Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Amex offers: £10 off £50 train ticket, £5 off World Duty Free and £5 for a TripAdvisor review

Links on Head for Points may support the site by paying a commission.  See here for all partner links.

American Express launched a new batch of ‘conditional spend’ offers recently.  You will see these either by logging in to your online account and clicking the ‘Offers’ button on the statement page (different cards may show different offers) or by visiting this website.

Here are a sample:

£5 off £60 spend at World Duty Free (to 31 August) – what is good about this is that it will double up with one of the various £5 off coupons for World Duty Free that tend to float around the internet

£5 off £40 spend at Argos (to 31 August) – a trick here is to buy third party gift cards at Argos, effectively getting a £5 discount at a totally different retailer

£10 off £70 spent at Fenwick or Bentalls (to 31 August)

An interesting one is this:

£10 off £50 spend at the First Great Western website (to 19 November)

The key here is that you can buy tickets for ANY train company via the First Great Western site.  You are not restricted to travelling on FGW.  This means that it is easily the best choice for buying a train ticket at the moment as long as you will be spending over £50 – the only exception would be if the train company you will be using has exclusive rates which are only on its own site (eg East Coast).

Remember that all of the above offers require pre-registration.

Don’t forget that the ‘£50 back for spending £250 at a UK Hilton’ offer is also still available, details on the same site via the ‘Travel’ tab.

Tripadvisor logo

Get £5 back with Tripadvisor

American Express has also brought back its Tripadvisor promotion.

If you link your American Express card with the Tripadvisor website and write one review (not necessarily a hotel review, a restaurant or attraction review would do), Amex will give you a one-off £5 statement credit.

Full details on how to register can be found here.   I am pretty sure that if you took part in this last year you CANNOT get it again ….. although you could always register a different Amex card.

Want to earn more points from credit cards? – April 2024 update

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

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

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:

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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

Category

American Express Gold card, American Express Platinum card, British Airways American Express, Marriott Bonvoy American Express

Comments (28)

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

  • Frenske says:
    10 Aug10 August 06:56

    You can disconnect you AmEx card when logged in TripAdvisor. Go to Account Settings and then Connected Accounts.

  • Ross says:
    10 Aug10 August 07:07

    Not sure you can buy any train ticket on First Great Western’s site, I’ve just tried Stockport or Warrington to London on Aug 20 and it says no trains available.

    • Phillip says:
      10 Aug10 August 07:36

      Not sure what exactly you are searching for but I am getting a load of availability between Stockport and London on the site – using London (all terminals) as the destination, for 20 August.

      • Worzel says:
        10 Aug10 August 07:51

        Have done the same as Phillip (7:36 am) no problems with availability, costs the same as on the National Rail enquiries website.

        • Ross says:
          10 Aug10 August 08:31

          Well, I can’t explain it but can confirm there is now loads of availability and I’ve booked 🙂

          • Ian says:
            10 Aug10 August 08:58

            I tried a couple of days ago and clicking through the link on the Amex site only gives availability on First Great Western operated routes – the official terms say the rebate is for services operated by FGW; so please let me know if you get the credit to your account for non FGW services

          • Ross says:
            10 Aug10 August 09:44

            You’re right, if I follow the link from the Amex site I can only book FGW services but if I go direct to the FGW site it shows all services – thought I was going mad!

            Also just noted that even if you do go direct to the site then you still cant book the far cheaper Virgin Saver fares – or am I losing it again 🙂

            I’ll let you know if I get the rebate for the booking I made (end Aug)

          • Ian182 says:
            10 Aug10 August 19:57

            Was having the same issue, so went direct to the FGW website and booked my ticket. Got an email from Amex about 5 mins later saying my spend had been registered and I’ll get my statement credit soon.

  • zark says:
    10 Aug10 August 07:42

    To receive the £5 Amex / Tripadvisor credit, do you have to have paid for the hotel/restaurant etc that you review with the Amex card you register?
    Anybody?

    • TimS says:
      10 Aug10 August 07:53

      No, you can review anything at all (even free activities) to trigger the credit.

  • Raspier says:
    10 Aug10 August 08:26

    Does it have to be an Amex issued Amex, or can I use my MBNA American Airlines Amex for these offers?

    • Ross says:
      10 Aug10 August 08:28

      I have a Lloyds Premier Amex and that worked fine

    • Rob says:
      10 Aug10 August 11:14

      Should work with MBNA cards but the statement credit takes a lot longer to appear.

      • Danny says:
        10 Aug10 August 11:33

        I did a review with my MBNA Diamond card on Thursday and and the credit posted this morning!

  • sandgrounder says:
    10 Aug10 August 08:29

    I’ve had £5 back on £10 Skype credit pop up in the last week. Handy for holidays.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
    10 Aug10 August 09:37

    I’ve received the credit for a booking with FGW on a non-FGW service. No email confirmation or anything but it’s on the statement.

  • signol says:
    10 Aug10 August 09:42

    Don’t forget that with FGW you can also get Nectar points.

  • Stephen says:
    10 Aug10 August 12:41

    How long does the Tripadvisor statement credit normally take to show up? I received the confirmation email from my first review over 5 days ago now.

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

New to Head for Points?

Welcome!  We’re the UK’s most-read source of business travel, Avios, frequent flyer and hotel loyalty news. Let us improve how you travel. Got any questions? Ask them in our forums.

Latest Forum Posts

Get 40,000 bonus points (worth 40,000 Avios) and £300 dining credit with The Platinum Card

Check reward flight availability instantly for free!

See a whole year of reward seat availability on one page at SeatSpy.com

Get £10 when you spend £150 on your free Currensea card

Booking a luxury hotel?

Our luxury hotel booking service offers you GUARANTEED extra benefits over booking direct. Works with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, The Ritz Carlton, St Regis and more. We've booked £1.7 million of rooms to date. Click for details.

SME? SPECIAL OFFER TO 12TH MAY EARN POINTS WORTH 30,000 AVIOS WITH CAPITAL ON TAP

Get 20,000 bonus points, four airport lounge passes and your first year free with American Express Gold

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website uses cookies, which you can block via your browser settings. Continuing implies your consent to this policy. Our privacy policy is here.

Got it!