How to use your £25 Financial Times credit from American Express
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We recently looked at interesting ways to use the £20 cashback credit being offered by the Daily Telegraph to many American Express cardholders – click here.
There is a similar offer available from the Financial Times. If it is available on one of your American Express accounts, you will be offered £25 cashback if you spend £30+ at ft.com by 28th March.
Remember that you need to click ‘Save to Card’ to activate the offer. It is not automatic.
I had a dig around on ft.com and found two packages that would work nicely with this. Both are for the print, not digital, editions.
One year of FT Weekend for £99, reduced to £74
Via this link, someone living within the M25 – or selected other parts of the UK – can have FT Weekend delivered to their door by 7am every Saturday. If you are outside the delivery area, you can receive vouchers to use at your local newsagent.
The standard annual subscription rate for FT Weekend is £177, but the link above is a limited time special offer at just £99 before cashback.
FT Weekend is, by a decent margin, the most intelligently written newspaper package in the UK. At £74 after American Express cashback, you are paying just £1.42 per week as opposed to £4 in the shops – and it is delivered to your door in many cases.
Three months of the FT (six days per week) for £50, reduced to £25
Alternatively, via this link, you can get a three-month print subscription to the Financial Times – all six weekly editions – for £50. This reduces to £25 after the Amex cashback.
This is a home delivery deal if you live within the M25. It doesn’t appear to offer a voucher alternative, unlike the FT Weekend deal above.
This works out at the grand price of 32p per copy!
This is an introductory deal, so you need to cancel after the three months to avoid an automatic renewal at £93.60 per quarter.
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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – April 2025 update
If you are looking to apply for a new credit card, here are our top recommendations based on the current sign-up bonuses.
In 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 Mastercard
Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review
Barclaycard Avios Mastercard
Get 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.
SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.
SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express
80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review
Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
18,000 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:
American Express Business Platinum
50,000 points when you sign-up 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 Pro Visa
10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review
Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review
British Airways American Express Accelerating Business
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
