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American Express launches luxury shopping cashback offers

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A raft of American Express cashback offers for high-end retailers have appeared on cards. 

Some, all or none of these offers will appear in the ‘Offers’ section of your online American Express statement.  Remember that you need to click ‘Save to Card’ to register – participation is not automatic.

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These are what we have across the cards in our house:

£30 back on £150 spend at Harrods, valid to 23rd August

£200 back on £1,000 spend at Burberry, valid to 22nd September

£100 back on £400 spend at luxury City of London restaurant and hotel complex The Ned, valid to 13th September

£20 back on £100 spend at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants (Plane Food at T5 pictured above), valid to 10th October

£40 back on £160 spend at Averys Wine Merchants, valid to 16th August 

£25 back on £100 spend at Clos 19 (champagne and fine wine), valid to 9th August

£200 back on £500 spend at Anoushka jewellery, valid to 24th August


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If you are looking to apply for a new credit card, here are our top recommendations based on the current sign-up bonuses.

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the best of the other deals currently available.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

15,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

For a non-American Express option, we also recommend the Barclaycard Select Cashback card for sole traders and small businesses. It is FREE and you receive 1% cashback on your spending.

Barclaycard Select Cashback Business Credit Card

1% cashback uncapped* on all your business spending (T&C apply) Read our full review

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