New Amex cashbacks offers: £50 at Hotel du Vin / Malmaison & £150 at Air France

American Express has launched two interesting new cashback deals:

Get £50 cashback at Hotel du Vin and Malmaison

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison brands, both of which are under the same ownership.

Whilst we don’t cover them much due to the lack of a loyalty angle, the two brands represent the best hotel option in many of the UK towns and cities where they operate. If you’ve never stayed in one, the best model is probably IHG’s Hotel Indigo chain. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if IHG ended up acquiring them at some point for conversion to Hotel Indigo.

The Oxford Malmaison also wins bonus points for being in a converted prison – see the photo below.

The Hotel du Vin offer is worth £50 back on a £175 spend by 30th November – check out options on their website here.

The Malmaison offer is worth £50 back on a £150 spend by 30th November – you can see their properties here.

Remember that you may or may not be targeted for these deals – look on the ‘Offers’ section of the Amex website or app for each card you hold – and that you need to click ‘Save To Card’ to register before spending.

Check the list of participating hotels before booking. The offers are very restricted with only 7,000 registrations allowed for each.

Get £150 American Express cashback with Air France (or Virgin Atlantic flights to the US)

Following on from the recent KLM cashback offer with American Express, sister company Air France has launched an identical offer.

If targeted, you will get £150 back when you spend £1,000+ on the Air France website by 14th November and book a flight which departs from a UK airport.

Remember that you need to opt in to the offer via your Amex statement page on the website or the Amex app. Only 15,000 registrations will be accepted.

Virgin Atlantic flights to the US can be booked on the Air France website. These flights have AF flight numbers, not VS ones, and so I suspect that they will trigger the £150 cashback if you spend £1,000+.

My review of Air France’s Boeing 777 business class seat is here. Here is our last review of the main Air France lounge in Terminal 2E at Paris CDG.

You can check out options on the Air France website here.

Who won a Virgin Voyage and 90,000 Virgin Points in our latest competition?

Last month we ran a competition to promote the recent Virgin Atlantic Credit Card promotion, offering HfP readers the chance to win a Virgin Voyage and 90,000 Virgin Points.

The lucky winner was Tom W, who has happily accepted the prize. Well done Tom and many thanks to the Virgin Atlantic Credit Card team for organising this competition.

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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – April 2024 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.

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:

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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.