Transfer Amex MR points to UK-based BA executive club account?
Jan 21, 2014, 9:01 am
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In which country is your American Express card account issued? As a matter of policy BA will only accept transfers from cards issued in the country where the BAEC account is domiciled. In practice they seem not to be able to reliably see where Membership Rewards transfers originate. Some members report that transfers from USA American Express accounts succeed, others report failure.
Jan 21, 2014, 9:38 am
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USA Membership Rewards is a self-service online system. There is no need to speak with anyone. The first step is to "link" the BAEC account to Membership Rewards. If this process succeeds it is very likely that transfers will work, but there is at least one report of another airline rejecting a transfer (due to a name mis-match). The only way to know is to try.