Lots of new American Express cashback offers launched for hotel stays

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• Matt B says:

  25 Jun25 June 08:02

  Usually nothing useful for me but I was planning to use the Thistle at t5 for a night and parking so a nice saving. Makes up for leaving it so long and seeing the official parking prices shoot up.

• George K says:

  25 Jun25 June 08:50

  Speaking of 3% ForEx, for many years I was bemused with the fact that buying an airfare originating from outside the UK (but with a UK carrier) would trigger the charge (obviously you would say, as the fare is quoted in that currency). With the Lloyds 0% card gone (as the only avios-earning 0% forex card), I thought I might ask if there’s something I’ve been missing all these years: Is there a way to *not* trigger the forex charge if I am booking a trip, say from Greece to England with BA, using Amex Platinum?

  • Shoestring says:

    25 Jun25 June 10:00

    I’ve not found it, I generally buy T-355 so 2x 1-ways, the second one originating out at our place in the sun.

    2 solutions:

    1. use a card that doesn’t charge the 2.99% eg Halifax Clarity
    2. suck it up, no problem really using Amex Gold as (with the 2.99% fee) you are earning MR points @2.67 per £1, which all boils down to buying Avios (or MR points) @1.1p/ point, nothing to worry about, really.

    • George K says:

      25 Jun25 June 10:42

      Good suggestions. I think Curve will be my go-to card for 0% from now on.

      Speaking of Amex Gold though, I just had a thought. Is it possible, as an Amex Plat holder, to issue a supplementary Gold card to… myself?

      • Mark2 says:

        25 Jun25 June 11:13

        Yes; useful for ShopSmall. Use ‘other’ as relationship.

      • Sundar says:

        25 Jun25 June 15:45

        And extra-polating that logic, does that gold get the double bonus points for airline booking ?
        15K for 10K spend ?

        • George K says:

          25 Jun25 June 17:47

          That’s what I was thinking about, and I think the answer is yes. Once upon a time I tried to go another way about this, but taking an Amex Gold (charge card as it was then) and getting a Gold credit card on the same account. I kept the latter, even as I upgraded to Platinum, which is actually still a live supplementary card on my account (even alongside the Platinum credit card). I used it to buy BA tickets thinking that it would trigger x2 MRs as a Gold card, but no…

        • Charlieface says:

          25 Jun25 June 19:17

          No they are just Plat without the benefits.
          What @George K is referring to is an entirely separate account called Gold Companion card which was a credit card available to Gold Charge holders, there was also a Plat version but they wouldn’t upgrade at the same time as the charge card

  • Andrew says:

    25 Jun25 June 10:37

    Book the journey with an online travel agent rather than direct with BA?

    • George K says:

      25 Jun25 June 10:40

      That is certainly worth considering – thank you!

  • BigSi says:

    25 Jun25 June 11:27

    @GeorgeK, you can call BA and ask for ticket to be priced in STG. I do it all the time for USD fares airports but I think it would work for you also. Sometimes the fare buckets are different and can be even cheaper on occasion. If you use AMEX travel or Expedia you will also get those fares in STG and avoid the FOREX charge.

    • George K says:

      25 Jun25 June 11:49

      Very good knowledge – thank you!

    • guesswho2000 says:

      25 Jun25 June 13:21

      Or even GBP…

      • Nick_C says:

        25 Jun25 June 13:30

        Stg is an acceptable abbreviation for Sterling. And arguably a more accurate description as NI also uses Sterling.

      • BigSi says:

        25 Jun25 June 14:02

        @guesswho2000 guess who must be bored stupid at work? Hope you get paid lots and lots of GBP.

• SimonW says:

  25 Jun25 June 08:50

  O/T On my Platinum, I spent £15 on Addison Lee 10 days ago, still no £10 credit showing.. But I have been made ClubLee GOLD at addison lee – 15% off at peak times, and a load of other offers on the app….

  • Ian says:

    25 Jun25 June 10:02

    Similar situation for me. 14 days ago though. I contacted Amex through chat last Friday, who fobbed me off claiming it had only been 5 working days on Friday since the transaction appeared on my statement, which is how long the t&c’s say it will take (at the same time I was looking at my statement and could clearly see it was already 7 working days). They told me to wait 24-48 hours and the credit would post.

    Guess what, still nothing.

    • Dev says:

      25 Jun25 June 10:25

      +1
      No credit so far and it has been 9 days since I used Addison Lee.

    • SimonW says:

      25 Jun25 June 10:26

      Spooky…. The £10 credit just hit my account, dated 22nd June….. I booked the car on 14th for travel 15th June…. All good….. Now just waiting for the £10 off my £100 Nespresso order. Didnt even get an email for that one.

      • Ian says:

        25 Jun25 June 10:42

        Very spooky, that happened to me as well after I replied to your previous comment!

        No sign of the credit when I checked this morning, but it was there after I replied. Coincidentally also dated the 22nd (not sure why it wasn’t showing up today or yesterday though).

        Let’s see how it works going forward.

  • darrenf says:

    25 Jun25 June 10:38

    Not sure how to get any benefit out of Addison Lee myself. Pretty much the only time I use cabs is to get to LHR, and when I try to book in advance for a flight next week all I get is a notice saying they’re fully booked for cash/card bookings, and to pick an “ASAP” booking nearer the time. Hailing an ASAP for 0645 is not my idea of fun, so I guess I’ll be sticking with my local minicab firm after all.

    • SimonW says:

      25 Jun25 June 10:42

      You need to create an account for advance bookings I think. Net £5 for a £23 fare hard to beat really. £10 off via Amex, stacked with £8 off via ALee code.

      • Rob says:

        25 Jun25 June 11:11

        Not sure where you live, but I can get an Uber 24/7 within 3 minutes. It has never even crossed my mind that a car is not available on demand. AddLee is probably not as good but won’t be far off if you live centrally.

        • darrenf says:

          26 Jun26 June 07:36

          I live in SW London/north Surrey. Uber is available but after a sequence of awful drivers and cars, and an £80 surge price to LHR (minicab is £25, without luggage I get two buses for £1.50), I’m no longer using them. Want to try Addison Lee once for the plat credit and £8 to make it competitive but having never used them I’ve no idea if they’ll be available on demand out here!

• BS says:

  25 Jun25 June 09:20

  What time last year did we have the Amex travel offer?

  • S says:

    25 Jun25 June 09:40

    May. We had one in May.

    After that, August, I believe.

• combatjohnny says:

  25 Jun25 June 09:25

  OT: has anyone elses Virgin Credit card up recently stopped working?
  also if I refer myself for BA card from an AMEX gold will i still earn a referral fee?

  • combatjohnny says:

    25 Jun25 June 09:41

    *app. sorry autocorrect

  • PJJ says:

    25 Jun25 June 11:40

    I got the bonus miles for referring myself from BAPP to Platinum

  • daniel macdonald says:

    25 Jun25 June 12:45

    Virgin Money app has been down for 1 week+ at least..I can still login though via the website.

  • Nick_C says:

    25 Jun25 June 13:21

    Virgin Money Android app is working fine. Are you using Apple?

    • Peter K says:

      25 Jun25 June 15:11

      My android app stopped working over a week ago. Uninstalled then reinstalled and it worked once then stopped working again. I’ve been using the website since.

      • Matt B says:

        25 Jun25 June 17:55

        Same here, wiped my cache and logged in again and it’s been OK l since though.

        • Simon says:

          25 Jun25 June 19:43

          I tried wiping the cache but problem unresolved. According to responses to negative reviews in the Google Play app store Virgin are aware of the problem and seeking to resolve it.

• Tu Nguyen says:

  25 Jun25 June 10:21

  Hi, my first comment here from a long time reader. I’ve been using Amex Gold Charge for more than 1 year and I haven’t got any offer on my Amex tab. I contacted the live chat team and they said its normal. Well, I’m not really sure it is normal to be honest. I’m wondering has anyone have the same issue like me? What should I do to fix it? Pretty much appreciate it!

  • Jody says:

    25 Jun25 June 10:39

    I’ve got a similar problem, although mine is a newish card (had about 5 weeks now). Every time I log in it says “offers unavailable”, I have only ever been able to view offers once. Live chat said it was because it was new, but clearly not if I have seen the offers once. Then they told me I would have to contact Amex by phone (which I haven’t done yet).

  • J Shank says:

    25 Jun25 June 12:41

    Hello – are you running much spend through the card? Offers I believe are semi targeted to your spend and on what you choose to purchase. For me it normally takes a month or so for them to start coming through, same with my other half from scratch. 1 year however does sound very strange to me, I think there’s a good chance you can push this with them over the phone and get offered some free MR points with a bit of charm.

  • Harry T says:

    25 Jun25 June 13:12

    Heck, I’ve got a supplementary card on my brother’s Gold credit card and even I have 41 offers.

    • Nick_C says:

      25 Jun25 June 13:24

      Sadly, I’m getting better offers on the supp on my partners Gold than I am on my BAPP, which we are both currently using to earn a 241.

      Neither of us have used the Gold for the last 3 months.

  • Charlieface says:

    25 Jun25 June 14:21

    Try removing the card from online services then readding it. Sometimes works.

• J Shank says:

  25 Jun25 June 12:35

  OT: Does anyone think the current Avios offer on the BA amex is worthwhile? Bonus 10k points when you buy 20k for £335? Cheers!

  • Daniel Macdonald says:

    25 Jun25 June 12:50

    Only worth it if you have a premium redemption that you know you are going to get from the maths below:

    £335 on the Premium plus card gets you 30,000 + 503 points (depends if goes thro as points.com, 1005 if a BA spend)

    £335/30503 = 1.09p per avios…

    Only a buyer if deffo looking at a specific redemption…not as a top up…

    • jason says:

      26 Jun26 June 13:11

      this is great – thank you!

• RTS says:

  25 Jun25 June 13:06

  Literally… nothing.

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