Shell £50 spend earn £10 cashback with Amex

Pincher

Just got this, by the skin of my teeth.


After the fuel warning light flashing for about 20 miles, I pulled into a Shell forecourt. When it stopped pumping, I had only filled £48! Had to force feed the car to get to £50, at 43.5 litres.


As my tank is specified as 47 litres, it means I need to be near a Shell forecourt with roughly three litres left; or less :eek:


If they had offered this when petrol was 107.9p per litre, I would need to come with an empty tank, and a five litre can.


Fortunately, it's a once only deal, so a precision logistic exercise is not necessary every fill-up.


£10 cash back for a £50 fill-up, sweet.

pleasedelete

You have to pre-register. It was limited to 1st 60,000 customers.

I used mine. It was £4 more expensive than getting it at sainsburys (so you could argue a £6 saving) and sainsburys had bonus nectar point as well.

So saved some money but here shell is more expensive than the other garages at the moment.

w211

Overfilling may just cause the fuel to leak out anyway?

You could have filled up with V-Power Nitro+ (their super unleaded), and you might have reached the £50 spend.

Doc_N

w211 wrote: »

Overfilling may just cause the fuel to leak out anyway?

You could have filled up with V-Power Nitro+ (their super unleaded), and you might have reached the £50 spend.

Or bought a couple of chocolate bars, or maybe a giftcard.

Pincher

pleasedelete wrote: »

I used mine. It was £4 more expensive than getting it at sainsburys (so you could argue a £6 saving) and sainsburys had bonus nectar point as well.

So saved some money but here shell is more expensive than the other garages at the moment.

Watford A41, Shell regular petrol 114.9p, Sainsburys 113.9p 200meters away. So 44p difference for that particular fill-up.

Pincher

Doc_N wrote: »

Or bought a couple of chocolate bars, or maybe a giftcard.

Which is the whole point of setting the £50 threshold, for Shell,
so you would buy high profit margin items you wouldn't buy otherwise.


I was just pointing out that for cars with small tanks, it is tricky to arrange a £50 fill-up.


Not complaining. I am paying £25 annual fee for the Amex Cash Back card, so this kind of deal somehow makes it all worthwhile.

derrick

Pincher wrote: »

I am paying £25 annual fee for the Amex Cash Back card, so this kind of deal somehow makes it all worthwhile.

I have an Amex, (Barclaycard), 1% cash back CC, no annual fee.


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Pincher

derrick wrote: »

I have an Amex, (Barclycard), 1% cash back CC, no annual fee.


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No annual fee, 1% cashback, 5% on £2,000 intro


£25 annual fee, 1.25% cash back. 5% on £2,500 intro.


The 5% on the extra £500 introductory promotion is £25, so they actually cost the same in year one, if you spend £2,500 in the first three months.


I can use the 1.25% Amex in Costco. Amusingly, I was using the Santander 123 CC in Supermarkets, for the 1% cashback, but the Amex is actually better at 1.25%.


I normally use the Santander 123 CC for petrol, because I get 3% cashback, plus Nectar points, but the one off £10 cashback for £50 spend is 20%!


The head spins juggling all these cashbacks.

Grade_A_Reject

Does this cashback deal work with a Barclaycard issued Amex?

derrick

Grade_A_Reject wrote: »

Does this cashback deal work with a Barclaycard issued Amex?

Yes, as per post #7.

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Grade_A_Reject

derrick wrote: »

Yes, as per post #7.

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Thanks. Post 7 doesn't actually mention the £10 cashback, just that you don't pay an annual fee so I thought I'd ask to check. There's no mention of Amex casback anywhere on the Barclaycard website as far as I can see.