New American Express cashback deal launched with Pride of Britain Hotels
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American Express has launched a cashback deal with a partner we haven’t seen featured before – Pride of Britain Hotels.
This is a low profile marketing group – it is not a chain, it is more like ‘Small Luxury Hotels’ or ‘Leading Hotels of the World’.
I’d only vaguely heard of it before I saw a lot of branding at Grantley Hall in Ripon when I was there last week.
(A photo of Grantley Hall is below. It is genuinely excellent and good value – to the extent that £600 per night can be good value – compared to similar places nearer London, especially as there are only 47 rooms sharing the facilities.)
The offer is slightly different to the usual Amex hotel cashback deal.
You will receive £50 cashback when you spend £500 on gift cards, in one transaction, for Pride of Britain Hotels before 5th July.
You do NOT need to use your gift card by 5th July, which gives you more flexibility than usual over when you stay. Gift cards are valid for two years.
Vouchers are also valid for meals or spa treatments at participating hotels. You don’t necessarily need to stay overnight.
There are some good properties in Pride of Britain Hotels. Highlights include The Atlantic in Jersey, Cromlix, The Goring, The Fife Arms, Lucknam Park, Whatley Manor and The Royal Crescent Hotel.
Many of these are also in Small Luxury Hotels of the World which is also running an American Express cashback offer at the moment. This is worth £100 back on a £300 spend. If you were planning to spend £800 you could combine both, paying partly in Pride of Britain Hotels vouchers and partly with an Amex.
As usual, you need to opt in to this offer on the Amex website, assuming you are targetted. Oddly I had it on my Marriott Bonvoy American Express card, which usually blocks non-Marriott hotel promotions.
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