Good new American Express cashback deals: TFL, Harrods, John Lewis, Fenwick etc

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• DaveL says:

  3 Dec3 December 07:44

  TFL ‘contactless’ – presumably doesn’t work on oyster top ups, as intended to encourage contactless payment? Haven’t used oyster for years but tempted to revert if I can top up for 2020 and save 10%(!)

  • Lumma says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:15

    Can you pay by contactless at the machines? (it’s been a while) If so, you like top up in batches of £30 or more of they accept apple/google pay etc. You could probably argue that the terms and conditions dont specifically rule this out and ask for a manual credit. “offer valid on contactless TFL transactions only” is slightly vague

  • AJA says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:34

    No it doesnt work.on Oyster top ups. The reason being you don’t use contactless to pay for Oyster top ups as you have to insert the payment card and enter your pin.

    • Neil Donoghue says:

      3 Dec3 December 09:21

      I topped up yesterday by £30 and used contactless – Happy to report back

      • John says:

        3 Dec3 December 17:30

        Pretty sure they would have coded it to only work on charges from the TfL Back Office, not the stations.

        Oyster still cheaper for me off-peak as I have a railcard. But can use it on buses and peak if not hitting cap that day.

        • DaveL says:

          3 Dec3 December 19:44

          Thanks folks. Do report back if any success from £30 top ups. However, I suspect Amex would not like kindly on doing that dozens of times if it did work!

• Shoestring says:

  3 Dec3 December 07:44

  Probably too late to buy more M vouchers for 10% off your diesel/ petrol/ Amazon etc – expires tomorrow & transaction must hit your a/c before deadline

  • TGLoyalty says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:23

    Only the charge must hit your account the transaction doesn’t need to post.

    I’ve actually got so much credit at amazon, Netflix and JL I can’t be bothered to spend any more.

    Bagged some Uber at Tesco on 25% Off but painful as only 2 £15 cards per transaction. Shame there’s no Uber GC’s at M.

    • Shoestring says:

      3 Dec3 December 08:33

      I did actually get the success email *instantly* for my latest M voucher buy

    • Polly says:

      3 Dec3 December 09:13

      Only so much advance spend possible. Am planning to double dip our petrol spend on Sunday with the 10% off vouchers plus the 10p off per litre of Petrol from the till. So that will be a handy fill up.
      Plan to use the paper v on petrol next couple of months.

  • Lee says:

    3 Dec3 December 10:34

    How are you getting 10% off fuel?

    • Shoestring says:

      3 Dec3 December 17:36

      Morrisons vouchers get treated as cash

• Sam says:

  3 Dec3 December 07:49

  I have none of them

• Joan says:

  3 Dec3 December 07:50

  I wonder how they choose people for these offers ? I get most of my avios points by using my Amex in John Lewis … but no offer for me ☹️

  • The Streets says:

    3 Dec3 December 07:59

    My guess is that there isn’t any science to it.. just random selections

  • Shoestring says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:02

    Some offers are definitely targeted at non users – with the Morrisons offer, first you might get 5%, 7% or 10% depending on whether you ever shopped / recently at M with your Amex. If you ignore the 5%, next time you’ll probably get 10%. This is also exactly how it works with the Halifax cashyback offers (and presumably all LBG) – just ignore the 5% @ Co-Op and next time the offer appears you can get 10% (=council tax).

    • Polly says:

      3 Dec3 December 08:07

      Yes, l ignored the 5%, 7% off in Morrisons, now got the 10%. Also I ignored the silly spend £75 get 4% off Waitrose deal, but now got the £10 off £50 JL on 2 cards, but it is only one credit per card. Better than nothing. So yes, l think it is targeted on spend pattern.

      • AJA says:

        3 Dec3 December 08:27

        I took advantage of the 4% off at Waitrose offer. It was for every shop until.tomorrow, not just a one-off. So not a bad deal, not brilliant i agree but better than nothing. That’s probably why I have been ignored in the latest round.

        • Polly says:

          3 Dec3 December 09:05

          We had a spend 30 get 5% off on one card, so used that a few times, now l remember. But nice to get the 10% off card now.
          Wondering if l can order the GCs on JL online? As l can’t bear the thoughts of going into Kingston this time of year, my nearest JL store. And, we can’t buy them at Waitrose, which is a pain.

        • Harry T says:

          3 Dec3 December 10:41

          @Polly attempting to buy JL gift cards online takes you to a website that is distinct from the JL.com, so my gut feeling is it wouldn’t work, as JL.com wouldn’t be charging your card, presumably.

      • RussellH says:

        3 Dec3 December 10:15

        I have used every Morrisons offer I got – and having started with 10% off any number of transactions of any value I have since gone from 5% off £30 and 7% off £30 back to where I started at 10% off any transaction.
        It would be nice if it went up to 12.5% next time, but will probably go back to just 5% off £30.
        Be nice too if it worked at the petrol station, instead of having to buy vouchers at the till first.

    • Andrew says:

      3 Dec3 December 09:16

      Or for those of us who have both BoS and Halifax (BoS white label) current accounts, we alternate which account we use the offers on each month to get a continuous 10%.

      But probably the most important bit of all, which is frequently missed on here, is to *STACK*.

      If you collect Virgin Miles, it’s absolutely crazy not to load your BA Amex card into their InStore offers at WAP. Usually 4-5 Virgin miles for every £1 spent.

      If you collect Cash, you’re being a bit silly if you don’t load your Visa & Mastercards into your Corporate Perks InStore offers and get between 5 & 10% at Morrisons & WAP.

      They don’t even have to be your cards… If your gin soaked maiden aunt “doesn’t do the internet or points”, but is down spending your inheritance in Waitrose every morning, at the very least take the 5% turn on it! (Do ask for her permission first).

      • Lee says:

        3 Dec3 December 10:37

        Corporate perks instore? Tell us more…..

      • Candice says:

        3 Dec3 December 14:40

        What is WAP please?

        • Secret Squirrel says:

          3 Dec3 December 17:55

          @Candice – Waitrose & Partners
          4-5 VA miles only on spends over £70, otherwise 1 x VA miles spend in-store.
          Corporate Perks InStore offers – sounds like an employment scheme, not everyone will have?
          You would be silly not to, blah, blah, blah… 😂

        • Andrew says:

          4 Dec4 December 08:48

          Yes Waitrose & Partners, although apparently they don’t like being called WAP for some reason.

          It is a Corporate thing, but if you work for a large firm, it’s unlikely that you won’t have Brinc, NextJump or similar running a scheme.

          The Virgin InStore scheme is targeted and can vary weekly. “Secret Squirrel” only gets 4 miles per £1 on spend over £70. I get 5 miles per £1 spent over £20, and 1 mile per £1 under that.

  • Polly says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:02

    Joan, they don’t need to encourage you, you are already a buyer.. whereas we usually buy our JL GCs in Morrison’s with the 10% off offers. Thus, we have been offered the JL on 2 cards out of 5. And bear in mind it’s one credit per card only, so not that amazing either.

    • Joan says:

      3 Dec3 December 08:32

      Ah Polly yes I guess so . That’s why I always get offers I don’t want ! 🤣

      • JPa says:

        3 Dec3 December 10:24

        Looks like it is one offer per person on the JL one. They seem to be doing that more often now, it is rare they just bulk load all the offers onto every card now (unless they are rubbush). Someones the good offers are on two of my cards each but rarely more than that.

        Gone are the days of PO or Superdrug being loaded to every card.

  • Lumma says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:06

    Surely that’s the point. John Lewis, go to American Express and say “we want to offer £10 off a £50 spend in our stores but we don’t want anyone who’s used their card in our stores in the last 3 months”. Otherwise they’d just be giving money away for free. I’d hazard a guess that the more specific the targeting is, the more AMEX charge the merchant to run the offer.

    The TFL offer is on all my cards except for the one I use daily (one card doesn’t even have contactless).

    • Jill (Kinkell) says:

      3 Dec3 December 09:30

      Agree. Harrods is at the other end of the country from me, JL is 120 miles away. Granted,we have a Debenhams in Inverness, but haven’t shopped there for a while. TfL……er No!

      • Andrew says:

        3 Dec3 December 13:43

        It’s not that long ago that there was a branch of Harrods just up the road from you. They also deliver around the world.

        Interestingly, just looking at the dates, you can have a day return from Inverness to London on Thursday 12th December for £33 return. Out EZY 06:40 and back 18:55.

        That’s half the price of the return 06:50 to the Capital (Edinburgh) on the train and you definitely wouldn’t have to stand all the way either.

        • Polly says:

          4 Dec4 December 07:19

          Andrew, that’s a hoot..great suggestion.

          There, Jill that’s your Xmas shopping day sorted for you in London…shop TIL you drop, literally, and then head on home, using all the offers….

        • Jill ( Kinkell) says:

          4 Dec4 December 16:32

          Harrods at Falls of Shin was destroyed by fire several years ago. Site rebuilt ( fab designed building in shape of a salmon) and taken over by Kyle Community Trust.
          Am heading to London next weekend….to see new grandchild, won’t look good if I head off to the shops! Offers saved anyway….just in case I have time to browse on-line. I do love a good browse in JL in Glasgow or London, and a ‘tourist’ wander in Harrods–no shop quite like it. We are starved up here in Inverness.

• Secret Squirrel says:

  3 Dec3 December 08:03

  Anyone here done the Aerclub Groupon deal at the weekend?
  People last week stated avios available in 24 hours, mines been 48 hours already and nothing?

  • Secret Squirrel says:

    3 Dec3 December 17:57

    Panic over, all credited so just waiting still on IB Avios credit & T C B 25% bonus payouts…

• paulm says:

  3 Dec3 December 08:11

  Has anyone received an Avios payout from the site that cant be named recently with their 25% bonus ? Over 2 weeks now and cant get any answers from them.

  • Dave says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:25

    I’ve been waiting a week for payout. Payout date is showing as 06 December.

    • Chas says:

      3 Dec3 December 08:44

      Where can you see this info? I can see that my Payable amount has reduced to nil, but I can’t see any details of the transaction I made last Tuesday. I got the e-mail confirmation straight afterwards too.

      • Chas says:

        3 Dec3 December 08:50

        Don’t worry – I’ve found it now. Mine also says “by 6 Dec”.

        • Secret Squirrel says:

          3 Dec3 December 09:10

          A few of us on here have been waiting over 2 weeks now for the avios payouts. CS stated to me it would be resolved this week.

        • Liz says:

          3 Dec3 December 09:21

          I am waiting on 2 payouts but their site says it’s a known issue and they are dealing with it. Will maybe wait till after 6/12 and make contact with them.

  • Craig says:

    3 Dec3 December 11:06

    I have 3 that have been sent, one nearly 4 weeks ago and one showing payout by 29 Nov which also hasn’t happened yet. Very odd.

    • Secret Squirrel says:

      3 Dec3 December 17:59

      15/11/19 seems to be the date redemption problems started, no credits here since that date.

• Nick says:

  3 Dec3 December 08:28

  Can the tfl contactless offer be used to top up Oyster cards? Assuming I use contactless to make that payment?

  • Dave says:

    3 Dec3 December 08:50

    It hasn’t worked that way in previous years. It’s only applied to tap in/tap outs.

    • RussellH says:

      3 Dec3 December 10:19

      Which makes the Amex offer useless if you have a railcard linked to your Oystercard.

      • Rhys says:

        3 Dec3 December 10:36

        Railcard discount only applies to offpeak travel, so if you’re clever about it you could benefit from both.

        • Shoestring says:

          3 Dec3 December 11:17

          16-17YO Railcard applies to all journeys incl season tickets

          might not apply to many here but worth knowing, saving me a fortune (kids) 🙂

        • Kai says:

          3 Dec3 December 11:47

          Also doesn’t apply to bus travels.

• DavidP says:

  3 Dec3 December 08:51

  Seems I have all the offers – strangely as I have been using the card more frequently over the past few weeks.

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