MSE News: Discounts bonus for Amex cardholders

sheer_vanilla

Argos just got added to my foursquare - spend £20 get £5 back on Amex.. In the London area..

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sheer_vanilla wrote: »

Argos just got added to my foursquare - spend £20 get £5 back on Amex.. In the London area..

Thanks for the tip - works elsewhere, too.

Mits

Does anyone know how to get alerts when new deals are put on foursquare, instead of manually having to look for them

Russinating

sheer_vanilla wrote: »

Argos just got added to my foursquare - spend £20 get £5 back on Amex.. In the London area..

Thanks. Can confirm it works in Bristol too so presumably nationwide. It doesn't show up when doing a search for specials but does when you specifically search for Argos.

Mits wrote: »

Does anyone know how to get alerts when new deals are put on foursquare, instead of manually having to look for them

American Express don't advertise them specifically but bunch them with other offers. They announce most on their American Express UK Facebook page. Otherwise just check on Foursquare for Specials every week or so, or of course here.

myth123

Guess I will be getting another £25 set of Harvey Nics vouchers!! Off into Manchester next Thursday so this is perfect timing ha.

Russinating

Shop Small has just launched, from 1st November to 30th November. Looks like there's a shed load of savings to be had under their spend £5, get £5 back scheme.

I got emailed the details via Avios so I'm just going to post their info page: http://www.avios.com/collect/cp/amex-shop-small-offer-duo?ecamp=AV1397&ever=01&eloc=BTNGET&from=notmobile

Unsure how the offer works yet as pretty much every shop that accepts Amex is showing up, but it seems that you can use the offer on your first visit to EVERY shop. There's 20 within a 1 minute walk from my house that accept Amex so that's a whole heap of cash to be saved...

Now that your Card is registered, when you spend £5 or more one time at each participating business location, you'll receive a £5 credit on your statement. Remember, there's no limit to how many times you can Shop Small at different locations and get rewarded each time.

It also seems like there's no action required to activate the discount other than spending.

Remember also that if you have more than one Amex card then you can ask merchants to split a transaction across multiple cards, potentially saving £10, £15, £20 etc or more.

Oh and to view participating merchants, visit http://amex.co.uk/mapshopsmall

Bougainvillea

I have spoken to AMEX customer services. It is a genuine offer but only valid for the following cards (see terms and conditions box):

American Express Platinum Cashback Credit Card

Platinum Charge Card

Preferred Rewards Gold Card or Green Card card issued in the UK by American
Express Services Europe Limited.

Russinating

What do you mean they don't know about it? See my link above on the amex.co.uk domain. My original email is from Avios and my confirmations are from Amex.

What's the difference between direct Amex and "other" Amex cards?

Russinating

Bougainvillea wrote: »

I have spoken to AMEX customer services. It is a genuine offer but only valid for the following cards (see terms and conditions box):

American Express Platinum Cashback Credit Card

Platinum Charge Card

Preferred Rewards Gold Card or Green Card card issued in the UK by American
Express Services Europe Limited.

Why would Avios send out an email when their card isn't in the campaign?

metaphase

Interesting but so far seems to be a London-only thing as far as I can tell? I've tried a few major Scottish cities and no merchants showing up so far...