How to boost your Amex spend by using Paypal for online shopping

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• jason says:

  9 Mar9 March 16:16

  Looks like i have been missing out for sometime….grrrrr. Great work raffles

• Dev says:

  9 Mar9 March 16:30

  Be careful with large ticket items especially if you want Section 75 protection for purchases over £100 as I do not believe that paying via PayPal will protect you. Amex may well consider their obligations ended at the time they funded the PayPal account, which is what was used to actually purchase the product. Although, it seems highly unlikely that you will find an online retailer with which you will make large purchases that does not accept Amex directly.

• Postiepaula says:

  9 Mar9 March 17:46

  Clarks shoes is another good one….. Especially when they don’t fit, they go back to the store for a refund on a debit card…
  It does make me cross when so called premium shops don’t take Amex , they expect us to pay their inflated prices, and they refuse to pay for Amex … Rant over 🙂

• Oliver says:

  9 Mar9 March 19:13

  You don’t even need a PayPal account! Click through to PayPal from the checkout page of your chosen retailer and on the login page there is usually a box that says ‘I don’t have a PayPal account’ and you can enter card details with PayPal and Amex is accepted. The retailer sees it as a normal PayPal transaction as your money has gone through them.

• Richard says:

  10 Mar10 March 07:58

  I wish it was possible to set AMEX as the default payment method over bank account; I wouldn’t have to remember’ to change it on every transaction then. I doubt PayPal would introduce this though, there would be no incentive for them to – as all it would do is decrease their margin. Still, I get a kick every time I do it, PayPal are a bit greedy with their charges IMO, good to be able to nibble something back 🙂

• Steve says:

  10 Mar10 March 09:47

  Amex and e-wallets and bookmakers…
  Does anyone know of online bookmakers that accept amex? I to date haven’t found one. Some do take Paypal, but the amex option of loading money is not available directly when depositing via the paypal / bookmaker website.
  Other avenues could be via moneybookers (skrill), but alas I haven’t found any.
  Furthermore, if one does exist would it be converted as a cash advance?
  Looking to find a suitable site in time for the Cheltenham Festival!

  • Rob says:

    10 Mar10 March 11:46

    No casino or betting site I know that treats payments as anything except a cash advance

• Joe says:

  11 Mar11 March 13:06

  I used this trick to buy a garden room from a company that took paypal. The trick is to pay in small installments 1-2k as more than that they tend to reject it. I used it for 8k onto my BA Prem Amex! An easy way to get to your spending limit for the 2-4-1

• ironmouse says:

  12 Mar12 March 16:23

  If I make a paypal transfer to a friends bank account and fund it with my BA Amex will I get avios from this.

  Thanks,

  • Rob says:

    12 Mar12 March 16:48

    Yes. But beyond a certain point Paypal will start worrying about money laundering and/or card theft and block the money. Where that point is, no-one knows – depends on the individual.

    There is c 3% fee as well.

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