Amex Preferred Rewards Gold Card

mazdaq199

Took an Amex Preferred Rewards Gold Card out a couple of months ago aiming to get 20,000 points by spending £2k in the first 3 months, which I would then exchange for a £100 Amazon gift voucher.

It's looking like I may fall a little short of the £2k target, so I'm wondering what "cash equivalent" purchases I can make on the card to make it up to £2k? I know that some "cash equivalent" purchases are not eligible for the points.

Are Tesco Gift Cards eligible? What about Amazon gift cards? Anything else?

Thanks in advance.

guesswho2000

Tesco or Amazon gift cards are eligible, as are pretty much all gift cards purchased from similar retailers.

Another option is to purchase Amex sterling travellers cheques directly from Amex - these come with a 1.5% fee, but can be paid into most bank accounts, so another option if you don't want the £ tied up in gift cards until they can be used. This counts as a purchase, and towards the spend target, but only where the TCs are purchased directly from Amex!

mistakehappens

hello mate

buy gift cards from ebay or sale/trade section on hotukdeals website.

also i changed me points into nectar points and then doubled them with sainsburys offer and then returned the things i bought from them once the offer finished and got double amount in money. once you done this you can have £200 to spend on amazon or whteva you want.

mazdaq199

Thanks for the ideas both of you. Mistakehappens - have sent you a PM.

steve2005

I'll buy the 20,000 MR points off of you for £125 - that's £25 more than you'd get with the Amazon voucher.

PM me if interested.