£5 back shopping at local shops with AMEX

miketaff1408

AdamLondon wrote: »

Yet another offer to opt into...

https://enroll.amexnetwork.com/GB/en/ChristmasCampaign2012/

Double membership rewards, 1% extra cashback or double avios, depending on your card, at select retailers until Christmas.

Cheers for that! will use it for the Trainline on a shopping trip to London, and also on a steamer at Argos! :beer:

joe134

miketaff1408 wrote: »

No, worked fine for me. Bought three hoodies in the outlet store in Gunwharf Portsmouth, which were reduced from 32.99 to 19.97 in their "sale".

Have got confirmation of cashback from foursquare on each of the transactions. Hasn't cleared on Cards yet, but don't anticipate a problem.

Hi mike, come across a slight anomoly with £5 cashbackh .Nothing too much,but beware;;;
I hit my 3 cards as you know, but my statement was due yesterday, so I owed them , and paid for 6 transactions , but no £5 cashback;;;, as I clear all my cards monthly by DD.
Today there are the 6x £5 refunds on my new statement, the only things on at present, so I now have to buy more to use my 6 x £5 =£30, at several more shops on my hit list, which are butchers, so I will just spend £45 there , instead of £15 on 3 cards, to use up the £30 . The anomoly is, I spent £30 on last statement I would not normally have spent at that time,, wine, curry takeaways.but, the upside is, my butchers aint likely to leer at me when I spend £45 instead of £15.;;some aint happy doing it, and these have just had amex installed, I will probably be thier first user;;:rotfl:
Hope this makes sense.
BEWARE of doing lots of purchases of unnescessary goods a few days before your monthly DD payment from bank, amex hold £5 refunds to put on next statement;;;;;;;;probably not intentional, but the 3-5 clearing days for refund mean you payed for stuff, you didn,t need.
They keep e-mailing me, spend spend, viv nic:beer:
PS;; GAP;; The wife said the girl showed wife promo,;; not sure,;;; she,s going in again, loading app to daughters i-phone.

joe134

doconner wrote: »

I didn't get this email. Does it look as if the printable coupon is personalised, or would you be able to share it?

Thanks,
D

Hi, I tried to copy and paste the e-mail, but it wouldn,t let me;;
I will print one off and see.
Update;;The printable one is a generic voucher for 20% off xmas shopping from today 21st>25th, and 5% off perfeumes etc. barcoded, so can only use once.
But it can be downloaded to Iphone to show at checkout, or online using codes.
Cannot forward e-mails to you,s ,or find it on thier website for you, will keep looking;
How do I post a screengrab on here, I can show you voucher.
Christmas is always an exciting time of year and this year, American Express® is delighted to partner with Selfridges to make it special. As an American Express Cardmember, you are invited to receive an exclusive offer at Selfridges on Wednesday 21 November 2012. Shop in store or online to receive 20% off selected lines and 10% off fragrances, beauty products and wines.*

Make sure you miss the rush, as this offer is available to other customers from Thursday 22 November 2012. Offer ends on Sunday 25 November 2012
That,s the e-mail, but cannot C/p the link for voucher.DOH
Cannot find it on amex site.sorry

joe134

AdamLondon wrote: »

joe134 - The Foursqure only offers, (Gap, Argos, Harvey Nicholas etc) are only available if you check-in to the store and activate the offer, it is not possible to do this without using Foursquare.

I figure 99.9% of people working at these stores know nothing about the offers, unless a customer has told them, but either way, they don't need to know anything, since it's managed via Foursquare and Amex, all you need to do is activate the offer, (on Foursquare), and then spend the minimum amount, you will then get a credit on your statement a few days later.

Thanks Adam, so I have to have I-phone??to check in... Sorry about confusion, it,s me, too much shopping.

fionaw

Hi, I tried to use the £5 offer at a local shop a couple of weeks back and they looked at me like I was an alien -they have never taken Amex cards!

However, I was in London Monday/Tuesday (I won tickets to the secret Rihanna gig) and I still tend to check in using the foursquare app. I was surprised that when I checked in at Covent Garden the £5 off came up- the details said that it could be used at any retailer in Covent Garden. I spent £10 in The Disney Store, so I'm hoping that the £5 credit will be eligible.

Also got £5 off at Starbucks last week with this, so overall rather impressed with this now

doconner

fionaw wrote: »

Hi, I tried to use the £5 offer at a local shop a couple of weeks back and they looked at me like I was an alien -they have never taken Amex cards!

However, I was in London Monday/Tuesday (I won tickets to the secret Rihanna gig) and I still tend to check in using the foursquare app. I was surprised that when I checked in at Covent Garden the £5 off came up- the details said that it could be used at any retailer in Covent Garden. I spent £10 in The Disney Store, so I'm hoping that the £5 credit will be eligible.

Also got £5 off at Starbucks last week with this, so overall rather impressed with this now

My experience with the Foursquare checkin rewards (outside of the £5 small shop bonus, is that it shows a 'successful' use message in the Foursquare app within half an hour of using the card.

joe134

joe134 wrote: »

Hi, I tried to copy and paste the e-mail, but it wouldn,t let me;;
I will print one off and see.
Update;;The printable one is a generic voucher for 20% off xmas shopping from today 21st>25th, and 5% off perfeumes etc. barcoded, so can only use once.
But it can be downloaded to Iphone to show at checkout, or online using codes.
Cannot forward e-mails to you,s ,or find it on thier website for you, will keep looking;
How do I post a screengrab on here, I can show you voucher.
Christmas is always an exciting time of year and this year, American Express® is delighted to partner with Selfridges to make it special. As an American Express Cardmember, you are invited to receive an exclusive offer at Selfridges on Wednesday 21 November 2012. Shop in store or online to receive 20% off selected lines and 10% off fragrances, beauty products and wines.*

Make sure you miss the rush, as this offer is available to other customers from Thursday 22 November 2012. Offer ends on Sunday 25 November 2012
That,s the e-mail, but cannot C/p the link for voucher.DOH
Cannot find it on amex site.sorry Tell me how to post image of screengrab, and you can print off asmany as you want.Tried, don,t know how???

joe134

joe134 wrote: »

joe134 wrote: »

Hi, I tried to copy and paste the e-mail, but it wouldn,t let me;;
I will print one off and see.
Update;;The printable one is a generic voucher for 20% off xmas shopping from today 21st>25th, and 5% off perfeumes etc. barcoded, so can only use once.
But it can be downloaded to Iphone to show at checkout, or online using codes.
Cannot forward e-mails to you,s ,or find it on thier website for you, will keep looking;
How do I post a screengrab on here, I can show you voucher.
Christmas is always an exciting time of year and this year, American Express® is delighted to partner with Selfridges to make it special. As an American Express Cardmember, you are invited to receive an exclusive offer at Selfridges on Wednesday 21 November 2012. Shop in store or online to receive 20% off selected lines and 10% off fragrances, beauty products and wines.*

Make sure you miss the rush, as this offer is available to other customers from Thursday 22 November 2012. Offer ends on Sunday 25 November 2012
That,s the e-mail, but cannot C/p the link for voucher.DOH
Cannot find it on amex site.sorry Tell me how to post image of screengrab, and you can print off asmany as you want.Tried, don,t know how???
\Sorry about double, trying to insert an image;;;doh

doconner

I actually found a link to the printable voucher here on MSE:

vouchers . moneysavingexpert . com / vouchers / selfridges_20_2.jpg

With this and the £25 AMEX credit on a £50 spend this weekend with the ShopWestEnd2012 promo this turns out to be a great sale.

Best use offer is £62.50 item for £25. (£62.50 -> £50 after 20% off, then £25 credit).

- D

aleph_0

miketaff1408 wrote: »

Cheers for that! will use it for the Trainline on a shopping trip to London, and also on a steamer at Argos! :beer:

Not sure that's a good idea. thetrainline charge a £1 booking fee, and a £3.50 Card payment fee, so total £4.50. Buy your tickets at any train company websites, and you won't pay any fees.

Even better, book through redspottedhanky.com via. their facebook page and you get 2% worth of loyalty points back (or direct, 1%), or eastcoast.co.uk offer 1 point per pound, but the points can also be redeemed at the rate 500 points = free single train ticket on East Cost.