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American Express has launched a new offer with the Relais & Chateaux hotel group.

You will receive £200 cashback on a spend of £1,000+ by 20th October.

A lot of top independent hotels in the UK are part of Relais & Chateaux. The offer is valid across Europe and is especially strong in France. Some US hotels are also taking part.

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Whilst you are asked to book via the Relais & Chateaux website, the offer is triggered by checkout spend.

This means that you could book via American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts (if you have The Platinum Card) for the extra benefits it brings – as long as you choose ‘pay on departure’. I would also strongly recommend asking our luxury hotel booking partner Emyr Thomas (click here) for a quote as he can usually get you extra benefits on your stay.

From the UK list, I would highlight:

…. but there are plenty more to choose from.

PS. I also have a ‘£100 back on £500 spend at The Peninsula or Mandarin Oriental’ and ‘£80 back on a £300 spend at Enterprise Rent-A-Car‘.

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Comments (24)

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  • Lou says:
    30 Jul30 July 06:19

    For cabin luggage, I heartily recommend CabinMax. Unless you’re flying BA, in which case it’s the Samsonite B-Lite 3 56cm Spinner all day long

    • Susan says:
      30 Jul30 July 07:01

      Always amazed at the spinner love, those wheels take away so much packing space. Not an issue F on Qatar but definitely HBO BA.

      • Lou says:
        30 Jul30 July 08:28

        I’m talking specifically about the B-Lite 3 56cm case. I can get 2 weeks worth of clothes in that case. In fact, I often use it as a hold luggage case too

    • Nick says:
      30 Jul30 July 08:03

      Why do you heartily recommend them? Neither is in the sale

  • Adam says:
    30 Jul30 July 08:11

    No R+C offer for me, but a great offer on Amex Travel – spend 300, get 100 back! Those were ok for cumulative spend in the past, right?

    • Rob says:
      30 Jul30 July 08:48

      Someone else mentioned this but it seems to be very restricted so I kept it out.

      • dougzz99 says:
        30 Jul30 July 08:58

        I have it on Plat.

      • brian says:
        30 Jul30 July 08:59

        Did anyone who received the recent Amex Travel offer also get out earlier in the year?

        • James C says:
          30 Jul30 July 10:51

          Yes. I’ve had both although whilst I saved the one earlier in the year I was unable to use it.

    • SM says:
      30 Jul30 July 10:10

      Have it on two of our plat cards.

    • Naomi says:
      1 Aug1 August 14:36

      No R&C offer for me either… gutted as I really want to go to a hotel in that group anyway!

  • Charlie says:
    30 Jul30 July 08:24

    No R&C for me either (Gold). Any idea what triggers these? I have used this offer in the past so wondering if that be why

    • NigelHamilton says:
      30 Jul30 July 08:59

      I also haven’t got any of the above offers(plat). Haven’t used this one before but did use a £100 credit on SLH very recently. Perhaps there’s a limit on this type of offer. I’ve noticed other offers I’ve previously used not come back even when widely available (Hilton, LNER etc)

      • tony says:
        30 Jul30 July 23:45

        Don’t think that’s it. I used the slh offer and got the R&C one as well. Presumably many variables going into the mix here…

        Also got £100 off £500 at Peninsula hotels.

  • Alan Todd says:
    30 Jul30 July 08:25

    Speaking of luggage I had been holding out for another Rimowa Amex offer, but they’ve had yet another price increase in the last few days..

  • Mikel says:
    30 Jul30 July 08:30

    American tourister case I was interested in is £20 more expensive than it was in the prime sale

    • TooPoorToBeHere says:
      30 Jul30 July 10:04

      Yup it’s always worth checking on camelcamelcamel whether an Amazon sale item is actually cheaper.

    • jjoohhnn says:
      31 Jul31 July 09:27

      Yep! I got an American Tourister Bon Air from Ryman back in March 22. It’s only £5 more expensive now (before any discount codes).

  • Ben says:
    30 Jul30 July 08:32

    I can’t find any Globe-Trotter on Amazon

  • Gordon says:
    30 Jul30 July 09:05

    Re 2024 Avios peak and off peak dates, I found looking yesterday for redemption flights to SIN and NBO that Tuesdays were the new Wednesday….

    • Andrew says:
      30 Jul30 July 10:37

      I wonder if BA are going to flip flop each year going forward – just to keep us on our toes ?!

  • Jonathan says:
    30 Jul30 July 11:27

    Some of the luggage that’s supposedly on offer at Amazon is cheaper on eBay without any offers, plus Nectar (Avios) points !

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