News: Heathrow free bus travel ends, Amazon Kindle Unlimited offer

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• Ammar says:

  10 Jun10 June 11:11

  For the economist offer – do you have to sign up with a new email address/account details (my prev sub ended over 6 months ago) or can you use the existing details as the offer is still reasonable for those interested in print copies

• Adam M says:

  10 Jun10 June 11:22

  So I called Amex this morning regarding the Economist Offer. Nothing posted on my account. They have assured me that it will be posted and that I did quality for the offer. They said the account can take up to 90 days to show the £45 and gave me a reference number.
  They could see that I added the offer to my card and that I purchased it after it was added.

  • JustMe says:

    10 Jun10 June 11:45

    I had a very similar comversation with Amex. The agent said they can see I added the offer to my card and then made a qualifying purchase, but stated the 90 days (from promotion end date) then sent a chase to the back office team.

    Fingers crossed, but at the end of the day, as long as the Avios post without any issues, 1.19p/avios isn’t a disaster.

    • gtellez says:

      10 Jun10 June 13:20

      Just contact them through the online chat, first ask me if I used the link in the T&Cs. After I said no but explained that the T&Cs just mentions that is “available at” that link (and not that the link must be used), they told me that due to technical problems they can´t check the eligibility now and I have to contact back in 24h… Really poor customer service. I asked if they could contact me back and they said not possible.

• Alex says:

  10 Jun10 June 11:25

  Also cancelled this morning via economist live chat.

  Maybe thinking now I should have given it a go with Amex but nevermind.

  Not really a pressing need for Amex so maybe a speculative purchase wasn’t ever a good idea, though I actually quite enjoy the economist and have been a subscriber before so will keep eyes out for other offers.

• RussellH says:

  10 Jun10 June 12:02

  I had a very good Amex offer a few days ago!
  I agree that the vast majority of the offers are useless, but we had decided to splash out on some high quality new mattresses.
  Brooke and Wild had a 50% off offer in a newspaper + an Amex 15% off offer is currently running. These stacked.
  The card charge debited on day 1, the 15% rebate on day 2. Plus a bit of icing on the cake – Brooke and Wild are on Shop Small, so an extra £5 credit also applied on day 2. Plus a 50% uplift in Avios for the transaction.
  All our other Shop Small transactions are crediting very quickly too.

• mutley says:

  10 Jun10 June 13:03

  Poor show from Amex. I won’t be cancelling though. as it can be claimed as a business expense, the 18000 Avios and anyhow its a good read.

• Will T says:

  10 Jun10 June 14:26

  Having read the T&C of the Kindle Unlimited, it suggests that anything you have downloaded cannot be accessed once you have stopped subscribing. Does anyone know if this is what actually happens when you stop the subscription?

  • Erico1875 says:

    10 Jun10 June 18:09

    Yes. Just like Prime. you are basically borrowing the book.
    Personally.I cant read fast enough to get any value out of Unlimited. I get by with Prime, and a lot of the books on Unlimited are only 99p to own anyway

• LessCleverAndrew says:

  10 Jun10 June 15:44

  So to be clear, as long as you sign up for the economist at the correct link in the Ts&Cs, then it will stack with the 45GP?

  • Rob says:

    10 Jun10 June 16:25

    Allegedly ….

    • Dave says:

      10 Jun10 June 16:36

      Wouldn’t you miss out on the avios if using the Amex link?

      • Rob says:

        10 Jun10 June 16:49

        Yes!

      • LessCleverAndrew says:

        10 Jun10 June 21:29

        After saving the offer to my card, I applied via the British Airways Executive Club Rewards App. Just received an email to say that my Economist offer was used and my Amex account will be credited in 5 days. Whether that actually happens remains to be seen.

• Kathy says:

  10 Jun10 June 17:43

  Is anyone else having problems with their shop small at the moment. I have had 2 not credited. They showed up on the map and they accepted my card. Does the shopkeeper have to opt in or similar?

  • RussellH says:

    10 Jun10 June 21:28

    Do not know yet!
    I have had 4 track instantly on my BA Amex (ie e-mail within seconds of the transaction and £5 credited) the last one just 25 hours ago.
    But today’s on my gold Amex has produced no e-mail (yet). Shop worked fine twice last time. I have made a screenshot of the listing, though, just in case.

    I had one not track last time around – which did not surprise me, as it was a large BP garage on the edge of town I felt it was probably a mistake (and not on this year’s list). Complained anyway, and did not need to submit my screenshot, but told I would have to wait the official 90 days. Mentioned it again when I had to phone up about something else and got my refund.

  • mark2 says:

    10 Jun10 June 22:13

    The time taken for the statement credit to appear does vary quite widely for no discernible reason.

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