Free AppStore travel apps for UK American Express cardholders

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• Mark Pickering says:

  30 May30 May 06:07

  Nothing for android users?

  • Frenske says:

    30 May30 May 07:06

    Some are free on Android anyway (probably with adds).

  • Alan says:

    30 May30 May 07:51

    Nope although I received the credit on my account when I pointed this out to Amex!

    • grex9101 says:

      30 May30 May 11:29

      How did you manage that?

      • Alan says:

        30 May30 May 12:37

        I just complained to them via the webform re the iOS bias. I was more just wanting to make the point (the Android Amex app is also less functional than the iOS one), but they offered me the credit!

  • Paul Lakin says:

    30 May30 May 14:14

    I doubt they will offer this on android because google don’t accept amex as a payment method.

    • Sully says:

      31 May31 May 21:05

      Yes they do – although they only seem to take my MBNA Amex and not my Amex Amex

      • Paul says:

        1 Jun1 June 00:36

        How odd.
        Google say they only accept Amex in the US. I assumed this meant they only accept Amex for dollar transactions (because you can add a uk Amex to your account, it just doesnt work when you try to buy something).
        Perhaps what they have actually done is just blocked the uk card ranges, and have missed MBNA.

• Gavin Cooper says:

  30 May30 May 08:05

  Thanks for the tip, I’ve been looking at purchasing FlightTrack 5, nice freebie. Does AMEX run this promotion a lot, as I have never seen it advertised on their website?

  • Rob says:

    30 May30 May 08:21

    This is the first time but it implies it will stay around with different apps

• Roger says:

  30 May30 May 09:55

  This seems to be an Apple promotion accessed via Apple’s ITunes.

  Something similar is happening at the Telegraph whose possibly helpful destination apps are only available to Apple users.

  The market leader is Android whose users are excluded from these selective promotions ostensibly from AmEx and the Telegraph. Pity.

  • Oli says:

    30 May30 May 11:40

    Amongst Amex holders and Telegraph readers I would guess that the ‘market leader’ is not Android.

    • Roger says:

      30 May30 May 12:00

      That may or may not be true. Fact is, I am excluded from the AmEx and Telegraph promotions, which hardly seems wise if AmEx and the Telegraph want to promote their services to users/readers.

      I’m hardly going to buy an iPad just to get a ‘free’ app.

      OTOH BA and many others are happy to service Android and Apple users.

• Danksy says:

  30 May30 May 10:19

  Don’t get me started on Apple … grrrr 😛

• jonboy says:

  30 May30 May 13:17

  cheers raffles, also used a second amex card of mine to get them for a mate. he used his email and my credit card number, worked fine.

• StealthMoose says:

  30 May30 May 22:34

  Hmmmm, downloaded all of these from the App Store (because they were free), only to find that you need to go through the Amex link above to register your card, in order for the redemption codes to be emailed / activated…

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