Originally Posted by
Bohinjska Bistrica
I would be surprised if there are many people out there paying £300 a year for a credit card and aren't putting at least £20k in spend through it a year. The BAPP 2-4-1 is pretty pointless if used in economy (may as well have had the free card) and you'll be needing to generate a large stack of avios for long haul premium cabins, especially if there isn't much work tavel.
exactly. even assuming all spend is on BA and BAH, 15k gbp only gives you 30k avios more than the free card. that is 1 penny per avios for those extra avios. so 1) it means i would expect everyone to be spending at least 15k gbp because doesnt make sense to "buy" avios at such a costly rate and dont earn the 241, and 2) people are going to spend more on BAPP to get more avios, because you need redemptions that is at least worth that 1 penny per avios (more if not all spend is BA and BAH)
so it really doesnt make much sense to amex and they should really be asking BA why are they footing the bill for BA's changes?
Originally Posted by
BA850
We’re probably some way from that, but the business case for a co-branded credit card certainly loses some of its lustre if the target market is to be found sipping champagne in the nose of a Lufthansa 747 instead of buying BA tickets
yeah i know. just a tongue in cheek comment. but i really do hope that amex stay firm and dont pay BA for those TPs