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Very generous offer of £75 Wheely credit from American Express

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A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared on a lot of American Express cards.   You need to look under the ‘Offers’ section on the online statement page of each Amex card you have.

You will receive £25 cashback when you spend £25 with Wheely in one ride.  You can get the money up to three times until the offer expires on 17th May.  It is actually three x £25 credits per Amex card, so you may find that you can get it six or nine times depending on how many of your Amex cards it appears on.

Wheely

Wheely is equivalent to Uber Exec and Uber Luxe,  Its cheapest option is a Mercedes E-Class.

The biggest snag is the need to spend £25 in one ride.  It is NOT cumulative and you do not get any credit if you spend under £25.  Spend £24 and your net cost is £24.  Spend £26 and, with the credit, your ride will only cost £1.

This is not a problem if you are heading to an airport but on shorter trips you cannot be sure you will hit the target.  The complex way Wheely calculate fares (an E-Class is £6 + 50p per minute + £1.60 per mile) means that you can’t be certain what you’ll pay.  It is certainly worth a look, however.

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Comments (143)

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  • illuminatus says:
    27 Feb27 February 10:41

    Wheely is awesome, I highly recommend it – imo the best ‘service/price’ ratio (vs expensive Uber options, Blacklane, Kabbee Exec, AddLee etc). Heathrow £50 from SW is a bargain, Gatwick at £85 less so.

    • illuminatus says:
      27 Feb27 February 10:44

      and yep, please use H6CD5 to get 20% off your first ride)

      • paul says:
        27 Feb27 February 12:44

        could you give the first 4 digits of your post code so i can get rough idea re cost. i’m in SW15 and want to get this to Heathrow so wondering re the cost. thanks

        • illuminatus says:
          27 Feb27 February 16:21

          SW18. From what I understand, airport transfer prices are largely fixed by area, so yours should be close. In fact, I’ve just checked in the app – it gives the same £50 from SW15 to Heathrow T5 in E-Class

        • Paul says:
          27 Feb27 February 19:18

          Thanks illuminatus

    • john says:
      27 Feb27 February 12:35

      Sounds expensive. My local minicab company used to be £33 to T5 when I lived in SW18

      • Rob says:
        27 Feb27 February 13:32

        Do have S-Class Mercs?

        • Alan says:
          27 Feb27 February 14:01

          Would it get you there any quicker if they had?

        • Jonah says:
          27 Feb27 February 15:29

          Honestly Rob who cares!

          • Rob says:
            27 Feb27 February 16:01

            Since its obvious that a minicab firm running clapped out bangers will be cheaper than a company using S-Class Mercedes cars, I just assumed there was a point to your comment 🙂

        • SimonW says:
          27 Feb27 February 15:45

          Well, almost everyone on here cares!! This site helps people travel in more comfort to a destination in the same time as someone at the back of the plane. I’d take an S-Class over a Prius if I can. And using this deal, the S-Class could cost a couple of quid and the Prius many times that.

        • Russ says:
          27 Feb27 February 18:11

          +1 SimonW!

  • Paul Stevens says:
    27 Feb27 February 10:49

    OT: Flying BA first to Tokyo – 777 to Haneda or 787 to Narita. Or maybe out on one, back on the other. I’ve never flown on a 787 before but have flown BA first on a 777 a few times if that makes any difference.

    • Prins Polo says:
      27 Feb27 February 11:04

      Not sure what the question is but I would (and have given this choice) fly JAL to HND. Vastly superior.

      • Paul Stevens says:
        27 Feb27 February 11:35

        241 so has to be on BA. I suppose my question was is the 787 so much better that it offsets the slightly less convenient Narita airport?

        • Mark says:
          27 Feb27 February 12:03

          if you are using a 241, maybe mix and match depending on the time and availability. I flew back on the 787-9 in F and loved it. Yes Narita is a bit more complicated to get to but I think the flight time and the quality of plane more than made up for it.

        • Kevin C says:
          27 Feb27 February 12:07

          I went First in a 777 to Haneda last year. The 777 isn’t my favourite First cabin – you can’t get from one side to the other without going through the galley and there didn’t seem to be anywhere for the crew to put out snacks. But the crew were good and the food (especially coming back) was excellent.

          Haneda is a nice airport these days.

        • Genghis says:
          27 Feb27 February 12:20

          +1 on ex-HND F catering. Best I’ve ever had on BA.

        • Chuck says:
          27 Feb27 February 15:09

          F on 787-9 is an excellent experience, food normally good from Japan too.
          My only issue is the dining table, worst product ergonomics ever.

    • TokyoFan says:
      27 Feb27 February 18:25

      We went into NRT on the 787 and out of HND on the 777 which suited availability of F at the time and timings for our trip. I preferred the 787 but only for the obvious reasons (newer, cleaner, quieter etc). Agree with Genghis about the food out of HND in F – a stunning wagyu steak – yum!

  • JP says:
    27 Feb27 February 11:04

    The Wheely offer is tricky. Testing the pricing formula for long distances e.g. My house to Heathrow = £40 (having subtracted the credit) which is roughly the cost of an Uber with no surchage.

    For Wheely in central London, google provides the calculation inputs your journey. Search your destination from your location for the mileage and time.

    E.g. Google says 20mins to go 3miles
    20 * 0.5 = £10
    3 * 1.6 = £4.8
    +£6 for the E-Class
    Total cost = £20.8 – Don’t take a wheely!

    E.g. Google says 36mins for 6.2miles (diff route)
    36 * 0.5 = £18
    6 * 1.6 = £9.6
    +£6 for the E-Class
    Total cost = £33.6 – £25 credit = £8 – Save £8/10 over Uber.

    Tricky!

    • MMM says:
      27 Feb27 February 11:53

      Just ask the driver to take the longer route?

      BTW does the amex offer + 20% first use work together?

  • Tom H says:
    27 Feb27 February 11:58

    I’m STILL waiting to hear back from Curve after seeking to cancel three weeks ago. I got an initial (non-automated) response after about five days asking if I was sure, I confirmed I was – and still nothing despite having chased.

    I’m getting very close to credit card chargeback territory.

    • MMM says:
      27 Feb27 February 12:05

      Same position, they will just send the same automated response, i think they sent me three emails like that already. Will be taking it up with CC

  • Andrew says:
    27 Feb27 February 12:18

    20% off your first Wheely ride with code: 59J6X Stackable with the Amex offer, good with airport runs where the 20% is obviously worth more and the ride is fixed price so no concerns about not going over the £25.

    • Russ says:
      27 Feb27 February 13:04

      Is that just within the M25?

      • illuminatus says:
        27 Feb27 February 16:31

        I am completely lost why there are so many questions and guessing about pricing. If you download the app and enter ‘from-to’ addresses, it will give you a price estimate, same as Uber.

        Airport transfers on the other hand will have a fixed cost, which is good.

  • BJ says:
    27 Feb27 February 12:29

    OT: Good Lufthansa business class sale on, e.g. Seoul £1392, Hong Kong £1546

  • Gill says:
    27 Feb27 February 12:30

    OT – Tokyo flight advice

    I have a Lloyds upgrade voucher I’ve noticed is about to expire so I’m planning on redeeming today. Any particular advise on which flight / airport is better ? Both HND and NRT have business seats available on the dates I’m interested in.
    Thanks

  • AndyK says:
    27 Feb27 February 12:48

    OT. Any bonus points for a supp card on SPG Amex?

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