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£5 off £10 at Tesco, £20 off £60 at World Duty Free – new Amex offers

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Two very attractive new offers probably appeared on your American Express account yesterday, although you may not have noticed.  These are a continuation of the special deals that have been running for the last few weeks.

The first is one which almost every Head for Points reader should be able to use – £5 off a £10 spend at any Tesco store (not online).

The second is also a good one if you travelling soon – £20 off a £60 spend at World Duty Free.

These offers are limited to a fixed number of sign-ups, so you should register as soon as possible.  Both deals are valid until 28th February, so there is no rush to use them.

To sign up, visit americanexpress.co.uk (or open the Amex app) and log in.  Go to the summary page for one of your cards.  In the right hand margin of the website, you will see a box marked ‘Your Offers’.

Click this, and you will see all the offers available to you.  These two above should be included.  You need to click ‘Save to Card’ to activate the offer, otherwise it is not valid.

If you have multiple Amex-issued Amex cards (eg BA, Starwood, Gold, Platinum etc) then you should be able to sign up under each of them.  I got the offer under all three of my cards, so that is an easy £15 I will save at Tesco.

The money is paid back to you as a statement credit, usually around 5 days after you make the transaction.  Importantly, it will combine with ANY other promotion.

With World Duty Free, for example, it will combine with the ‘£5 off £75 spend’ vouchers which can be downloaded here.  A £75 spend will then only cost you £50 if you use the coupon and register for the Amex offer.

This is essentially free money, especially the Tesco one, so do sign up on as many cards as you can.  Only main cardholders can register, not supplementary cards.


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Comments (52)

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  • Simon says:

    I got both offers on my SPG, BA (free) and Gold cards.

    My Nectar card did have the Duty Free offer but didn’t have the Tesco offer, which is fair enough given Nectar’s close relationship with Sainsburys.

    For those missing these offers it might be worth sending a secure message to AMEX to try to get them added,

  • Phillip says:

    When they first started loading these offers, I got them all on my Gold card but my partner didn’t on his. Over the last month or so, my partner has been receiving all the new/current offers and nothing on my account. Definitely targeted and it seems that I am not getting offers for the places I would actually normally shop. So saying they are “tailored” is almost like saying “new customers only”!

    • Jonny says:

      I’ve spent a small fortune at tesco, mostly on 3v cards, but still received the offer from them

      • Phillip says:

        I didn’t clarify – my partner is getting rid of his card, so hasn’t used it for a while, just waiting for some points to post before cancelling. It just seemed to be more about attracting use of the card again rather than giving an offer because you shop there regularly. But then again I don’t know how Amex decides who gets what – not just in terms of these offers but also transfer bonuses etc. All part of the game I guess.

  • JonJonathan says:

    No offers at all like this showing on my brand new BAPP account! 🙁

  • plunet says:

    Is this only applicable for Amex charge cards, not credit cards?

    • Rob says:

      No, works also on BA and SPG credit cards. Won’t work for Lloyds and MBNA Amex cards.

  • Nick says:

    Tesco offer only on my partners gold. Nothing on her SPG or my Gold. Thanks Rob.

  • Brian says:

    I got the offer on my SPG card, but my brother didn’t on his – his is new and he hasn’t used it much yet, so I guess that’s why. In fact, he doesn’t have any offers at all! So they must be targetted in some way depending on one’s spending habits – and, as far as they are concerned, he doesn’t have any habits yet.

  • Mike says:

    Never had any offers showing up for my three Amex cards.

  • Simon says:

    On both my Amex gold and BA card. Registered both and used BA card yesterday, email from Amex within minutes.

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