Get £5 cashback on £10 Post Office spend with American Express

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• Mummy55 says:

  1 Jun1 June 09:54

  Sorry forget that last question just reread above!!!!!

• Mark C says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:03

  Off topic somewhat but does purchasing Euros count towards a credit card sign up spend? Got a large family holiday to Spain this summer and the wife’s family prefer to take cash rather than a card so was hoping to get the cash for them and smash a couple of sign up targets in one go. Cheers

  • Rob says:

    1 Jun1 June 12:14

    It does if you buy them for home delivery for travelmoneynow.co.uk as Amex runs this. All other FX routes will treat it as a cash advance.

    • Lionel says:

      1 Jun1 June 12:22

      Oh has American Express Currency Exchange stopped working?

      • Rob says:

        1 Jun1 June 13:21

        Amex Currency Exchange is only in Birmingham Airport now!

        • Lionel says:

          1 Jun1 June 15:14

          I meant the avios.com portal in my link, ie online and delivery to home. Last time I did that I got 1000 free bonus Avios, 1 Avios per £1, free delivery and it all counted against my spend as real purchase not cash advance.

        • Mark C says:

          1 Jun1 June 15:28

          Thanks for both of your replies. Lionel – the ‘Order Currency’ button on the link you provided redirects you to the travelmoneynow website so they are one and the same. One question – do you have to use an Amex issued Amex or can I use the Virgin Atlantic Amex? Cheers.

        • Rob says:

          1 Jun1 June 15:30

          Amex-issued Amex ONLY

• oyster says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:06

  Is anyone else having issues registering for amex connect? All my Amex-Amex cards (Wife’s BA Amex basic plus supplementary and my BA Prem Amex plus supplementary) throw an error saying this card can’t be recognised or is not eligible.

  However my Virgin Amex (MBNA) can be registered.

  Is this because I have online account access for the Amex issued cards? And if so that means I can’t register supplementary cards for offers as the offers aren’t listed for them.

  If that’s the case it seems a bit odd that a supplementary Plat or Centurion can’t receive an offer but a freebie MBNA issued Amex can.

• Nick says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:10

  Can any advise how to load this offer on my 5 supplementary cards?

• Lionel says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:12

  Don’t forget your free £5 @ Boots – you can buy giftcards including 3Vs.

  All cards incl supplementaries.

  • Lucas says:

    1 Jun1 June 11:58

    Is it possible to buy 3V cards online at boots and get credit for the offer?

    • Lionel says:

      1 Jun1 June 12:14

      Rules say also valid for purchases online

• Nick says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:39

  Completely off-topic question that I’m inexplicably struggling with:

  How flexible is a “fully flexible” fare? I assume I’m able to use it to book on to any available seat on the return leg within, say, a year of paying for the ticket. But what flexibility do I get on the outbound? If I book a fully flexible ticket departing at 10am and miss the outbound, can I use it to book on to the next flight (same airline, same route) at 11am? Would this involve a fee? Obviously this assumes there is availability on the 11am. The airline I’m looking at does not make it clear at all, so just wanted to check what I would normally expect for a fully flexible fare.

  Thanks!

  • Tim says:

    1 Jun1 June 11:02

    Should be fully flexible, but can depend on airline! For example easyjet allows you to move your flight back and forward.

    In theory, most fully flex fares are for the purpose you stated – if you miss the 10am flight, you can just move your booking to the 11am flight at no cost, providing you are at the airport in time

    • Nick says:

      1 Jun1 June 11:06

      Thanks – I think I’ll book the fully flex then. I will also earn some extra loyalty scheme points…. so I now just need to work out how to get some use out of some airmiles for some obscure Asian airlines!

• RT says:

  1 Jun1 June 10:46

  can u actually pay your council tax at the post office?

  • Lionel says:

    1 Jun1 June 11:08

    Yes.

    Not on Amex though.

  • Liz says:

    1 Jun1 June 14:44

    You can pay your council tax at the Co-op at the Paypoint and use Amex – although some people have had difficulty with this but I have paid 2 months now with no problems.

    • Fenny says:

      1 Jun1 June 15:07

      My local Co-op claim they only take cash for Paypoint. Seems to totally miss the point. Who’s going to go and take out a couple of hundred quid in cash then walk to a Co-op to pay it in when they could just use a debit card to pay the same amount with no cash transaction?

      • Lionel says:

        1 Jun1 June 15:12

        They are probably telling porkies (could be true in Norfolk). Ask them to do a dummy transaction.

        • Fenny says:

          1 Jun1 June 15:36

          I’m sure they’re telling porkies. There are times when it’s too much hard work to argue. I’ll find another Paypoint outlet and sort it there.

        • Wally says:

          2 Jun2 June 16:23

          My council stipulates that only cash is accepted through PayPoint but I’ve used my Amex with no problem (only once so far)!

• Bob says:

  1 Jun1 June 11:00

  I don’t think much of what our local post office is selling and thought stamps may be off limits. But no 4 cards £40 Stamps at half price! + a few pence balance. Brilliant!

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