Bits: Amex Gold / Plat £15 Amazon discount extended, new £50 Hilton / Amex discount

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Two bits of American Express-related news today:

£15 Amazon discount code extended

Amazon has extended its £15 discount code for Amex Gold and Platinum cardholders until 31st October.

This came as a big surprise given that the offer was meant to be limited to 33,333 people and must be close to that target. I think HfP readers have done at least 10% of that quantity between them ….

You can save £15 on your next Amazon order of £25 or more as long as you part-pay with Membership Rewards points. This is what to do:

If you have not already done so, link your Membership Rewards account with your Amazon account by visiting this page on the Amazon website

Buy £25 of items on amazon.co.uk (these must all be sold by Amazon and not third party merchants, and excludes digital content, including digital gift cards)

Enter code AMEX16SWP at check out

You MUST select your Membership Rewards-earning Amex card as your payment card (you cannot use gift cards or any other payment source)

Part-pay for your order using Membership Rewards points. The sneaky option is to redeem just 2 points for a 1p discount. This saves you ‘wasting’ MR points on a low value redemption. You will only get 0.45p per point and you shouldn’t waste more than 2 of your valuable points on such a poor deal.

Amazon

£50 cashback on £250 of Hilton spend

A new Hilton cashback offer has appeared on a lot of American Express accounts. To see if you are targetted, visit the Amex website and take a look under the ‘Offers’ tab on the online statement page for each of your cards.

You will receive £50 cashback when you spend £250 or more at selected UK and European Hilton, Doubletree, Waldorf-Astoria, Curio and Conrad hotels before 8th May.

Not all hotels are participating. Make sure that you check the list of hotels on the Amex website before booking.

In the past, these offers have been triggered by cumulative spend. There is no mention of this – so you are not guaranteed to receive it if the £250 is not hit in one transaction – but you might be lucky.

Note that the Amex website also talks about ‘checkout spend’. Does this mean that prepaid bookings will not count? Perhaps, perhaps not.

This deal could work out nicely when combined with the current ‘2000 bonus points per night’ Hilton promotion.

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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Anon says:

8 Feb8 February 08:44

That link looks like its having launch issues, be patient…

T&Cs, FAQs..
http://hiltonhonors3.hilton.com/en/promotions/app-bonus/faq/english.html
sprout7 says:

8 Feb8 February 09:09

Is this offer for a limited time? I don’t have a Halifax account but might be worth getting one if this is an on-going offer! thx
- Genghis says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 09:16
  
  Valid till 26 Feb. I’ve not seen this offer before.
- James67 says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 10:02
  
  If you switch do so before the end of this month as bonus is dropping from £100 to £75.
- John says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 10:41
  
  You should have had a Halifax account for a free £60 per year (sadly now only £36), but there is no guarantee that anyone will get any of the Halifax offers. I get them maybe once a year whereas other people get them all the time.
  - Brian says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 11:09
    
    Yes, I have a Halifax account, but there is nothing on mine about Coop – Qatar is there, though!
  - Nick M says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 13:02
    
    Where are the offers shown? – I have a Halifax account but just pay in the minimum amount plus 2 DDs a month… not aware of seeing any offers over the last 18 months or so
  - Doodles says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 16:54
    
    @Nick M, I also have a Halifax account that has the minimum activity to get the monthly reward. I have never seen any offers on that and even though I have used the debit card this year, still no offers. So, if you don’t use the card, you probably don’t see the offers. I also have a Lloyds account which I use and which has regular offers.
  - Genghis says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 17:31
    
    I last used Halifax Clarity in Sep and that was only for a cash withdrawal. Before that it was for a Sofitel in China and got some cash back prob in Apr/May time but still get offers on there. They do seem predominantly travel related tho but the co op one is there and I have never used Clarity in such an establishment.
  - Nick M says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 22:43
    
    Thanks for the extra info… may have to think about using it on occasion – I put as much as poss through Coop so could easily do £350 in one go
- the real harry1 says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 22:50
  
  no g’tee you’d get the offer in any case – nothing for us
Kathy says:

8 Feb8 February 10:04

OT: has anyone successfully signed up for a US Economist subscription without having a credit card registered in the US?
- Genghis says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 11:34
  
  No but we signed up for a South Korea digital sub for just over £100 (with 10.2k avios) and paid on a Curve. Transaction yet to hit statement though
  - Gavin says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 15:29
    
    Is the magazine viewable in English or Korean?
    - Genghis says:
      
      8 Feb8 February 16:36
      
      English. Not even attempted to view in Korean.
- Steve-B says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 20:00
  
  Yes, I signed up under the last promotion (late last year) using Supercard. No issues subscribing. The points didn’t post to my IB account but an email to CS sorted that out fairly swiftly though.
James67 says:

8 Feb8 February 10:08

Thanks, for both the promo and the laugh 🙂
Kathy says:

8 Feb8 February 10:17

Huh. I just got an Accor meeting planner email, and it reminded me – did anyone ever get the 1000 points for signing up for that?
- Andrew H says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 10:36
  
  Nope!
  - Andrew H says:
    
    8 Feb8 February 10:41
    
    I keep meaning to chase it up. I suspect I will be told ‘oh, you had to book a meeting’
    - Natalia S says:
      
      8 Feb8 February 16:10
      
      I tried to chase earlier – they require a meeting
- Lev441 says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 10:37
  
  I was just thinking the same when I got my email…
  
  I don’t think I ever received mine.. can’t even remember the offer terms now (but I do remember it being a wait)
- Tracy says:
  
  8 Feb8 February 10:43
  
  Nope
Jay says:

8 Feb8 February 10:32

Amazon code not applying
John says:

8 Feb8 February 10:46

Grrr. Now need to cancel all my stays and rebook through the app
Mike says:

8 Feb8 February 11:06

I never get any of these Amex offers showing up.