How to donate your £120 Deliveroo credit from American Express Gold to charity

Yesterday we ran an article showing how you can spend your £10 per month of Deliveroo credit from the American Express Gold card to generate a small profit.

A reader pointed me in the direction of something I’d missed and which is substantially more useful to society as a whole.

You can donate your credit as part of Deliveroo’s ‘Full Life’ fundraising campaign, which aims to provide 1 million meals to families in need.

How to donate to Full Life via Deliveroo

On the home page of the Deliveroo app, you should see this tile:

If you don’t, simply type ‘Full Life’ into the search box.

You will end up on this page:

You can donate money to Full Life in the same way that you would order a standard meal. Select the £5 donation option and add it to your basket.

For reasons I don’t fully understand, there is a 1p delivery charge added but I can think we can treat this as negligible:

The £5.01 is charged to your American Express Gold card as usual:

American Express pays you £5 in cashback as long as you haven’t already used your 2 x £5 monthly credits. You are 1p down but someone else get a £5 meal.

PS. When you’ve made your donation, it is treated as a ‘real’ Deliveroo order so you get a delivery timeslot etc showing on your phone. Don’t worry, no-one and no food is turning up.

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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – October 2021 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit or charge card, here are our October 2021 recommendations based on the current sign-up bonus. 

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here.

The following offers will end soon:

• 10,000 Avios on British Airways American Express (ends 2nd November)
• 40,000 Avios on British Airways American Express Premium Plus (ends 2nd November)
• 60,000 points on The Platinum Card from American Express (ends 2nd November)
• 30,000 points on American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (ends 9th November)

Here are the top current deals:

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.

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: