Get £100 cashback with American Express and Preferred Hotels

Whilst the run of generous American Express cashback deals with Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt appears to have dried up, Amex has launched a new cashback deal with Preferred Hotels.

You will receive £100 cashback when you spend £500 by 30th June. Cumulative spend is OK.

If you are targetted for this offer, you will see it under the ‘Offers’ tab on your statement page on the Amex website or in the app. Remember to check for each card you hold, and click ‘Save to Card’ if you are interested.

Unlike many similar Amex deals, this one has global coverage. The list of participating hotels is here. As well as the UK and most of Europe, it includes the US, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, the Bahamas and Japan.

What is Preferred Hotels?

Preferred Hotels Group is not a hotel chain, which is why you may not know it.  It is a marketing consortium made up of a number of independent hotels from around the world.

There are over 650 hotels represented from 85 countries.  Almost all of the hotels trade under their historic names with the phrase ‘A member of Preferred Hotels’ tacked on the end.

The quality is generally high. 20 hotels are in the UK. In London, for example, they have The Beaumont, The Stafford, Royal Lancaster, The Pelham, The Londoner, The BoTree, Hotel Saint (a new City opening) and South Place amongst others. The Lowry in Manchester, The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, Virgin Hotels Edinburgh and The Grand in York are also included.

(Not all hotels are taking part in the cashback deal. Virgin Hotels Edinburgh is not, for example, but Virgin Hotels New York is. Check the list. Hopefully the Amex employee who decided to list the hotels alphabetically and not by country will be suitably dealt with.)

Don’t forget to sign up to the iPrefer loyalty programme before your stay – details here.

Full details of their hotels are on the Preferred Hotels site here.

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Hotel offers update – June 2025:

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