When you reach the dizzy heights of 5,000,000 Membership Rewards points, you’re bound to need some inspiration on the many ways you can use them. From flights and hotel rooms to premium car rental, very little will be beyond your means when it comes to travel! And with 5,000,000 points, you can carve out a very healthy monthly shopping budget for use online and in-store, add regular gift experiences to your calendar that will make amazing memories for you, clients and colleagues, or even make a generous donation to a UK charity.
Cardmembers earn points on every whole £1 spent with an American Express® Business Gold Card¹ and, depending on where you decide to spend it, 5,000,000 points could be worth around £22,000.
5,000,000 Membership Rewards points at a glance
- Technology: £25,000 at Currys (with a gift card)
- Travel: £22,000 at British Airways when converting Membership Rewards points to Avios
- Gifts: £25,000 at Harrods (with a gift card)
- Business: £22,000 at Amazon
- Charitable donation: £22,000 at JustGiving
Take the five-star travel option every time
Reaching the massive milestone of 5,000,000 Membership Rewards points means you can enjoy premium airline, rail, and car hire options for years to come. If you’re a frequent flyer, every trip can be in Upper, First, or Business Class seats through over a dozen airline partners. That means feeling fresh-faced and ready to take on the world when meeting business partners and clients around the globe, by swapping a cramped seat for a relaxing bed.
5,000,000 points would be enough to cover 22 deluxe roundtrip plane tickets to long-haul destinations including New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, Delhi, and Johannesburg. That could mean two flights per year for key international business conferences, exhibitions, and fairs for 11 years or, for true jet-setters, one per month for nearly two years.
If you’d rather use your points to upgrade existing tickets, a switch from Economy to Upper Class on a return Virgin Atlantic flight to LA costs just over 100,000 Virgin Points. One Membership Rewards point converts to one Virgin Point, meaning that 5,000,000 Membership Rewards points would allow you to upgrade that trip nearly 50 times.
You could take even more trips by converting your points to Eurostar tickets. There are dozens of destinations to choose from, including direct trains to Paris, Brussels, Lille, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and the South of France. 5,000,000 points could be enough to cover 111 Business Premier tickets, which represent Eurostar’s highest level of comfort and class. That means that during every corporate rail trip you take, you could enjoy huge seats, swanky lounges, restaurant-standard food, and a speedy 10-minute check-in.
Your points can also provide the key to some of the most spectacular hotel rooms in the world. If you dedicated all 5,000,000 points to accommodation, you could stay in Radisson Hotels’ most luxurious and well-located rooms for 142 nights. That includes a direct view from your room of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Mediterranean Sea in Cannes, the sparkling city lights of Chicago, and panoramic views over the Oslo Fjord in Norway.
For petrol-heads who want to make the ultimate impression, 5,000,000 points equal up to £25,000 of vouchers from car hire partners Sixt or Hertz. That’s enough to rent an Aston Martin DB11 Volante, a head-turning open-topped grand tourer worth £160,000, for a total of 50 days.
Spend £1,000 a month using just your points
If driving one of the world’s most prestigious convertibles for nearly two months sounds a bit too extravagant, you can use your points to completely change how you shop instead. 5,000,000 points are equal to over £22,000 of spending through dozens of retail partners. That amount could be used to create a monthly shopping budget of £1,000 for over two years, entirely powered by points.
Each month could represent a purchase for a different purpose or person. From Selfridges & Co, you could buy a bottle of Dom Perignon as a thank you to a colleague, or gift for a client. From Harrods, you could purchase a Sage Barista Pro Coffee Machine for your office. And from Amazon.co.uk, you could buy... almost anything. How about an Oculus Quest VR headset for making the games at your next office party extra special? Or a Samsung 55” QLED TV for indulging in stress-busting Netflix binges?
With 5,000,000 points, you don’t have to be picky. If you see something on offer by any of our retail partners that’ll help you be more productive, creative, or relaxed, simply add it to your list and let the points take care of the rest.
If you’ve not yet collected 5,000,000 Membership Rewards points, there are many ways to increase your balance, simply by using your American Express Business Gold Card.
Support a charity
5,000,000 points could fund something life-changing, and not just for you and your colleagues. Through our partner JustGiving, you have the choice of over 9,000 UK charities to donate to, and your points could be worth over £22,000. Why not invite valued employees to choose charities that mean something to them? Or choose as a company to make one large donation? However you choose, you can feel proud that the success of your business is making a difference to others.
If you’re in need of more ideas, discover even more things you can do with American Express rewards through our tips and guides.
1. Rewards shown are examples that are subject to availability and may change. Examples valid as of June 2022. Membership Rewards points are earned on every full £1 spent and charged, per transaction. Terms and conditions apply.