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Where you targeted for an American Express ‘£25 off £40 at Amazon’ promotion?

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For a couple of years, Amazon has been offering a £15 discount on a £25 spend for anyone who links their Amex Gold or Amex Platinum card to their amazon.co.uk account and part-pays with Membership Rewards points.

It is still working – I did it on Saturday for my wife.  This is what to do:

Link your Membership Rewards account with your Amazon account by visiting this page on the Amazon website (ignore the ‘£25 off £40’ offer described on that page)

Buy £25 of items on amazon.co.uk (these MUST all be sold by Amazon and not third party merchants, and excludes digital content and gift cards)

IMPORTANT:  Items must be purchased in a single order and shipped at the same speed to a single address

You MUST select your Membership Rewards-earning Amex card as your payment card (you cannot use gift cards or any other payment source)

Part-pay for your order using Membership Rewards points.  The sneaky option is to redeem just 10 points for a 5p discount.  This saves you ‘wasting’ MR points on a low value redemption.  You will only get 0.45p per point and you shouldn’t waste more than 10 of your valuable points on such a poor deal.

Do NOT add the code at this point.  Click ‘Use This Payment Method’ and continue to the final payment screen.

Enter code AMEX16SWP at check out (the code must go in after you have selected part-payment with your Membership Rewards-registered card) – do NOT use AMEX25SWP which is the targeted £25 offer

As can see from the landing page above, there is also a TARGETED version of this offer doing the rounds.  8,400 people can save £25 on a qualifying purchase of £40.

Only one HfP reader has told me that they received an invitation.  If you are spending £40, try out the £25 code to see if it works – it is AMEX25SWP – but if it fails then AMEX16SWP should work if you’ve never used it before.

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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.

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You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

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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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

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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:

American Express Business Platinum

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British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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Comments (105)

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  • Richard G says:
    19 Nov19 November 12:48

    Thanks for the amex saving. Just got a fire stick for £20 with it / the sale. 🙂

  • MrK says:
    19 Nov19 November 12:59

    Yes you can. I have 3 credit cards as proof.

  • Mark says:
    19 Nov19 November 17:18

    Just tried and despite buying everything from Amazon, code isn’t working & stating “The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase.”

  • Janet Thomas says:
    19 Nov19 November 17:33

    OT – I’m staying at a Marriott Autograph hotel & just wondering whether to charge F&B to my Marriott or SPG credit card. Have not yet linked the accounts. Will they both earn the same amount of points?

    Thanks.

  • Darren says:
    19 Nov19 November 18:44

    O/T,
    Etihad Guest Raffle.

    Just had an email to enter a raffle on Etihad Guest to win 1.5 million miles. The cost was 100 miles which I thought was worth a punt.

    • BJ says:
      19 Nov19 November 18:54

      So will tens of thousands of others…but good luck 🙂

      • Darren says:
        19 Nov19 November 19:00

        It could be you (or me).

        • BJ says:
          19 Nov19 November 19:28

          Not be me, I bet my last 4000 EG miles on an Apple bundle with no joy. Apple raffles typically had over 40k entries. A fun way to empty out an account or round down a balance to the nearest thousand though, somebody has to win.

  • BJ says:
    19 Nov19 November 19:05

    That rule no longer applies and I am doubtful it ever did as I had more than 2 credit cards at various times. Although it does not affect you, I believe amex might now be refusing anyone a third cobranded card if recent feedback from a CSA is correct. I know they are not always reliable but this advice seemed to make a lot of sense in light of fee cap.

  • Bach says:
    19 Nov19 November 20:14

    OT – considering redeeming ihg free night at Fitzroy London. Any idea of the elite benefits as spire elite?

  • AndyGWP says:
    19 Nov19 November 23:01

    OT – there’s been HFP topics that have incorporated how to keep hotel points alive, but has there been anything similar in relation to airline points? (Assume shopping portals or flying are the only real options for something such as AAdvantage?)

    • Lyn says:
      20 Nov20 November 04:27

      I expect HfP have also covered keeping airlines miles active for some airlines.

      For American miles specifically – also consider car rentals, and even buying miles or donating either miles or money for charity if you don’t have any other options. Their shopping portal can also be used to book Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn etc. stays – these go through to the IHG web-site so stays earn IHG points and IHG status benefits apply, as well as earning some AA miles.

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