “computer says no” gets the manager over he tries the same thing and says that the machine is not letting him sell them to me, left empty handed
What's the Point says:

20 Dec20 December 08:18

Confirmed, all my £25 credits have now posted for my Argos spend. Even the Virgin AMEX that I linked via the useless app which is called 4 square.

£88 in profit, as I bought 3x £53.95 Visa cards and 1 x £50 M&S card
- elisa says:
  
  20 Dec20 December 14:29
  
  was the offer still on foursqquare when u used it …. i think i added it to my card but now i’ve logged into foursquare the offer has gone ?? doesn’t even say if i already have it loaded ??
  - Andy says:
    
    20 Dec20 December 15:36
    
    Looks like they have reached the quota. I just looked to add another card and the offer isnt there anymore. I spent £50 today in Argos with a loaded card so hopefully it will still go through
    - Elisa says:
      
      20 Dec20 December 15:42
      
      Thanks problem is I don’t remember if I loaded it or not ?? When/if u log onto four square today does it say loaded to card ? Or does it just not appear as the deal is reached it’s limit…..
ms says:

21 Dec21 December 19:37

Hi,
I have bought visa debit card in Argos. When trying to settle my credit card bill with this, I got the below message: Sorry, we are not able to complete this payment. Please go back and check that all Card details provided are correct and that they match your bank’s records.

I have registered my card online & input correct data. Has someone had similar problem?
Thank you.
squills says:

21 Dec21 December 19:55

Sounds like you are not allowed to do this 😉 they disallow certain transactions esp to pay ‘finance’ counterparties.
- Rob says:
  
  21 Dec21 December 20:07
  
  HMRC will work, council tax should work, all utilities etc. You can try a bank account as well but the only main one we know works is National Savings Direct Saver.