Use your American Express Platinum dining credit for an Ivy gift card

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• BJ says:

  6 Dec6 December 05:54

  On enquiring about the Festive Celebration giftcard yesterday I was informed that the £100 value must be redeemed in one go to receive the free bubbles. It is not mentioned in the T&C so YMMV by restaurant or even staff member. In any case, not difficult to spend £100 at the Ivy even if only dining as a couple.

• Michael C says:

  6 Dec6 December 06:03

  Has anyone found a gift card that you can buy to use up the international GBP150?!

  • BJ says:

    6 Dec6 December 06:10

    Over on the forum topic that first highlighted the Festive Celebration offer, readers mentioned a restaurant in Germany (Munich but perhaps elsewhere) where buying giftcards online triggered the abroad offer.

    • Roger says:

      6 Dec6 December 06:24

      Which is that?
      I am unlikely to travel abroad to benefit the diverse as offer.

      • BJ says:

        6 Dec6 December 07:04

        In the forum thread ‘Can I trigger Platinum £150 dining credit by buying gift cards?’. Currently on page 2 I think. Sorry I didn’t post the link incase that sent reply to moderation.

        @Rob, Rhys: are Internal HfP links ever diverted for moderation?

        • Rob says:

          6 Dec6 December 07:27

          Software doesn’t differentiate AFAIK but needs 2 links to break things.

        • BJ says:

          6 Dec6 December 07:43

          Thanks @Rob

      • sayling says:

        6 Dec6 December 09:27

        I’m curious how/why you would buy a gift card that you wouldn’t use because you don’t go abroad?

        • No longer Entitled says:

          6 Dec6 December 09:32

          Because you can then sell it onwards?

  • tw33ty says:

    6 Dec6 December 07:45

    You can at Block house, it’s a bit like miller and carter, guy in the office in Hamburg bought one last week, and it’s a chain all over Germany I think.

    • Hotelier says:

      6 Dec6 December 10:15

      Had dinner at the Block House in Nuremberg the other day – nice steakhouse. Also dined yesterday at buffet Kull Bar in Munich ( not a buffet!) just across Mandarin Oriental – lovely place, great atmosphere and not the crazy prices of some of the other fine dining options on the list.

    • tw33ty says:

      6 Dec6 December 17:11

      It works for definite In the shop, online, no idea.

• BJ says:

  6 Dec6 December 06:06

  Hilton: their winter sale has started with 25% off through 8/4 in Europe, ME and Africa. I have two stays already boojed for 1st quarter 24 with Hilto, tge rates at one have not changed while the other has increased by about 50% (Easter weekend though).

  • Doug9 says:

    6 Dec6 December 08:14

    Ditto – was £232 for Madrid curio no cancellation and now only £267 (eur) with only semi flex available

• Tom says:

  6 Dec6 December 07:01

  Would also be interested in anything that tiggers the international £150!

• John says:

  6 Dec6 December 07:23

  Absent a personal record… is there another way to discover if I have used the home/away dining credits in the current year? Same question for the Harvey Nicks biannual credit?

  • Rob says:

    6 Dec6 December 07:27

    Card statements ….?

    • John says:

      6 Dec6 December 07:38

      Fair enough. But nothing in the app to prompt that I have X unused benefits in this period?

      • The Hunter says:

        6 Dec6 December 07:48

        I just use online chat and they’re v efficient at letting you know if / when / where and exact amount spent.

  • Travel Strong says:

    6 Dec6 December 07:38

    Easy to filter on the amex website to show only credits

  • BJ says:

    6 Dec6 December 07:42

    I’ve use one HN and one local dining credit so far, I got an email confirmation for each.

  • Stu_N says:

    6 Dec6 December 08:10

    There’s a section on Amex desktop site that shows all the offers/ credits you’ve had going back well over a year.

    • Charlie says:

      6 Dec6 December 08:34

      Thanks, that’s useful to know. I just checked and realised I hadn’t been credited for a meal at The Ivy Tower Bridge – so it’s always worth checking.

      • Michael C says:

        6 Dec6 December 08:43

        My phone pinged with credit confirmation in the Ivy Oxford as I popped into the bathroom after paying!
        HN was a hard slog, though, with multiple chat conversations. Fine in the end.

• DarrenS says:

  6 Dec6 December 08:39

  The Ivy Gift card trick did not work for me. No credit. It is stated in the terms that Gift cards are excluded. So looks hit and miss.

  • JPa says:

    6 Dec6 December 08:55

    Works fine if you go in to the ivy and purchase it, amex can’t tell the difference. Just don’t buy it online

  • Rob says:

    6 Dec6 December 08:56

    If you buy in a restaurant on the list then obviously it works – it’s the same till your food order would go through. Doesn’t work online.

  • Mike Hunt says:

    6 Dec6 December 09:06

    Daren S – it is only for gift cards purchased in an actual restaurant

    • DarrenS says:

      6 Dec6 December 11:58

      I bought a £160 gift card from Ivy, Leeds, in person. It did not work.

      • Rob says:

        6 Dec6 December 12:38

        Call Amex. They can’t see that you bought a gift card vs a meal.

        • DarrenS says:

          6 Dec6 December 18:38

          I did call them and was asked if I had bought a gift card and I did not lie. Since used the credit elsewhere.

      • Ruralite says:

        6 Dec6 December 14:08

        I bought one a couple of weeks ago at Ivy, Guildford, to use next door in Ivy Asia, and it credited within a few days.

      • Matt says:

        6 Dec6 December 14:10

        It may worth also waiting a few weeks. I used mine at Fallow a few months ago and it took around 3-4 weeks for the credit to appear.

• Bluekjp says:

  6 Dec6 December 09:16

  Does the dining credit and gift voucher deal work with a Business Platinum? It would help a great deal Rob if with your articles on the Platinum there could be at least one sentence inserted confirming if the deal is open to both cards or one or the other. A colleague of mine spent £50 on the business card at Harvey Nicols earlier in the year thinking he’d get a statement credit!

  • sayling says:

    6 Dec6 December 09:32

    It does not.

    HfP tends to specifically mention which version of Personal/ Business cards are applicable when discussing offers – there’s no mention of Plat Business in this article, for example.

• Scottydoggiom says:

  6 Dec6 December 09:17

  This article has come at a good time for me. I have the 150 credit still left on my card and we are booked into the Ivy in Brighton in a few weeks , only 2 of us going and are probably not going to be drinking so id say the meal will be well under 100.
  Might ask to purchase a gift card with the difference that i can carry into next year 🙂

  • BJ says:

    6 Dec6 December 10:31

    You can choose whatever value you want on giftcards too. Note that they last only one year unlike those in many shops which last two years or until credit used.

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