Nov 4, 2013, 1:57 pm
Last edit by: Gajan
Between 1 September 2013 and 31 March 2018 the co-branded Gold & Platinum Flying Blue American Express cards also gave you Level Miles for purchases at AF/KL.
The Gold card will give you 1.5 Level Miles & Award Miles for AF/KL purchases; the Platinum card will give you 2 Level Miles & Award miles for AF/KL purchases.
As of 31 March 2018 the Flying Blue American Express co-cards give the main cardholder additional XP's when reaching the membership anniversary:
The Gold card will give you 1.5 Level Miles & Award Miles for AF/KL purchases; the Platinum card will give you 2 Level Miles & Award miles for AF/KL purchases.
As of 31 March 2018 the Flying Blue American Express co-cards give the main cardholder additional XP's when reaching the membership anniversary:
- Silver: 15XP;
- Gold: 30 XP
- Platinum: 60 XP
Co-branded American Express cards: France and the Netherlands
Feb 16, 2014, 1:44 pm
#196
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What! I just bought a €660 ticket! Where did you see this and where do I register?
Feb 16, 2014, 6:19 pm
#197
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Feb 22, 2014, 1:24 am
#198
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Looks indeed like a targeted offer 
Feb 23, 2014, 12:01 pm
#199
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yes, Amex sends out targeted emails depending on your spending behavior
Feb 23, 2014, 1:11 pm
#200
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And the worst thing is that the target people that normally don't spend that much. Big spenders are mostly not targeted, since they already spend enough money on the card
Feb 27, 2014, 7:17 am
#201
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Hotel promo also works like that. for example the recent "IHG big win" : the less history you had in their loyaltylobby, the biggest number of points was offered when achieving their customized challenge...
Last edited by Eddy421; Feb 27, 2014 at 8:58 am
Mar 3, 2014, 1:32 pm
#202
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that's correct
over the past 3 years i spent a lot with my amex and told my sales rep that i was surprised not to receive any bonus or booster campaign
he recently told me that they try to incentivize people to spend more, but i spend more than the annual amount to trigger these activation campaign, i don't receive targeted emails but i should be happy to be rewarded with lots of miles according to my expenses
shouldn't loyalty be recognized and rewarded ?
of course, my annual fees are waived every year, but i feel like i have to beg for it
Nov 25, 2014, 10:04 am
#203
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Question - my apologies if this has been asked before, but search didn't give meany results.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
Nov 25, 2014, 1:43 pm
#204
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Question - my apologies if this has been asked before, but search didn't give meany results.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
Nov 26, 2014, 1:16 am
#205
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Question - my apologies if this has been asked before, but search didn't give meany results.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
I am 3100 miles short to re-qualify for Gold. I have the Gold KLM/AF Amex & FB Gold status. This card gives me 1.5 miles per EUR spent. Would it be possible to just buy a flex +/- 2100 EUR ticket on my AMEX, and cancel/refund this next year?
Maybe a bit cheeky, but it seems like a relatively easy way to get these missing level miles so close to the year end.
The colour of your AMEX card has nothing to do with your Flying Blue level. The two programs are totally separate. With AMEX you buy the colour of your card.
For Flying Blue it depends on how much you fly or spend with partners.
Nov 26, 2014, 1:28 am
#206
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Nov 26, 2014, 3:27 am
#207
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(I have no idea, just asking the question)
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
Nov 26, 2014, 7:20 am
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I guess it's like the "normal" award miles: the credit is not given at the time of purchase but on the date of your statement. So if your statement is on 20th of each month, you could even cancel the ticket this year (after December 20th).
And another related question: what are they going to do with negative miles? Do they "credit" (or better:debit) them after the next statement, or will it remain negative (at Amex) until you have enough miles earned to correct this?
Nov 27, 2014, 4:54 am
#209
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I really like to know this too.
I guess it's like the "normal" award miles: the credit is not given at the time of purchase but on the date of your statement. So if your statement is on 20th of each month, you could even cancel the ticket this year (after December 20th).
And another related question: what are they going to do with negative miles? Do they "credit" (or better:debit) them after the next statement, or will it remain negative (at Amex) until you have enough miles earned to correct this?
I guess it's like the "normal" award miles: the credit is not given at the time of purchase but on the date of your statement. So if your statement is on 20th of each month, you could even cancel the ticket this year (after December 20th).
And another related question: what are they going to do with negative miles? Do they "credit" (or better:debit) them after the next statement, or will it remain negative (at Amex) until you have enough miles earned to correct this?
Jan 18, 2015, 5:18 am
#210
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Does any one who recently has upgraded/ordered a Plat FB Amex know how long it takes until they give my partner a Plat FB status? I know that when Plat for 2 was introduced it took ages but how is it now?