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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.


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:

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 (78)

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  • Kevin says:

    Can’t see the Apple Store offer seems gone now

    • Paul says:

      Just checked (at 12:41) it is still there. You may need to scroll to the bottom of the page and let all the offers load (or click on the menu at the top to select shopping rather than all)

  • xcalx says:

    OT but Apple related, looking for an I phone 5c for grand daughter ( pink of course ) sim free, seen one for £319 at Apple store. Does this seem a good deal,
    Thanks

    • John says:

      Have a look at very.co.uk for refurbs 12 month interest free. Not sure about colour range. Go via avios portal to collect miles on top.

  • Frankie says:

    If Amex hits its maximum number of registrations for an offer, does it tell you so you know not to make the purchase as you’ve missed the deal?

  • Li says:

    Does the transaction have to happen in the UK and in £, or as long as the converted amount is over £500 (e.g. $800 in US)?

    • TimS says:

      The T&Cs say that you have to shop via apple.com/uk so I expect it has to be a GBP purchase.

  • wetboy1uk says:

    where do you find if you are targeted for the morrisons offer?

    • Globetrotter7 says:

      On your Amex Account. I have it on my Gold card

      • TimS says:

        If you can see the offer with your other ones you have been targeted.

        If you can’t, you haven’t. The offer is in the usual Offers section of your online account.

    • TimS says:

      The morrisons one is also only for morrisons.com

      £25 off £60 spend by 18th Jan

  • Olivula says:

    16.00 Register Amex Card
    16.30 Buy Apple kit exceeding threshold.
    17.00 Amex email confirming £50.00 statement credit
    18.00 Apple confirm iPads shipped.

    Just too easy.

  • squills says:

    Just got breathalysed by the boys in blue and failed miserably! ;-(

    • Lady London says:

      Oh no! was that serious?

      • squills says:

        It was serious!

        Luckily I was not driving 😉

        Some idiot drove into my wife’s parked car and scratched it – and refused to give us her details, claiming she was innocent and please call the police. So I called the police who arrived & took the details.

        They automatically do breathalysers round here because it’s December – both wimmin were zero/ negative – so to liven things up I said do me then and the police chick did me & I was well over the limit lol 😉

        Luckily I was not driving.

  • Frankdjs says:

    Just off to our apartment building Christmas drinks. The local bar in CW is participating in shop small, so that is £60 for £30 on cocktails and beers across 6 cards. Lucky that it is only a 5 min walk home 🙂

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