Wheely has brought back its generous £50 free credit offer for American Express cardholders
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A good deal with Wheely, the London-based Uber competitor, has appeared again 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 TWICE until the offer expires on 30th November. It is actually two x £25 credits per Amex card, so you may find that you can get it more than twice depending on how many of your Amex cards it appears on.
The offer seems a bit scarcer this time. My wife has it on her Amex Gold but I don’t have it on my Amex Platinum or my British Airways Premium Plus.
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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