Get £5 cashback on £10 Amex purchases tomorrow on Small Business Saturday

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• Roger says:

  6 Dec6 December 08:36

  Thanks for the reminder.

  There are small businesses and, er, small businesses. When I checked the local list recently, one of the ‘small’ businesses was Dolland and Aitchison, D&A was a national chain of opticians, hardly a small business. It was bought by Boots (another ‘small’ business :D) some years ago and hasn’t traded as D&A for years. Hmmm.

  Checking again yesterday, there’s no sign of D&A. And there seem to be more small businesses listed.

  If you’ve already checked and found little of interest, it may be worth another check in case the list has been extended.

  • Frenske says:

    6 Dec6 December 09:08

    On the other hand you will find businesses that don’t accept AmEx; like my favourite local take-away place.

    Anyway I have my route already planned. Shop-Lunch-Shop-Shop-Dinner!

    • Luke says:

      6 Dec6 December 10:01

      In other words, businesses that are more than capable of taking American Express (Machine can take it and they have merchant agreement) but just don’t want to.

    • Simon says:

      6 Dec6 December 17:37

      Some of the businesses from the first small shop promo that didn’t take Amex are still listed in this promo, worth ringing Amex if you go to a place that doesn’t take Amex but is on the map, normally they will give you a £5 credit.

• Sam says:

  6 Dec6 December 09:26

  I’ve re-registered my card – does anyone know if you need to register your card everytime??

  It seems some of the local supermarket type places have been trimmed so less of the half price fags, beer and chocolate Saturday nights! They did approach our company for the first time around – but as a travel company with an average spend of about 5k per transaction, i’m not sure a £5 discount will encourage anyone. Especially if the office is shut on Saturdays!

• TS77 says:

  6 Dec6 December 09:52

  I’ve just registered both of my cards, wasn’t aware you could register more than 1 so thanks for that.

  The local indy supermarkets is a great treat – especially when they sell phone cards and well priced beer!

• pazza2000 says:

  6 Dec6 December 10:01

  Do all of the participating ‘small shops’ need to be approached by AMEX & except to participate? Is the £5.00 credit awarded by the small shop directly? My friends restaurant is on the list, he notoriously never discounts or offers an incentive, I would be fairly confident he wouldn’t even read the letter or take the call to the end, if this promo was directly offered to him.

  • Luke says:

    6 Dec6 December 10:03

    Depending on the retailer they have to accept to be part of the promotion but as long as they take American Express its normally automatic. American Express is giving the customer the £5 not the merchant.

    • pazza2000 says:

      6 Dec6 December 10:08

      Yes I am positive that’s the situation here, it would have been an automatic enrolment from AMEX’s end. An interesting list, at least in Glasgow, this year vs the previous 2-3 small shop promo’s.

      If I were in London, I would try to find a participating newsagents that offers Oyster top-ups.

      • Volker says:

        6 Dec6 December 10:35

        “An interesting list, at least in Glasgow…”
        The pub recently hit by the tragic helicopter accident is on that list as well.

        Again no participating retailers in my remote region, I am getting used to it…

        • pazza2000 says:

          6 Dec6 December 10:47

          Yes I had noticed that the day or so before the accident actually.

• Andrew says:

  6 Dec6 December 10:43

  With Christmas coming up, it’s a great opportunity to buy your postage stamps half price at some of the many convenience stores participating.

• wobbly wings says:

  6 Dec6 December 10:45

  Does the promotion work for the main card holder only or for all cards associated to an account? If the latter, can several cards associated to the same account be used in the same shop?

  • andy21 says:

    6 Dec6 December 11:35

    Ever card number can be registered and earn the £5 credits. So if your supp cards have different numbers (they will if they are issued by Amex) they can be registered, if you have the Lloyds cards that have the same card number for sup cards then you wouldn’t be able to registered the supp cards.

• xcalx says:

  6 Dec6 December 11:01

  I was looking forward to getting Gift Cards with the Pub chains but I cant see any of the usual suspects listed ie. Harvester, Sizzling, Crown Carveries, Vintage, Embers etc.

• andy21 says:

  6 Dec6 December 11:32

  Only one £5 credit per transaction of £10 or more, so no, only £5 back if you spend £20 – unless you have several cards and the retailer is happy to split the transaction across the cards. Also, only once per retailer per card.

  • Chris says:

    6 Dec6 December 12:20

    gotcha, could interpret the rules either way from the wording. shame!

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