Originally Posted by
LondonAndy
I worked out (probably wrongly) that IF you have an AmEx 241 AND you get the 600 miles per £2.50 voucher higher rate you "only" need to buy 25 bottles of champagne to get a J flight to North America/South Africa, which works out (with the £10 refund for price match if you buy the bottles in pairs) at < £500 (plus taxes etc.).
25 bottles at 750 points = 18750 CC points = 75 £2.50 CC vouchers
75 cc vouchers * 600 miles (legacy rate) = 45000 BA miles
25 bottles @ £29.99 less £10 credit for price match = £499.75
BUT - i think the promo is capped at 10000 cc points per statement period, and the offer is unlikely to last that long.
But theoretically, yes, a one way J for £500 plus taxes etc. But to use the 241 efficiently it would be need to be a return - for £1000 spend (37K cc points) plus taxes for 2 people. Hard to achieve with the promo cap. (I thought I was there with a mountain of plastic cutlery until I understood the promo rules
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Regards
R3dV