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Old Jul 11, 2012, 3:50 am
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bariummeal
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: LHR
Programs: BA OW Silver, Aegean *A Gold, Intercon Ambassador Gold, EY Gold
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Migrating credit card spend - AMEX BA or Gold?

The gradual migration continues - I am now Gold on BA and Aegean, redeemed most of my points (Thai/Jet airways 1st suites in a couple of weeks!).

What about credit cards? I shut down my BMI AMEX 8 months ago and took out the AMEX Gold Charge - I have about 140k on it now. I have now also taken out the BA Premier AMEX - just arrived today.

I am in a quandry - to hit the £10k on the BA AMEX to trigger 241 I need to maximise its use, and therefore I should really close down the Gold card.

However, I don't want to pump the 140k MR points anywhere yet - I will wait for a 30% extra deal from BA or Virgin. But on the other hand I don't really want to pay the £125 to renew Gold if I am not going to use it.

Any views? - I presume several are in the same boat.
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