New Amex cashbacks offers: £50 at Hotel du Vin / Malmaison & £150 at Air France

American Express has launched two interesting new cashback deals:

Get £50 cashback at Hotel du Vin and Malmaison

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with the Hotel du Vin and Malmaison brands, both of which are under the same ownership.

Whilst we don’t cover them much due to the lack of a loyalty angle, the two brands represent the best hotel option in many of the UK towns and cities where they operate. If you’ve never stayed in one, the best model is probably IHG’s Hotel Indigo chain. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if IHG ended up acquiring them at some point for conversion to Hotel Indigo.

The Oxford Malmaison also wins bonus points for being in a converted prison – see the photo below.

The Hotel du Vin offer is worth £50 back on a £175 spend by 30th November – check out options on their website here.

The Malmaison offer is worth £50 back on a £150 spend by 30th November – you can see their properties here.

Remember that you may or may not be targeted for these deals – look on the ‘Offers’ section of the Amex website or app for each card you hold – and that you need to click ‘Save To Card’ to register before spending.

Check the list of participating hotels before booking. The offers are very restricted with only 7,000 registrations allowed for each.

Get £150 American Express cashback with Air France (or Virgin Atlantic flights to the US)

Following on from the recent KLM cashback offer with American Express, sister company Air France has launched an identical offer.

If targeted, you will get £150 back when you spend £1,000+ on the Air France website by 14th November and book a flight which departs from a UK airport.

Remember that you need to opt in to the offer via your Amex statement page on the website or the Amex app. Only 15,000 registrations will be accepted.

Virgin Atlantic flights to the US can be booked on the Air France website. These flights have AF flight numbers, not VS ones, and so I suspect that they will trigger the £150 cashback if you spend £1,000+.

My review of Air France’s Boeing 777 business class seat is here. Here is our last review of the main Air France lounge in Terminal 2E at Paris CDG.

You can check out options on the Air France website here.

Who won a Virgin Voyage and 90,000 Virgin Points in our latest competition?

Last month we ran a competition to promote the recent Virgin Atlantic Credit Card promotion, offering HfP readers the chance to win a Virgin Voyage and 90,000 Virgin Points.

The lucky winner was Tom W, who has happily accepted the prize. Well done Tom and many thanks to the Virgin Atlantic Credit Card team for organising this competition.

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Want to earn more points from credit cards? – April 2025 update

If you are looking to apply for a new credit card, here are our top recommendations based on the current sign-up bonuses.

In 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

You can see our full directory of all UK cards which earn airline or hotel points here. Here are the best of the other deals currently available.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Earning miles and points from small business cards

If you are a sole trader or run a small company, you may also want to check out these offers:

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review