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Get £10 back when you spend £10 at Dixons Travel (500 people only)

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I have slotted this in as an afternoon article because of the small number available, and because Amex has already been promoting it via Twitter today.

Amex and Foursquare are offering £10 cashback when you spend £10 at Dixons Travel (ie £10 for nothing if you can find a £10 item, perhaps an iTunes gift card?).

Your American Express card needs to be linked to Foursquare to activate this – see this article for instructions on how to do it.

You then need to search for Dixons Travel at your nearest airport and hopefully the offer will come up.  Click ‘Load To Card’ and you’re done.

If you open multiple Foursquare accounts at different email addresses, you can register multiple American Express cards (assuming you have multiple Amex cards!).

As I said, only 500 card registrations will be accepted.  Full details are here on the Amex website.   The offer ends on 12th January, so please do NOT sign up unless you are 100% certain to be passing through an airport with a Dixons Travel before then.

Head for Points readers can easily fill all 500 slots on their own, so you are probably hurting a fellow reader if you sign up and then do not redeem the offer.


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If you are looking to apply for a new credit card, here are our top recommendations based on the current sign-up bonuses.

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

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Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

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You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the best of the other deals currently available.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

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Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

15,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend 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:

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

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 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 Business Credit Card

1% cashback uncapped* on all your business spending (T&C apply) Read our full review

Comments (31)

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  • guesswho2000 says:

    Hmm, won’t let me load the offer either. I assume the max has been hit, 500 isn’t many esp. if Amex have promoted it on Twitter already. Never mind!

  • Mark Balsom says:

    I’ve been able to successfully load it to my card at 20:46. Had to ‘check in’ first, but it’s now available until 12/01/14.

  • Mtb says:

    Loaded 4 cards in under 5 mins… no problem. Hoping I can buy something for £40+ and pay with 4 cards.

    • pazza2000 says:

      I’m perplexed. How is it working perfectly for some and not for others. I’m convinced it’s in the app settings or the method in which we are checking in. I have given up on this one, although keen to figure out what I’m doing wrong before future 4S promos as they tend to be the most generous.

  • Arno says:

    I just loaded it to my account, I am traveling next Tuesday and I have seen something I want to get.

  • jason says:

    does it need to be the right airport?

  • Nick says:

    Yep I did some months ago with a different offer.

  • hk says:

    Can FourSquare offers and AMEX ‘saved offers’ be combined? Would be nice if FourSquare’s 10 off 50, could go along with AMEX’s 10 off 50.

  • Phillip says:

    Mine worked fine. Checked in at Dixons – at the specific terminal I want, although I doubt the terminal makes a difference, as long as you check in at Dixons at the airport and not just the airport itself). Offer loaded.

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