{"id":414867,"date":"2026-04-01T12:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/414867\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:07:22","slug":"martin-lewis-shares-trick-to-get-free-50-they-wont-like-me-saying-this-personal-finance-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/414867\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Lewis shares trick to get free \u00a350 – \u2018they won\u2019t like me saying this’ | Personal Finance | Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Martin Lewis says you can get a free \u00a350. (Image: ITVX)<\/p>\n

Money expert Martin Lewis has shared a trick to get a free \u00a350 Amazon<\/a> voucher.<\/p>\n

Martin returned on the latest episode of The Martin Lewis<\/a> Money Show Live on ITV1<\/a> on Thursday, March 26, with another round of financial help just before the \u2018awful April\u2019 round of price increases takes effect for households.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re feeling the squeeze, though, there is something you can do right now to secure a free \u00a350 to spend on Amazon just by applying for, and then cancelling, a credit card from Barclaycard.<\/p>\n

All you need to do is have a reasonable credit score to make the trick work, Martin said.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the show, Martin told ITV<\/a> viewers: \u201cA trick to get a free \u00a350 Amazon voucher. You\u2019ll need a reasonable credit score.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> Martin Lewis issues \u00a360 warning to anyone who wears a uniform to work <\/a><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> Martin Lewis issues HMRC tax code warning to all households before Monday <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you apply right now to the Amazon<\/a> Barclaycard credit card, if you\u2019re accepted, you\u2019ll get a \u00a340 Amazon voucher.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you then log into the Barclaycard app, you\u2019ll get a \u00a310 Amazon voucher. That\u2019s \u00a350.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, they won\u2019t like me saying this, you can just cancel the card without spending anything, and therefore you\u2019ve got \u00a350 for doing absolutely nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, you can keep hold of the card, which, if you\u2019re an Amazon Prime customer, does offer a good 2% saving on all purchases on the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could also keep the card, it give half a percent rewards effectively on spending which is decent but beatable, provided you repay IN FULL, otherwise the interest would dwarf the reward.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. If you shop on Amazon, it gives up to 2% if you\u2019re an Amazon Prime customer, on Amazon spending, and then it does become quite good.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I would say is don\u2019t do this if you\u2019re about to make a big credit application like a mortgage<\/a>, cos it can have a short term minor impact on your credit worthiness. For everyone else, free \u00a350 at Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazon says about the card: “Get up to \u00a350 in Amazon Gift Cards. Representative 28.9% APR variable. Apply by 9 April to get a \u00a340 Amazon Gift Card if approved, plus activate your Amazon Barclaycard in the Barclays or Barclaycard app* for an extra \u00a310 Amazon Gift Card.”<\/p>\n

The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, Thursday March 26 episode is still available to watch via ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Lewis says you can get a free \u00a350. (Image: ITVX) Money expert Martin Lewis has shared a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[177],"tags":[1463,45436,186620,186621,31165,79,18,6777,19,17,2770,167969,29863,118802,234,235],"class_list":["post-414867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-prime","tag-amazon-voucher","tag-barclaycard-credit-card","tag-barclays","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-financial-advice","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-itv","tag-itvx","tag-martin-lewis","tag-money-saving-expert","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116329371803417765","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}