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American Express has launched another giveaway for holders of The Platinum Card.

This is presumably to convince them to keep paying the £575 annual fee for a lot of – admittedly very good – travel benefits at a time when no-one is travelling …..

It will only appear on your main card, not any supplementaries. It will not appear on Business Platinum cards.

American Express Amex Platinum card

IMPORTANT: I have the offer in the Amex app on my iPhone but it is NOT showing on the website. If you can’t see it in one spot, look in the other. Amex has confirmed to us that all cardholders will receive it.

What am I getting?

You will receive 100% cashback when you spend up to £175 (so basically £175 cashback) at:

  • Waitrose
  • Deliveroo
  • Harvey Nichols
  • Selfridges

Apart from Deliveroo, they are valid online or instore (when they reopen).

The offer runs to 18th July. This implies that it may be the last offer of its type that we see.

As a reader pointed out in the comments, it is a bit odd that Amex didn’t choose to make this ‘£30 per month for six months’. It would have done wonders for card retention.

How does the offer work?

The good news is that you don’t need to spend the £175 in one transaction, or even at the same retailer.

Each purchase you make at the above retailers will be refunded, 100%, onto your card within 2-3 days. This keeps on going until you hit the £175 cap.

Are all Platinum cardholders receiving this?

American Express says ‘Yes’. That said, I assume it won’t appear for people who are locked out of offers because they are in default or took advantage of the covid payment holidays.

If you do not see it – perhaps you are one of those people who haven’t received any offers for months due to IT issues – then I would call Amex to have it added.

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Comments (255)

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  • Youngtraveller says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:45

    Thanks for the heads up all signed up.

  • Harry T says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:47

    Which hotel group is it?

    • Crafty says:
      19 Jan19 January 09:05

      Most major retail and leisure businesses will A/B test all promotional activity to some degree. One of the defined groups will be “no offers ever”. Selection should be random within statistical parameters. A real kick in the teeth if you’re one of those…

      • OP says:
        19 Jan19 January 12:29

        If you ever think it’s you, it’s worth taking out a new loyalty account (even if you need to close an old one)… e.g. Waitrose

        Not so useful with programmes like Bonvoy which do the same, but if you make a new account you lose your accrued nights/status

  • n_g says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:48

    That should be enough to ensure I continue with the card when renewal is up in a few months.

    It’s a shame their benefits didn’t adapt to be less travel orientated but these regular offers are doing a decent job as a stop gap right now.

  • Pawel says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:51

    175 on my card …
    So during 1 year I got
    2×100 first offer (glich what allowed offer on my partner card)
    100 second offer
    And now 175
    Total 475 gbp used for John Lewis gift cards….
    Thanks amex for free cash back 😉

    • Joe says:
      19 Jan19 January 08:56

      Plus £100 Harrods, double points in the summer, plus 20k points as an incentive to anyone thinking about leaving last summer. Not a bad year!

      • Magic Mike says:
        19 Jan19 January 09:00

        …plus a £400 free stay at the Langley (sorry rubbing it in for those who didn’t get it).

        The JL gift cards have paid for half of a shiny new TV for Lockdown 3. With the new offer I might get a sound bar…

        • Joe says:
          19 Jan19 January 09:18

          Ha – yes, some of us weren’t lucky enough! Although we have managed to use 2 x £250 off Etihad flights, which is good value!

    • Nick says:
      19 Jan19 January 08:57

      Same. Seems almost too good to be true. I have 15k points also if my memory serves me correctly. (Called and asked for retention)

  • tony says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:53

    Not on my Plat card, either via the app or the website.

    Not in default, didn’t take a payment holiday. Have had a ding-dong with them over their mishandling of a chargeback on my BAPP card, but they offered compensation and that matter is closed.

    With the renewal coming up in just two months, this seems foolish in the extreme. Wonder if they will offer this when I call up to cancel?

    • Paul says:
      19 Jan19 January 09:25

      In my experience the offers don’t show up on all cards at the same time or on the same channels. The Marriott offer passed me by till well into the second day and then only on the web site not on the app.

      The annual fee has been more than covered on the offers I have had then some, with the retention bonus point, payouts from Insurance and charge backs which they have handled superbly.

      • tony says:
        19 Jan19 January 10:38

        I didn’t get the Marriott deal and had to call up to get shop local added on both cards. Given the scale of their screw up on the BA card chargeback debacle, it would have been nice to think that they would be giving me better, rather than worse, treatment.

    • Matt says:
      19 Jan19 January 09:56

      Same Tony… nothing!

  • Steven says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:58

    Nothing showing up on my Business Plat.
    Guessing this is only available on the personal card?

  • Andrew says:
    19 Jan19 January 08:59

    A great offer but an odd approach from Amex not to spread this out to a £30 a month credit for the next 6 months, rather than a lump sum which you could take today and cancel tomorrow whereas a monthly credit could actually retain you.

    • Crafty says:
      19 Jan19 January 09:06

      Agreed…!

    • kitten says:
      19 Jan19 January 14:10

      Because it’s a bit too near the knuckle if they would show a monthly credit on each statement.

      They want to preserve the monthly or annual fee headline rate at all costs and are going all ways about it to rebate but not to show the return side by side with the cost.

  • Jon says:
    19 Jan19 January 09:00

    I have it on my card but not on my wife’s supplementary card…

    • James says:
      19 Jan19 January 09:42

      Why would it be on a supplementary card?

      • Magic Mike says:
        19 Jan19 January 11:05

        It won’t be on a supp card, unless they made a mistake like they did with the first £100 Waitrose offer…

    • L Allen says:
      20 Jan20 January 08:25

      It’s not on my partner’s supplementary card either. I guess I misunderstood what was meant by “all card holders” – I suspect they actually meant “all account holders” which is a subtle but clear distinction.

      • Rob says:
        20 Jan20 January 09:23

        A supp is NOT a cardholder. This is why they can apply for their own card later and still get the bonus.

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