£100 cashback on £300 Amex Travel spend for Platinum cardholders

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American Express Travel has launched a very decent bonus promotion for Platinum charge card holders who spend £300 or more at their website.

To qualify for the £100 rebate, you need to spend £300 or more on pre-paid hotels, plane tickets, car hire or experiences in one transaction before 26th February.

You MUST also register your Platinum card at this website before booking. Only 6,600 registrations will be allowed.

This bonus is in addition to the standard bonus of 1 extra Membership Rewards point per £1 spent, on top of your base earnings.

This offer is probably best used for airline tickets or car hire. Bookings hotels through American Express Travel runs the risk of it being treated as a third party booking and not qualifying for points or status credit – although you have a better chance of getting credit via Amex (because of their huge business travel booking business) than Expedia etc. That said, for a £100 discount you may be willing to take the risk.

Note that hotel bookings via Fine Hotels & Resorts are specifically excluded, although this would be the case anyway as these bookings are never pre-paid.

If there is a chance that you might be spending £300 on flights or hotels before 26th February, I recommend that you register here just in case the 6,600 target registrations is hit. Don’t bother trying if you don’t have a Platinum card as it will reject the registration.

PS. The article I wrote for the American Express Travel site is still there, take a look if you missed it the first time.

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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Andy says:

19 Jan19 January 20:23

Do you think I could book a flight and an activity and still qualify for the bonus – I’d be checking out once so it would be on one transaction?
- Rob says:
  
  19 Jan19 January 20:52
  
  Yes, will definitely be OK. If Amex splits the charges ring them and they will manually add the £100.
Shayele says:

21 Jan21 January 14:38

Just booked over the phone as needed premium eco its showing up as ba moto gbp payee Im gonna have to fight it out with them. I hate that part.
Tom says:

21 Jan21 January 18:00

Off Topic-

I can confirm now I’ve received the 50,000 bonus points from adding 5 supplementary cards to my Platinum.

Thanks Raffle’s for posting and letting me know about the fantastic offer.
- Nigel says:
  
  21 Jan21 January 19:32
  
  Yes
  Got the first of my 10,000-Took about 1 month to post. Did not spend on this card and have only held the Plat for about 1.5 months
- Rob says:
  
  21 Jan21 January 22:15
  
  Result!
Rob says:

21 Jan21 January 22:16

Good spot, I will get that into a post.
Shayele says:

21 Jan21 January 22:25

Hi at that link it also says plat card holders. How do you know that it is for non plat too?
- SImonSchus says:
  
  21 Jan21 January 22:37
  
  Hi Shayele,
  
  Yes, I noticed this as soon as I had posted and just wrote a response above as soon as I had realised.
  
  Simon.
  - SImonSchus says:
    
    21 Jan21 January 22:37
    
    (and an apology!)
    - Shayele says:
      
      21 Jan21 January 22:57
      
      Apology accepted! 😉
      My question was put out before the second post.
      
      Anyone tried the offer on the supp cards?
Antoinette says:

24 Jan24 January 13:03

Is there a way of booking 2 unrelated flights on one transaction. I need 2 flights-1 to Malta in April and 1 to Oslo in May. Separately they cost less than £300 but if I book them together they are just over. Would I still get the credit?
Jon says:

1 Feb1 February 08:00

It has accepted my registration on my gold card, and I received a confirmation email. But it does not show in my offers on amex.co.uk, which all previous successful offers have. Can anyone confirm if it shows in ‘my offers’ if you have a plat card and successfully register?
- Nigel says:
  
  1 Feb1 February 11:43
  
  Not in “My offers”. I have registered and used the offer.
  
  However….
  The transaction has completely disappeared from my account. Was in pending now it’s nowhere.
  Booked nearly 2 weeks ago.
  Got the invoice and PNR so not unduly worried….
  - Shayele says:
    
    1 Feb1 February 22:28
    
    Amex have an issue with their invoicing system it can take up to a month for the charge to be put through. I had the same experience as you. Im still fighting wiht them to credit me with tickets I bought over the phone on premium eco.
    
    Anyone got their 50000 points for sup card holders yet? Did you have to call mine is still not showing (yes I know its 90 days) but like to know if there is any method to their madness
    - Charlie says:
      
      1 Feb1 February 23:11
      
      Same here, car hire booked for Summer has completely disappeared from my card spend history. Not got my 50,000 MR points for supplementaries yet either.
      - Nigel says:
        
        3 Feb3 February 20:02
        
        My flight booking has finally appeared after 16 days of booking.
        Now lets see how long it takes to get theh £100 (x 2) creedit.
        
        Still not got the full 50,000 points yet either.
xyz123 says:

1 Feb1 February 10:50

Hi
Just wanted to check, is it possible to get statement credit if you booked a carhire or flight for someone else using amex travel website.
Thanks
- Rob says:
  
  1 Feb1 February 12:24
  
  Will be fine, is triggered automatically when your card is used.