View Poll Results: Which Membership Rewards to BAEC transfer bonus pattern do you prefer?
One 40% transfer bonus per year (e.g. 2014)
149
90.30%
Three smaller (20%, 30%, 35%) bonuses per year (e.g. 2013)
16
9.70%
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Jan 28, 2015, 6:21 am
Last edit by: mia
On January 28, 2015 British Airways announced changes to Executive Club earning and redemption charts which will affect the value of Avois points.
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MR USA: 40% transfer bonus to British Airways 12.15.2014 to 1.31.2015
Jan 26, 2015, 9:36 am
#151
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
No, it sounds as if tassojunior asked to have the Chat switched to a Membership Rewards agent, rather than a general Customer Service agent.
Jan 26, 2015, 10:25 am
#152
Join Date: May 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: Lotz
Posts: 1,534
No, all the other calls and chats made no difference. My first chat transferred to a MR chatter worked in less than 1 minute.
Jan 26, 2015, 11:12 am
#153
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 920
Will give it a shot later today or tomorrow so I don't annoy them.
Jan 26, 2015, 6:12 pm
#155
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Los Angeles, AA Plat 2MM, DL GM
Posts: 131
I also requested via Chat that some pending points be made active. The chatter confirmed that my monthly payment had been received, and it was done within a minute.
Jan 26, 2015, 8:52 pm
#156
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 53
I called in today and got my 100000 points on the Platinum Business expedited and I've already redeemed them for Avios. First billing cycle ended on December 20th and second statement has closed. Representative put me on hold twice but was very helpful. I spoke with membership rewards.
Jan 26, 2015, 8:57 pm
#157
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 920
I called in today and got my 100000 points on the Platinum Business expedited and I've already redeemed them for Avios. First billing cycle ended on December 20th and second statement has closed. Representative put me on hold twice but was very helpful. I spoke with membership rewards.
Jan 26, 2015, 11:03 pm
#158
Join Date: May 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: Lotz
Posts: 1,534
Chat online during the day and ask to be linked with a MR chatter. Most of us get the points changed from pending to available that way in under a minute and in no other way.
Jan 28, 2015, 2:24 am
#159
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: CVG
Programs: Hyatt Giraffe
Posts: 1,664
Made my transfers today and was poking around in a brand new account.
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
Jan 28, 2015, 5:34 am
#160
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Up in the Air
Programs: OW Emerald
Posts: 524
Figures BA would announce an devaluation near the end of an MR 40% transfer bonus period.
Luckily we still have 3 months until April 28 to burn these transferred points. Glad I didn't transfer all of my MR stockpile to Avios this time.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...executive-club
Luckily we still have 3 months until April 28 to burn these transferred points. Glad I didn't transfer all of my MR stockpile to Avios this time.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...executive-club
Jan 28, 2015, 5:34 am
#161
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Made my transfers today and was poking around in a brand new account.
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
Regards
Jan 28, 2015, 7:58 am
#162
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 62
Figures BA would announce an devaluation near the end of an MR 40% transfer bonus period.
Luckily we still have 3 months until April 28 to burn these transferred points. Glad I didn't transfer all of my MR stockpile to Avios this time.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...executive-club
Luckily we still have 3 months until April 28 to burn these transferred points. Glad I didn't transfer all of my MR stockpile to Avios this time.
http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...executive-club
Jan 28, 2015, 10:57 am
#163
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,043
Made my transfers today and was poking around in a brand new account.
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
Were these changes always known??? I'm not liking the tier system.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...b/club-changes
I was considering transferring a boatload of MR points to BA in this offer, but had been dragging my feet. Now I probably will not do so as the changes to earning has significant bearing on the strategy I was considering.
Regards
Jan 28, 2015, 11:11 am
#164
Join Date: May 2006
Location: CGK & PBI
Programs: Cruise addict and AirBNB Plat :)
Posts: 3,312
From what I understood from the changes is that the way you EARN Avios will be different, similar to what DL implemented to their Skypesos program.
How does that affect those of us that plan to redeem shorter segments in the US? (redeem Avios, fly with AA or US)
Thank you.
How does that affect those of us that plan to redeem shorter segments in the US? (redeem Avios, fly with AA or US)
Thank you.
Jan 28, 2015, 12:13 pm
#165
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 62
From what I understood from the changes is that the way you EARN Avios will be different, similar to what DL implemented to their Skypesos program.
How does that affect those of us that plan to redeem shorter segments in the US? (redeem Avios, fly with AA or US)
Thank you.
How does that affect those of us that plan to redeem shorter segments in the US? (redeem Avios, fly with AA or US)
Thank you.
It looks like the price of Avios redemptions on short-faul BA Partner flights in the USA (AA, US) is not going up. I believe they are staying at 4,500 Avios per leg, per the chart on this page. It says that all partner flights will be priced at the peak price for each respective leg.