Get £50 cashback when you spend £150 at American Express Travel

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This very generous offer – £50 cashback on a £150 travel spend – has just been launched for American Express Gold and Platinum cardholders.

To see if you have been targetted, you need to log in to your American Express online account and take a look at the offers on your Gold or Platinum statement page. Most, if not all, cardholders will see it.

It is restricted to the first 10,000 cardholders to register.

This is a slightly complex promotion and you need to make sure you follow all the steps.

Once logged in to your Amex account you must save the offer to your Amex card.

You need to spend £150 in one transaction on pre-paid flights, hotels, experiences or car hire at americanexpress.co.uk/travel

Non pre-paid products do NOT count

Paying by Paypal, even if you use your Amex card, does not count

You need to make your booking by March 31st but there are no limits on when you fly or stay

Only one statement credit per card (supplementary cards would count separately if they are registered with Amex and the offer can be saved to them)

Apart from that, you can book anything you like.

This promotion would work best when booking a flight because you will still earn airline miles and status credits for flights however they are booked. It also works fine for car hire and non-chain hotels.

Remember that any chain hotel booked by Amex Travel may not count for points, status benefits or stay credit if it is pre-paid. Non pre-paid bookings will almost always earn points but those will not count for this offer.

That said, as Amex is a major corporate travel agent I would expect that you have a pretty good chance of getting credit for your stay. You certainly have more chance than you would if you booked via Expedia.

As the offer runs until March 31st, you have plenty to time to take advantage even if you don’t already have a Gold or Platinum charge card but are willing to apply. My review of American Express Gold is here and my review of American Express Platinum is here.

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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

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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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American Express Gold card, American Express Platinum card

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Cheshire Pete says:

3 Jan3 January 09:37

I wasn’t targeted this time, I’d had similar previously.

Just to mention I recall using it for Flights, but they split the transaction across 2 passengers, as is always the case, and had to email them as this affected the auto applying of he offer!
Halo says:

3 Jan3 January 09:47

Thanks for highlighting this. Had it on my plat and have used it to book car hire for a trip in Easter. Wasn’t clear when booking from the Amex site if the car hire was prepaid or not, but I had the email confirming I had applied the promotion before the email confirming the booking. So that’s alright then 😉
Anon says:

3 Jan3 January 14:04

Appreciate this Rob, 4x offers signed up for, hope to head back to Iceland in the Autumn.

So that’ll be £200 off 2x flights, car hire and potentially 2x hotel bookings.
Mary says:

3 Jan3 January 20:44

Hi,

Please excuse if this seems like a daft question… Want to book and pay for the experiences on Amex travel and…

I’m confused…Can I ask does the fact that I have an offer on my supplementary gold charge card as well as my DH’s primary card having one mean we can both spend £150+ and both get £50 statement credit. Even though it is really just on one account. We have the offers saved.

Seems too good?

Thanks for any advice, I’m a bit worried about contacting AMEX to ask in case they made a mistake or something ;p
- Alan says:
  
  3 Jan3 January 20:48
  
  No they treat the cards separately, so looks like you’ve kicked out!
- Alan says:
  
  3 Jan3 January 20:48
  
  No they treat the cards separately, so looks like you’ve lucked out!
- TimS says:
  
  3 Jan3 January 20:54
  
  If you have both loaded the offer and both spend £150+ on your cards then yes you will both get £50 credits.
  
  I’ve done this lots of times with my primary & wife’s supplimentary cards when we have both had the offer available to load.
  - Mary says:
    
    4 Jan4 January 21:48
    
    Thanks for replies and we went ahead n booked two nights in 2 different hotels… One high end in South Asia and one bog standard Best Western in Dublin. Both breakfast with 2 rooms in Dub… Received emails with redeemed credit within the hour.
    
    Great deal at £224 all in with discount. Thanks for the heads up head for points
Boi says:

4 Jan4 January 09:09

I have this offer showing on my card and 2 supps. We have a trip LBA to AMS in May, I was thinking of splitting our tickets 3 way to take full advantage.

Now here is the problem-it will be us and 3 kids plus my sister. My sister may cancel hers last minute. If she is on same booking with one of my daughters, will KLM allow my daughter to go without my sister? Because we will be on the same flight? Or does the whole booking get cancelled if one passenger doesn’t go?
I am assuming we can just show her birth certificate to show she is still with her parents despite her travel companion not going. Is that too simplistic?
- JQ says:
  
  4 Jan4 January 10:54
  
  You may have to contact Amex Travel to cancel, for which they may charge (this doesn’t matter if you’re willing to forfeit the ticket – but then are you actually saving any money with this offer?)
  
  If your sister is a no-show on the day then it would depend what KLM has to say about it. Replicate the fare on ITA and read the fare rules.
  
  You can always pay the adult fare for the oldest kid and then they should have no problem when you all show up together.
  
  Also Amex Travel submits a charge per traveller even if you book a ticket for 2 people.
  - Boi says:
    
    4 Jan4 January 21:28
    
    Ps just to add Amex travel submitted fare for all passengers. We got email confirmations of offer redemption pretty much at same time as for tickets.
- harry says:
  
  4 Jan4 January 14:17
  
  I know the answer for BA, which may or may not be helpful.
  
  You can link the 2 bookings on the phone and they would therefore arrange you all to sit together.
  
  As long as the kids are travelling with parents, there is no issue of unaccompanied minors needing prior arrangements to be made.
  
  A question: what age does a child become an adult at KLM? At BA it’s 12 – how old is the eldest child on the kids’ booking?
  
  Your sister not flying would not result in the whole booking getting cancelled – just the no-show person.
  
  So my advice would be to phone them to link the bookings and also let them know your sister is possibly doubtful to fly – they will probably just make a note of it.
  - Boi says:
    
    4 Jan4 January 21:25
    
    Thanks for replies. In the end we decided to book for just 5 of us. So we split bookings in to 2 saving £100. Then booked accodation with my sister’s supp card saving another £50! Result…
    
    Once my sister is sure about her plans it’s easier to book a separatly for her.
    
    Thanks Rob, I wouldn’t have seen this offer had you not written about it.
Cameron says:

4 Jan4 January 12:10

Would the purchase of Forex through the Amex travel website be eligible to the credit? I’ve had a look at the T&C’s and it doesn’t say anywhere that it does not.
- Kinkell says:
  
  4 Jan4 January 12:22
  
  Wondering the same thing as I need currencies for trip to South America next month. Phone and ask?
  - harry says:
    
    4 Jan4 January 14:19
    
    take one for the team, just buy the currency, your risk is negligible.
    
    I’d certainly like to know the answer 🙂
Mark says:

4 Jan4 January 13:47

Thanks for this… I added it or loaded it to my card the day i noticed it…

Today i booked a mid week break to Istanbul form Manchester for £155.09 and Amex have already confirmed / tracked it so i will get £50 back… £105.09 return to Istanbul with accommodation – cannot go wrong…

Just a shame it was only on one of my cards!
mark2 says:

4 Jan4 January 14:24

NEW 15% Amex statement credit for spend on Holiday Extras – parking, hotels etc.
On Connect and some of my cards