Premier Inn launches a rare hotel cashback offer with American Express

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• Duncan says:

  9 Jan9 January 05:13

  Nothing on either of my Amex – BA PP and Gold – but a Tesco spend £60 get £5 back was on the Gold.

• Davidl says:

  9 Jan9 January 05:53

  Gold Supp on Plat £150 get £15 back

• Lumma says:

  9 Jan9 January 05:53

  Although it doesn’t have a rewards programme, you can book Premier Inn on lastminute.com

  It’s definitely cheaper booking direct, but it can be handy just to find out that they exist via their search

  • daveinitalia says:

    9 Jan9 January 08:45

    They do seem to offer an unofficial set of benefits to those who stay a ridiculous amount of nights (presumably all booked direct through their site so they can be tracked). This was from someone who ends up staying over 100 nights last year at various ones around the UK. It won’t be ground shattering but things like upgrades to plus rooms, waiving early/late checkout fees and free cancellations I think is it.

• BJ says:

  9 Jan9 January 05:57

  Not surprised at all, Premier Inn rates have become a total joke and they’re occupancy is likely down as a result. Prices across most chains generally increased post-pandemic but I doubt any more aggressively than Premier Inn. Four specific hotels I used regularly pre-pandemic for comfortably under £50 are now rarely available for much under £100 and I’ve never found them on the £45 sales for dates I’ve checked. They’ve spiced up the beige and bland budget chain with red-hot rates.
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  • Charles Martel says:

    9 Jan9 January 06:09

    I paid £47 for a night at one of the Heathrow sites a few days ago, the rates must be linked to local demand as you’d expect.

    • BJ says:

      9 Jan9 January 07:07

      Only places I use them is Oban, Fort William, Aviemore and sometimes Inverness. It is true that demand will be high as they are are best option in first two and rates are generally high in Jnverness anyway. Even so a general increase in rates from x2 up to as much as x4 for these hotels seems over the top to me. I’m not sure what’s happening with them in major cities but I cannot see me paying more for them than a Hampton or HIX.

      • Andrew. says:

        9 Jan9 January 08:30

        In Oban and Fort William Premier Inn could probably build double the number of rooms they have and still be full every night. Aviemore desperately needs another branded hotel.

        The Purple Palace closest to me is full most nights, in summer they have a waiting list. As I understand it, a new wing was built in partnership with BMW and is block booked by the company.

      • Littlefish says:

        9 Jan9 January 10:01

        That explains Oban then. I’ve looked several times over the last two years and always seems £150+ even way out. Different market clearly.
        One thing I find tricky with PI is the website doesn’t seem to offer rooms for 3 or 4 people, so useless for a family. I assume I’m doing something wrong as presumably they do have two bed rooms.

        • BJ says:

          9 Jan9 January 12:14

          That’s a quite typical price most of the yeat now.

  • Andy says:

    9 Jan9 January 08:14

    YMMV of course. I’ve got 2 nights in a Premier Plus room in zone 3 (Wimbledon) coming up for less than £100 in total.

    • BJ says:

      9 Jan9 January 12:15

      Good deal, what I remember in Scotland too but no longer.

• Neil Preston says:

  9 Jan9 January 06:18

  £15 from a £150 spend on my BAPP card.

• bojangles says:

  9 Jan9 January 06:29

  there was an offer on of free breakfast a little while ago.
  Bagged 3 nights + breakfast for £146

  • BJ says:

    9 Jan9 January 07:12

    Checked Oban under that offer, over £90/might room only in January. Unbelievable, Oban must be the new in place or more likely Premier Inn is the only place in town people want to stay.

    • Andrew. says:

      9 Jan9 January 08:33

      You have to ask yourself why you are booking the Premier Inn, when you could be booking Shona Spurtle’s boarding house?

      • BJ says:

        9 Jan9 January 09:22

        Pre-pandemic both Oban and Fort William were easy enough to find at under £50 and regularly featured in the sales. I guess my issue is more how things have changed. Sure, we have to pay the going rate but it doesn’t mean we have to like it. In truth every decent sized town from Stirling North could probably sustain and benefit from at least two new decent sized chain hotels.

        • Colin MacKinnon says:

          9 Jan9 January 10:12

          There’s a new “capsule hotel” in Oban – 8m2 rooms with no windows. £80-odd a night!

        • BJ says:

          9 Jan9 January 12:21

          @Colin, is that the Pier Rooms place?

• bojangles says:

  9 Jan9 January 06:42

  forgot to add, it’s also on my BAPP
  get a £15 statement credit when you make a single, eligible transaction of £150+ online at Premier Inn by 9/2/2025

• Londoner 79 says:

  9 Jan9 January 06:49

  Does anybody know if you are able to book two stays in one transaction to hit £120, or would they be charged as two transactions on your statement?

  • MattB says:

    9 Jan9 January 07:36

    I don’t think you can book 2 seperate stays at the same time in a single booking.

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