EXPIRED AMEX Shop Small: £5 back on a £10 spend, 1st - 31st July 2013

keiran

Like xshootingstarsx, I thought I'd share outlets that will top up your Oyster card with Amex:-
Compton News, 48 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4UA
Jasmine News, 93 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6BH
Bottle & Basket, 187 Waterloo Road, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UX
Crighton News, 8 Russell Place, London, SE16 7PL
Bow Supermarket, 163-169 Devons Road, London, E3 3QX

they all charged 50p extra (even Bottle and Basket, where No Future wasn't charged extra - must be better looking and more charming than I am!), and the last one (Bow Supermarket) a full £1 extra

I have emailed Amex every time a store has refused the card or added charges, and they have compensated me for it...I wonder if it's getting this sort of information that is valuable enough for Amex to run these promotions?

I was also given a link to a (rather detailed) form where one can inform Amex of such issues:-

http://www.americanexpress.co.uk/cm_cardacceptance

bikeman17

I got three Amex cards which have been registered for this deal. Do you think if I use all three cards in separate transactions of ten pounds for a Oyster card top up, Amex will credit my account?

bikeman17

Does anyone know of any other news agents that do Oyster top up in or around SE London?

bikeman17

No_Future wrote: »

Oyster topup at Bottle & Basket, 187 Waterloo Road. Nice staff.

Tried to use Amex at another convenience store near Southwark and was told there is a 50p charge. I said no thanks.

Which was the other store in southwark out of interest?

don_simon

bikeman17 wrote: »

Does anyone know of any other news agents that do Oyster top up in or around SE London?

You can find Oyster top-up places here:
http://ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk/LocationLocator/

don_simon

keiran wrote: »

Like xshootingstarsx, I thought I'd share outlets that will top up your Oyster card with Amex:-
Compton News, 48 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4UA
Jasmine News, 93 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6BH
Bottle & Basket, 187 Waterloo Road, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UX
Crighton News, 8 Russell Place, London, SE16 7PL
Bow Supermarket, 163-169 Devons Road, London, E3 3QX

they all charged 50p extra (even Bottle and Basket, where No Future wasn't charged extra - must be better looking and more charming than I am!), and the last one (Bow Supermarket) a full £1 extra

I have emailed Amex every time a store has refused the card or added charges, and they have compensated me for it...I wonder if it's getting this sort of information that is valuable enough for Amex to run these promotions?

I was also given a link to a (rather detailed) form where one can inform Amex of such issues:-

http://www.americanexpress.co.uk/cm_cardacceptance

Even with a 50p charge, I reckon £10 of Oyster credit for £5.50 is a pretty good use of shop small, given that it can't be obtained cheaper elsewhere (unlike most of the stuff sold by small groceries/pharmacies etc).

I'm impressed that you've managed to get Amex to refund the 50p charges though!

keiran

bikeman17 wrote: »

I got three Amex cards which have been registered for this deal. Do you think if I use all three cards in separate transactions of ten pounds for a Oyster card top up, Amex will credit my account?

I reckon you could top up £10 on each of your 3 cards at a particular shop, and repeat this on 10 occasions at different shops!

Try this with one shop, and "check" by seeing if you get confirmation emails from Amex for all three ( which you get within minutes)

bikeman17

Just to update everyone today I today I visit two different newsagents in SE London area. Using my three Amex cards, I topped up a total of £60 worth of Oyster top up for £30!

I received three instant emails on my phone for both the 2 shops within seconds. :T

In case anyone is wondering I visited Pearl News in Camberwell Green who charges extra 30p for processing and Arin Wines on Old Kent Rd who charges extra 50p for processing.

As I only travel by London transport one day a week these top up will last me approx 10 weeks.

Towards the end of the month I will probably go to basket and bottles on Waterloo road for some more :rotfl:

(I then went to Tesco down the road and treated myself to £10 pounds of food/snacks, not bad saving for one day)

No_Future

bikeman17 wrote: »

Any newsagents or shops that do oyster top ups and take amex cards who are participating with this offer in or around oxford Street London?

Kingly Newsagent
Kingly Road

(near Liberty/Regent St)


Do Oyster top ups but charge 50p

No_Future

bikeman17 wrote: »

Which was the other store in southwark out of interest?

Premier convenience store, The Cut. Do Oyster but charge 50p

Costcutter, The Cut doesn't do oyster but no charge for Amex