Save on flights and hotels with a new American Express Travel cashback credit – but only for £50

American Express Travel has launched a new cashback credit promotion.

When this offer has run in the past there have been two versions:

£50 back on a £200 spend

£200 back on a £600 spend

This time ….. at least so far ….. the only one available is £50 back on £200 spent.

I recommend looking at the ‘Offers’ tab on your Amex online statement pages and signing up, if it is there.  For some reason it seems rarer than usual in my house even though Amex is accepting 25,000 registrations – it only appears on my British Airways Premium Plus card.  Nothing on any of our Gold, Platinum or Platinum Business cards.

You have until 28th February to do the necessary spend.

Whilst there was some grumbling in our comments yesterday about the lack of a £600 cashback offer, I think the ‘£50 back on £200 spend’ is more practical for many people.

Cumulative spend DOES count.

Note that you will lose your cashback if you use Membership Rewards to part-pay for the cost of your booking – although you would be crazy to do this as it is poor value for your points.

This offer is only valid for pre-paid products.  It is best used for a flight because – assuming the price is the same – a flight booked via Amex Travel is the same as a flight booked via ba.com.  You should get the same Avios and tier points.

The downside with booking hotel rooms this way is that Amex Travel is counted as a third party booking site.  You won’t receive hotel points or status benefits which – if this meant you lost out on free breakfast or a good upgrade – may leave you worse off than booking direct.  For hotels where you don’t have status, of course, it is more attractive.

Note that you can’t use it for Fine Hotels & Resorts bookings (the exclusive ‘added benefits’ scheme for holders of The Platinum Card) or The Hotel Collection bookings (the equivalent scheme for Amex Gold) as these are not pre-paid.

Even if you don’t see a window to use this offer at the moment, I recommend visiting americanexpress.co.uk and saving it to your card just in case.  It would be a shame if something came up but the target of 25,000 registrations had already been reached.

Remember that you have until 28th February to do the required £200 of spending although your travel can be for a future date.

PS.  If you missed it, take a look at our recent article on the top 10 reasons why you should apply for an American Express Platinum card.

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