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NEW: Get £100 per year of Harvey Nichols credit with Amex Platinum

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If you have an American Express Platinum card, an interesting new deal has launched today.

You will receive £100 per year to spend at Harvey Nichols stores.

This offer is valid instore and online (click here) and includes selected store restaurants.

Amex has signed a three year deal with Harvey Nichols, meaning that you are guaranteed to receive the credit in 2022, 2023 and 2024 if you retain your Platinum card.

Your credit arrives in two £50 chunks. You will receive £50 back on your Harvey Nichols purchases between January and June, and £50 back between July and December.

The credit is cumulative (within each six monthly period) so you don’t need to spend £50 in one transaction. You can’t carry unspent credit over from one half year to the next.

The credit is only available on primary cards and not supplementary cards. Spending by a supplementary cardholder will not trigger the cashback on the primary card, according to the small print.

You must opt in to this benefit

This is NOT an automatic offer.

You must visit the American Express website or app, go to your Platinum account page, find the offer and click ‘Save to Card’.

Where can I use my £100 Harvey Nichols credit?

Harvey Nichols currently has UK stores in London, Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Liverpool.

The Oxo Tower restaurant in London is also included in the deal as is Zelman Meats, Burger & Lobster and Madhu’s 2 Go in the Knightsbridge store. All Harvey Nichols-branded restaurants are included.

Note that “HN@HOME (OXO at home, Leeds at home and Edinburgh at home)” is excluded, as are purchases from the Oxo Tower restaurant’s website.

If you don’t live near a store, your best bet is probably a purchase of cosmetics or wine from the website. The cosmetics section is here and the ‘food and wine’ section is here.

There is also a ‘gifts’ section here which may be more relevant for a one-off purchase at around the £50 mark.

Don’t forget to register for the offer before making a purchase.

Harvey Nichols American Express platinum £100

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If you find the card isn’t for you, you can cancel at any point for a pro-rata fee refund.

You can apply for The Platinum Card here.

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Comments (98)

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  • Aston100 says:
    10 Jan10 January 11:20

    Oh bum.
    Cancelled my Plat late last week after confirming with the retentions team that there aren’t any new offers coming soon that are applicable to all card holders.

    • dougzz99 says:
      10 Jan10 January 12:01

      You’ve been around this site for a while I’m sure. Yet you believe what phone agents (from any business) tell you.

      • Aston100 says:
        11 Jan11 January 11:18

        “You’ve been around this site for a while I’m sure. Yet you believe what phone agents (from any business) tell you.”

        This was a Brighton-based retentions person who I assumed would be more knowledgeable than the overseas agents. Ah well.

        • The Original Nick says:
          11 Jan11 January 17:09

          Did you get offered any MR points for holding onto your Amex Platinum?

  • CH says:
    10 Jan10 January 11:32

    Hmmm…my IEC Plat is up for renewal in March. Need to consider if the increased benefits in the gbp card make it worth switching.

  • Fraser says:
    10 Jan10 January 11:55

    Still no word on whether Platinum cardholders will retain Platinum (or any) tier in the revamped HN loyalty programme so this is probably a replacement for that.

    Depending on how often you availed of the free coffee, gift wrapping or alteration services, this may be better.

  • Peter says:
    10 Jan10 January 14:02

    Strange, I didn’t get it on my personal platinum

    • Rob says:
      10 Jan10 January 14:56

      Everyone has it, in theory, unless you are in default with Amex. It is also a permanent benefit for new applicants.

      • Green Plastic says:
        10 Jan10 January 15:08

        Hey Rob, your article says we need to opt into it though? Can’t see it on my ‘offers’ tab on the app? Sorry if I’m misunderstanding

    • Peter says:
      10 Jan10 January 17:59

      Now it appeared!

  • DorsetFlyer says:
    10 Jan10 January 15:17

    Not on my personal Plat card. Maybe coming in batches over a few days?

  • Sam says:
    10 Jan10 January 16:11

    Still prefer the £200 dining benefits though. I mean £200 is better than £100.

    • RonnieB says:
      10 Jan10 January 16:46

      Really?

    • Andrew J says:
      10 Jan10 January 17:06

      I disagree! £100 is better than £200.

      • SammyJ says:
        11 Jan11 January 08:56

        £100 that I can spend on something I actually need and would have bought anyway (make up!), that can be ordered online, is better to me than £200 that I have to travel 50+ miles to use, pre-book with limited availability, and really didn’t need in the first place!

  • Dan says:
    10 Jan10 January 16:18

    Are you sure you can carry over the £50 credit to next period? T&Cs say:

    “Statement credit not redeemed during the applicable spend period will not roll over to the following spend period and will expire. If you have not redeemed your credit by the last day of the spend period before the benefit resets, you forfeit receiving the credit.”

    • TGLoyalty says:
      10 Jan10 January 16:42

      the article says it won’t roll over too.

      “The credit is cumulative (within each six monthly period) so you don’t need to spend £50 in one transaction. You can’t carry unspent credit over from one half year to the next.”

      you can spend £10 a week for the next 5 weeks but you wont be able to spend £40 on June 30th and £60 on 1st July

  • A says:
    10 Jan10 January 16:53

    So this is just like the $50 Saks credit with the US issued platinum card – two $50 credits per year, one for Jan – June and one for July – Dec.
    That definitely doesn’t roll over….so if there isn’t anything you want to buy you go and buy $50 gift cards and stack them up until you do.

    Harvey Nichols do sell £50 gift cards online….but bizarrely you can’t spend them online! They also expire after 24 months unless you top up in store (I guess add £1 to each if you haven’t spent them in 24 months?). Trying to think how to maximise this if there isn’t anything I want immediately rather than letting it go to waste or buying tat I don’t need.

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