Sep 19, 2014, 7:20 am
Last edit by: HookemHorns
Membership Rewards (USA) points can be transferred to airline and hotel accounts in the name of the primary cardholder -or- the name of a supplementary cardholder on any card account linked to the same Membership Rewards account. You only need to request a supplementary card. It need not ever be given to the cardholder, nor used for any purchases. American Express will not issue cards for children under age 13.
Bear in mind that American Express (USA) generally limits customers to four credit cards, plus an unspecified number of charge cards. Most of the cards which can be used to add free supplementary cardholders are credit cards, choose one that you actually want to use,
These products allow you to add free Supplementary cardholders:
PERSONAL CARD ACCOUNTS
SMALL BUSINESS CARD ACCOUNTS
Bear in mind that American Express (USA) generally limits customers to four credit cards, plus an unspecified number of charge cards. Most of the cards which can be used to add free supplementary cardholders are credit cards, choose one that you actually want to use,
These products allow you to add free Supplementary cardholders:
PERSONAL CARD ACCOUNTS
- Premier Rewards Gold charge card. $175 fee for primary card, up to five free supplementary cards.
- Mercedes-Benz credit card. $95 fee for primary card, free supplementary cards.
- Everyday Preferred credit card. $95 fee for primary card, free supplementary cards.
- Everyday credit card. No fee for primary or supplementary cards.
- Blue from American Express credit card. No fee for primary or supplementary cards, but this card participates in Membership Rewards Express. Express points are not eligible for transfer unless you also hold a card participating in the full Membership Rewards program. Caution: Blue Cash, Blue Cash Everyday, Blue Cash Preferred, Blue Sky and Blue Sky Preferred do not participate in Membership Rewards, and supplementary cardholders are not eligible to receive transfers.
SMALL BUSINESS CARD ACCOUNTS
- Business Gold Rewards charge card. $175 fee for the primary card, $50 for the first supplementary card, but additional supplementary cards are free.
- Blue for Business credit card. No fee for primary card or supplementary cards, but this card participates in Membership Rewards Express. Express points are not eligible for transfer unless you also hold a card participating in the full Membership Rewards program. This is the best Membership Rewards card for general spending because it earns a 30% annual bonus on all spending.
AMEX (USA) kills ability to transfer MR to non-account holder's airline or hotel acct
Jun 19, 2014, 1:13 pm
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I moved your post from the previous thread to this one, because the situation has fundamentally changed.
The name must match Delta's records, and you cannot use his name unless he holds a card on your American Express card account. You might try making the transfer by telephone, but I don't expect it will work.
The name must match Delta's records, and you cannot use his name unless he holds a card on your American Express card account. You might try making the transfer by telephone, but I don't expect it will work.
Jun 19, 2014, 2:53 pm
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from Business Plat (Open) new text;
Enrolling another account? Please keep in mind that only your frequent traveler accounts and those of your linked Cardmembers are eligible for point transfers.
Drop down box with names of cardholders.
Enrolling another account? Please keep in mind that only your frequent traveler accounts and those of your linked Cardmembers are eligible for point transfers.
Drop down box with names of cardholders.
Jun 19, 2014, 11:17 pm
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With all the crowing among the BA Bloggers about this, I expected to find a massive thread of ranting. Nope, not even 20 posts yet, LOL!
Maybe this affects the credit card pushers more than most FTers.... if you can't easily transfer your MR points, seems reasonable that a few less people might sign up for the cards.
Maybe this affects the credit card pushers more than most FTers.... if you can't easily transfer your MR points, seems reasonable that a few less people might sign up for the cards.
Jun 20, 2014, 6:55 am
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I don't think you understand the change. If it was before they changed the rule then you are fine. If you had previously transferred to that person then you are fine. If they are secondary users on your account you are fine.
Jun 20, 2014, 7:29 am
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Because this is not a "rule" change, but rather a software upgrade to enforce the policy, I don't expect any type of notification from American Express, and people will simply discover it when they attempt a transaction.
Jun 20, 2014, 9:40 am
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It's also worth noting that other countries force you to transfer to your own name and yet they go through just fine to most carriers even with a name mismatch. The one notable exception is SPG which fails any that are not a direct match.
Jun 20, 2014, 10:19 am
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Has anyone tried to transfer to BA with a name mis-match?
Jun 20, 2014, 10:45 am
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kathysrewards has reported the error message which appears if the partner system rejects the name/number combination. It should be possible to test each partner's system by attempting to link, it shouldn't be necessary to actually perform a transfer.
Jun 20, 2014, 10:48 am
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While the mechanics might be different, the bottom line is that the Canadian system has a hardcoded name that we cannot change, which is not any different than the new US system which hardcodes a name from a list of them. The Canadian system "links" just like the US one does...
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Jun 20, 2014, 11:01 am
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This is perhaps the best thread to understand the workaround in the Canadian Membership Rewards program:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-account.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...n-account.html