How long for my A3*G card to arrive? [Timeline to "new" M+B transition]
Jan 12, 2015, 8:43 am
#1006
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: OTP
Programs: AF/KL platinum, Turkish gold, QR gold
Posts: 1,575
Just thought it was worth posting - maybe others have similar experiences these days receiving the wrong cards! (as I assume A3 started with sending new gold cards, ending with blue)
Jan 12, 2015, 8:58 am
#1007
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: BAEC Silver, HHonors Gold, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 217
New Gold card(s) arrived today for the whole family. Location Finland, Expiry date same as with everyone else, 24/01/2016.
It causes some perverse pleasure at lounges when you enter first and they look at you, card and the family and say that it is valid for ONE guest and you go like, yeah I know and I am not guesting any of them
It causes some perverse pleasure at lounges when you enter first and they look at you, card and the family and say that it is valid for ONE guest and you go like, yeah I know and I am not guesting any of them
Jan 12, 2015, 9:19 am
#1008
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CKH
Posts: 575
Given the (ongoing) problems with their IT systems what I read here I can imagine things not going 100% as they should. And with my virtual account being all correct, I don't care actually care that much at all about it. There are more important things in life than just a card
Just thought it was worth posting - maybe others have similar experiences these days receiving the wrong cards! (as I assume A3 started with sending new gold cards, ending with blue)
Just thought it was worth posting - maybe others have similar experiences these days receiving the wrong cards! (as I assume A3 started with sending new gold cards, ending with blue)
Snacky
Jan 12, 2015, 10:06 am
#1009
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: AY+ Plat, A3*G
Posts: 672
Gold card received today for ms. Furry. My card is not yet received.
We were both upgraded to gold beginning of Oct.
Location: Turku, Finland.
Postage stamp from Royal Mail UK.
We were both upgraded to gold beginning of Oct.
Location: Turku, Finland.
Postage stamp from Royal Mail UK.
Jan 12, 2015, 12:05 pm
#1010
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BRU
Programs: A3 *G, BAEC Bronze, LH *S
Posts: 62
Gold card also received today. Design is quite minimalistic I have to say.
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Postage stamp from Royal Mail UK as well.
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Postage stamp from Royal Mail UK as well.
Jan 12, 2015, 12:27 pm
#1011
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Cyprus
Programs: LH SEN, A3*G, TK*G E+, ALL/Accor Plat
Posts: 644
I was upgraded to A3*G on Nov 2nd. On telephoning Aegean today, the agent informed me that cards were being sent out in two batches. Mine would be processed at the end of January and I should expect to receive it at the end of February. This is hopeless incompetence and Aegean should be ashamed of themselves!
Jan 12, 2015, 2:52 pm
#1012
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
I was upgraded to A3*G on Nov 2nd. On telephoning Aegean today, the agent informed me that cards were being sent out in two batches. Mine would be processed at the end of January and I should expect to receive it at the end of February. This is hopeless incompetence and Aegean should be ashamed of themselves!
What is YOUR problem without havien an additional (gold-) card in your wallet until February?
Jan 12, 2015, 3:15 pm
#1013
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Cyprus
Programs: LH SEN, A3*G, TK*G E+, ALL/Accor Plat
Posts: 644
Do you think Aegean should be proud of such a performance? Taking 4 months to issue a card is totally unacceptable. If Aegean were unprepared to service their new FFP program, they should have delayed the launch until they were properly prepared. There are certain cases where it is not particularly helpful to use a TK*G card - for example, when flying from the Republic of Cyprus.
Jan 12, 2015, 5:04 pm
#1014
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
Do you think Aegean should be proud of such a performance? Taking 4 months to issue a card is totally unacceptable. If Aegean were unprepared to service their new FFP program, they should have delayed the launch until they were properly prepared. There are certain cases where it is not particularly helpful to use a TK*G card - for example, when flying from the Republic of Cyprus.
You still can chose to add your A3 # to your booking, status will be recognized and it will be stated on your bordingcard... And if somebody explicably wants to see your card, show the one from the app... You have no disadvantage without a physical plastic card!
Jan 12, 2015, 5:05 pm
#1015
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ZRH/SFO
Programs: A3*G - AZ CFP- HH DIA
Posts: 3,666
Renewal *G card arrived today in ZRH
Jan 13, 2015, 12:42 am
#1016
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: SYD
Programs: TK*G, QR Gold, VA Gold, NZ Gold
Posts: 237
I was upgraded to A3*G on Nov 2nd. On telephoning Aegean today, the agent informed me that cards were being sent out in two batches. Mine would be processed at the end of January and I should expect to receive it at the end of February. This is hopeless incompetence and Aegean should be ashamed of themselves!
Upgraded on 2nd Nov. But I'm all the way to SYD. So add another week or so.
But I don't really care if i get the card, i am getting the perks anyway. stayed in lounge. got 5okg of luggage. priority boarding, checking in, express pass, priority on luggage. so who needs the plastic thingey anyway. its just formality!
Jan 13, 2015, 1:31 am
#1017
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CKH
Posts: 575
I'm also on this batch then.
Upgraded on 2nd Nov. But I'm all the way to SYD. So add another week or so.
But I don't really care if i get the card, i am getting the perks anyway. stayed in lounge. got 5okg of luggage. priority boarding, checking in, express pass, priority on luggage. so who needs the plastic thingey anyway. its just formality!
Upgraded on 2nd Nov. But I'm all the way to SYD. So add another week or so.
But I don't really care if i get the card, i am getting the perks anyway. stayed in lounge. got 5okg of luggage. priority boarding, checking in, express pass, priority on luggage. so who needs the plastic thingey anyway. its just formality!
Snacky
Jan 13, 2015, 1:35 am
#1018
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CKH
Posts: 575
Snacky
Jan 13, 2015, 11:04 am
#1019
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: SAS Diamond (*G), Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 424
Received the new gold card and luggage tag today! Location: Sweden.
Jan 13, 2015, 12:31 pm
#1020
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9
I have today received my card 24 hours before my international flight - so I am happy - and lucky. I am not returning for months so my return would be more embarrassing without the card. Plus I am using lounges of 4 different airlines with my two way ticket. My envelope also was franked and mailed in the UK.
I do not agree that the card is not important. Fraudsters and cheats can create fake copies of gold cards on their iPhone or print out false mileage statements etc. Then try to sweet talk or bluff benefits they are not entitled to. Look at it from the point of view of the check in person, or lounge attendant. I once saw a guy in the First Class queue trying to get into First with only a Business ticket - by being very loud and obnoxious. "My office always buys me a First Class ticket". (Was BA at SFO an Englishman).
As said before the card is part of the prestige of being gold. if you don't want prestige, then why bother being gold in the first place? Some people pay huge money for prestige via tickets they buy - they show off queuing in first or business, we can show off even with a discount economy ticket.
So at worst, without a card, we look like potential low life scammers. At best we look like bumbling nincompoops who have left their Gold card at home. Blaming the postal service - the oldest excuse in the book.
As I posted before, but this time to Air Rarotonga, why not go to your bank and try to get cash without your plastic card? Take some scraps of paper you have printed on your own computer or show them your iPhone app and see how you go. Or, show a traffic policeman a copy of your license via photocopy or IPhone app. Maybe try this with a passport photocopy or iPhone app?
We have a wallet full of plastic cards because we need them. Only Aegean - of all the cards I have - posted my card late.
I do not agree that the card is not important. Fraudsters and cheats can create fake copies of gold cards on their iPhone or print out false mileage statements etc. Then try to sweet talk or bluff benefits they are not entitled to. Look at it from the point of view of the check in person, or lounge attendant. I once saw a guy in the First Class queue trying to get into First with only a Business ticket - by being very loud and obnoxious. "My office always buys me a First Class ticket". (Was BA at SFO an Englishman).
As said before the card is part of the prestige of being gold. if you don't want prestige, then why bother being gold in the first place? Some people pay huge money for prestige via tickets they buy - they show off queuing in first or business, we can show off even with a discount economy ticket.
So at worst, without a card, we look like potential low life scammers. At best we look like bumbling nincompoops who have left their Gold card at home. Blaming the postal service - the oldest excuse in the book.
As I posted before, but this time to Air Rarotonga, why not go to your bank and try to get cash without your plastic card? Take some scraps of paper you have printed on your own computer or show them your iPhone app and see how you go. Or, show a traffic policeman a copy of your license via photocopy or IPhone app. Maybe try this with a passport photocopy or iPhone app?
We have a wallet full of plastic cards because we need them. Only Aegean - of all the cards I have - posted my card late.