New spend bonus for American Express Business Platinum cardholders

Amex has quietly launched a new spend bonus for some people with American Express Business Platinum. There are no reports so far of it appearing on Business Gold but we don’t know for definite if it is excluded.

I received ‘get 4,000 bonus points for spending £4,000 by 16th November’.

There is at least one other version of 12,000 bonus points for spending £12,000 by 16th November.

As long as you can hit the target, you would be earning 2 Membership Rewards points per £1 on this chunk of spend. Whatever other cards you have, you won’t beat this rate.

To check what offer you have, if any, you need to log in to your Amex online account or look at the app and check the ‘Offers’ tab on your Business Platinum statement page.

The issue is whether you can hit the spend target or not. You may end up worse off if you divert spend from other cards to Business Platinum and then don’t hit trigger the bonus points.

Our review of American Express Business Platinum is here. It has a generous 40,000 points sign-up bonus but, at present, this is soundly beaten by the 60,000 points (=60,000 Avios) offered on the personal Amex Platinum card.

This HfP article looks at the differences between The Platinum Card for personal Amex customers and American Express Business Platinum.

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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – March 2023 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 February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Successfully apply for either of the Barclaycard Avios credit cards by 2nd April 2023 and you will be entered into a free draw to win ONE MILLION AVIOS! Full details are on the application forms here (free) and here (paid). This competition is exclusive to Head for Points readers. T&C apply.

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

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.

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:

Until 30th March 2023, the sign up bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased to 120,000 Membership Rewards points – click here. The bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased to 60,000 Membership Rewards points – click here. T&C apply, see the application forms for details.

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.