Amex Stays: Get Up to £75 Back on UK Hotel Bookings

American Express has launched its latest Amex Stays offer, and it is one worth paying attention to. The deal is straightforward: spend £300 or more at select UK hotels using your eligible Amex card and you will receive up to £75 back - once per card. That works out to a flat 25% return on a £300 hotel stay, which by any measure is a strong offer. Full details are available on the Amex Stays page.

The mechanics are simple. Book and pay for a qualifying stay at one of the participating UK hotels before 1 June 2026 using your eligible American Express card. Once you hit the £300 minimum spend threshold, a £75 statement credit will be applied to your account. The offer is capped at one redemption per card, so if you hold multiple Amex cards, it is worth checking which ones are eligible - you may be able to take advantage more than once across your wallet.

You will need to add the offer to your card through your Amex account or app before booking. The offer must be activated before you make payment, so do not leave it until after you have checked in.

Amex has curated a range of UK hotels for this promotion, with some new additions for 2026 including The Hari (a stylish boutique hotel in Belgravia, London) and Hambleton Hall (a Michelin-starred country house hotel in Rutland). The full list is available on the Amex Stays page - it covers a range of properties across London and the broader UK, so there is something here whether you are planning a city break or a countryside escape.

It is worth browsing the full list before you book rather than assuming your preferred hotel is included. The selection is curated rather than comprehensive, so this offer works best as an incentive to try somewhere you might not have booked otherwise - or a welcome discount on a property you already had in mind.

A 25% return is hard to argue with. If you were already planning a stay at one of the participating hotels and the total bill comes to at least £300, this is effectively a free £75 - with zero hoops to jump through beyond activating the offer beforehand.

Where it gets more interesting from a points perspective is the double-dip potential. If you pay with a points-earning Amex card, you are stacking the £75 cash back on top of your usual points earn. For example, the Amex Business Gold earns 1 Membership Rewards point per £1, so on a £300 stay you would earn 300 MR points on top of the £75 statement credit. If you are holding the Amex Platinum Business, you earn the same base rate but with significantly more card benefits on top. Either way, the offer is additive - not instead of your points.

I hold both the Amex Platinum Business and Business Gold, so I will be checking whether both cards can unlock this offer separately. If so, that could mean up to £150 back across two cards on qualifying stays - which would be a serious return on a UK weekend away.

One thing to check: the offer terms specify it is "once per Card", so if you have both a personal and a business Amex (or multiple cards), it is worth verifying which of yours are eligible by logging in and checking the Offers section. Personal Amex cards have historically been eligible for Amex Stays, but always confirm before booking.

This depends entirely on the hotel. At independently-owned properties or smaller boutique hotels, you may not be earning loyalty points anyway. But where the hotel is part of a programme - for example, if a property participates in Marriott Bonvoy, Hilton Honors, or similar - you could in theory earn hotel points on top of the Amex cash back and your card points. As someone with Marriott Bonvoy Titanium status, I always look for Marriott properties first, but the Amex Stays list is its own curated selection so this overlap will be limited to whatever hotels happen to appear on both lists.

If hotel loyalty earning is important to you, check whether the participating hotels are part of a programme before booking through this offer. In most cases the Amex cash back alone makes it worthwhile regardless.

Log in to your Amex account online or via the app and navigate to the Offers section. Look for the Amex Stays offer and add it to your eligible card. Then book and pay at a participating hotel before 1 June 2026. The statement credit will appear on your account after the qualifying transaction posts - typically within a few billing periods.

Do not forget to add the offer to your card before you pay. That is the most common mistake with Amex Offers - and one that means you will miss out entirely.

If you are not yet holding an Amex card, this offer is a reminder of the kind of value they regularly unlock. The Amex Business Gold and Amex Platinum Business are the two I use day-to-day. For a broader look at the best Amex cards available in the UK right now, check out our guide to which Amex card to start with - or if you already hold one, see whether you might still be eligible for a welcome bonus on another Amex card with our Amex welcome bonus eligibility guide.

Our full rundown of the best Avios-earning credit cards in the UK is also worth a read if you are thinking about maximising every pound you spend on travel.

The Amex Stays offer is a genuinely good deal for anyone who holds an eligible Amex card and is planning a UK hotel stay before June 2026. A 25% return on a £300 minimum spend, stacked on top of your usual points earn, is hard to beat. Check the participating hotel list, activate the offer on your card before you book, and enjoy the £75 back.

As always with these offers: read the full T&Cs on the Amex Stays page before booking, and make sure the offer has been successfully added to your card before payment.

Jack