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New American Express cashback deals including £50 back from Apple

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American Express has launched what I assume will be its final batch of ‘statement credit’ offers for the year.  You can access these deals with either an American Express-issued card (British Airways, SPG, Gold, Platinum, Nectar etc) or with an Amex card issued by Lloyds, TSB or MBNA.

You can access these deals via the cardmemberoffers.co.uk website here.

The standout deal is:

£50 off a £500 purchase from the Apple website (2,000 people only, closes 31 December)

iPhone

There are less exciting offers for:

Leon (£5 back when you spend £10)

Gaucho (£10 back when you spend £50)

Primark (£5 back when you spend £15)

….. amongst others.  You should also take a look if you are planning to visit Nespresso, Dell, Heal’s, Laura Ashley, Fenwick, Bentalls, D&D Restaurants or Currys PC World.

You MUST register for EACH offer you want to use – the cardmemberoffers site has the relevant sign-up pages.

Don’t forget that the ‘Shop Small’£5 back on £10 spend’ deals are still running until the 21st, and the wide range of Heathrow / Gatwick / Stansted shopping offers – which require you to open a Foursquare account – run until the end of January.  I got £5 cashback on my £10 Café Nero lunch in Terminal 2 on Tuesday.

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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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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

18,000 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

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Comments (78)

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  • Flyoff says:
    13 Dec13 December 09:25

    If you doing the Apple deal the shopping portals at Avios.com and ba.com are doing a promotion of 50% extra Avios so you will earn 6 Avios per £ which is a better deal if you need and value Avios.

    • Paul says:
      13 Dec13 December 10:30

      Indeed, a good deal, though be warned neither of my Apple purchases have tracked through BA shopping so far 🙁 I suspect I’ll need to lodge a claim once the 40 days are up.

      • Imbruce says:
        13 Dec13 December 11:48

        I had tad same problem with Avios.com so it must be something to do with Apple’s website. I had to submit a claim to avios and ask for credit of points.

      • Rob says:
        13 Dec13 December 13:47

        It took 6 months to get the Avios from my iPhone!

    • Denis says:
      13 Dec13 December 11:35

      It’s 4 Avios per £ at Avios.com

  • Zoe says:
    13 Dec13 December 09:35

    As a slight aside do not believe Dell’s order by dates for Xmas. A few years ago I had a daughter with no Xmas present and absolutely no interest from their customer service. On further investigation it had happened to lots of people the previous year.

  • Globetrotter7 says:
    13 Dec13 December 09:37

    Yup! Both me and hubby have this offer. Plus there is a £20 off £100 spend code on hukd (Exp 18th Dec). I paid £56 instead of £101 for my Christmas shopping. Happy days 🙂

  • Joe says:
    13 Dec13 December 10:34

    That makes the team lunch at Gaucho this week a bit cheaper – thanks for highlighting this

  • sandgrounder says:
    13 Dec13 December 10:56

    Anyone had a successful credit from the Thistle offer? Reading the small print and it is not direct, but I am concerned it may exclude prepaid rates.

    • wilfred47 says:
      13 Dec13 December 12:13

      I am still waiting for my thistle credit, i contacted customer services who told me that it may take up to 8 weeks from date of purchase but if it doesn’t appear they will apply it manually.
      I had pre-paid aswell.

      • Rob says:
        13 Dec13 December 13:44

        Nonsense, it hits immediately or never.

        • sandgrounder says:
          13 Dec13 December 18:06

          Looking at the offer, the opening blurb says:

          ‘Save offer to your Card to get a £50 statement credit when you spend £100+ on your card in one transaction for stays booked & completed at UK Thistle & Guoman by 16.12.14. Valid for the first 10,000 Cardmembers to save offer.’

          However, the third point in the Ts&Cs says ‘payment taken at checkout’, which of course isn’t the case with a prepaid rate. I emailed them this morning to confirm or deny eligibility. I’ll be disappointed if they refuse, it should have been much clearer which rates were eligible, if this is the case.

          • sandgrounder says:
            13 Dec13 December 21:46

            I have my reply and I will be credited. Got to love Amex and their efficient service. Lloyds take note! 🙂

  • xcalx says:
    13 Dec13 December 11:22

    Did anyone else get the Amex Plat “A special gift just for you” J. Crew £50 off £50 spend. Just checking if it was just for me. LOL

    • Flyoff says:
      13 Dec13 December 12:44

      Yes I received it -I think it was emailed to all Plat cardholders from the comments on flyertalk. J Crew are crediting £50 back to my Amex as they accept it was an error.

      • YL says:
        13 Dec13 December 13:10

        I received slightly different kind of email from Amex. They gave me a £50 voucher code to spent on J Crew in store or online, which I guess is more or less the same kind of offer.

        • Rob says:
          13 Dec13 December 13:43

          I got this, shop is just down the road so I could use it easily on £18 shower gel! Was a better deal than the £69 cashmere socks.

  • Simon says:
    13 Dec13 December 11:58

    I wonder if this will work like the last statement credit offer I got with Gap a few months back? I ended up returning the items as they were a poor fit and they didn’t remove the statement credit – real free money!

  • Dominic says:
    13 Dec13 December 12:04

    Does anyone know if this works if I register a supplementary Amex card? Thanks

    • YL says:
      13 Dec13 December 13:23

      Unless your supplementary card has the same card numbers as the main holder, it should let you register without any issue.

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