Fund your next phone upgrade on the coffees and dinners you'd buy anyway
The Pret, Deliveroo and date-night spend that quietly pays for your next iPhone.
There's a category of spending that almost every young professional pretends isn't happening: the Costa on the way to the office, the Deliveroo on a Tuesday because the fridge is empty, the Wagamama with friends on Thursday. It's not rent, it's not bills — it's the life-admin fuel that keeps the week moving.
It also happens to be the most-rewarded category of spending in the whole gift-card catalogue. Restaurant and takeaway cards regularly earn 6–12% back as A1 Tech Deals store credit, which is comfortably the fastest way to fund a new iPhone without cutting out anything you actually enjoy.
Buy the gift card
Pick any brand and pay as you would for tech. The code is sent straight to your email.
We reward you
A1 Tech Deals credits your account with store credit — funded by us, not the brand.
Spend it on tech
Use the credit at checkout on anything at a1techdeals.com — phones, laptops, accessories.
The numbers on an average week
That's £581 a year of store credit — more than enough for an iPhone 16 upgrade.
The phone the dinners are paying for
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 17e 256GB - Black
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 17 256GB Sage
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 17 Pro Max 256GB Deep Blue
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 18 Pro Max 256GB Burgundy
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB Silver
Apple iPhonesApple iPhone 17e 512GB - White
The rate here is the real story. Grocery cards pay around 5.8%; restaurants and dining-out cards average around 12.9%. On a normal month of eating out and grabbing food on the go, you're looking at enough credit to cover a new phone every 18 months — not a cheap Android either.
Cards that punch above their weight
22% backtastecard - 6 Months
20% backGreen Chef
14.08% backBanana Tree
14.08% backThe Restaurant Card
14.08% backLas Iguanas
14.08% backBella Italia
14.08% backCafé Rouge
14.08% backFrankie & Benny’s
13.25% backMiller & Carter
13.25% backThe Dining Out Card
13.25% backHarvester
13.25% backHouse Of Creed
Two everyday-spend setups
The office commuter
Nina grabs a Caffe Nero most mornings (£70/mo), orders Deliveroo twice a week for the WFH days (£120/mo), and goes out for dinner with friends every other Friday (£160/mo).
£439 toward an iPhone 16 upgrade — with change left for a new case and AirPods.
The date-night couple
Jake and Sofia do one nice meal out a week (£320/mo) and a Deliveroo on Sundays (£80/mo).
£566 in credit — more than enough to cover the iPhone upgrade AND a new Apple Watch.
What people always want to check.
Not at all. Buy cards as you go — a Costa, a Caffe Nero, a Pret. You can stack several brands over a month and the credit sits in your A1 Tech Deals account regardless.
The fastest route to the next iPhone
Restaurant cards earn some of the highest cashback in the catalogue. Credit lands in your A1 Tech Deals account automatically.
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The highest-earning gift cards in the catalogue, ranked — and exactly how much you'd need.
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