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 28, 2015, 2:43 pm
#169
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 8
Jan 28, 2015, 5:59 pm
#170
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: BDL, JFK
Posts: 658
Jan 28, 2015, 7:49 pm
#171
Join Date: May 2010
Location: WAS
Programs: Lotz
Posts: 1,534
I transferred all my 180K MR to 252K Avios last night. Not sorry I did (yet). I don't like points sitting in MR or Chase UR. Too many shutdowns.
The big change is to higher priced rewards in Biz and First. I use economy mostly. The other change is that there will be off-peak rewards on BA metal that weren't there before.
For economy short-hops in the US and overseas BA rocks. Means when I travel I can add flights to several destinations cheap. Also you can set up to transfer Avios points to Iberia which hasn't changed it's charts (yet) and has low fuel surcharges.
The big change is to higher priced rewards in Biz and First. I use economy mostly. The other change is that there will be off-peak rewards on BA metal that weren't there before.
For economy short-hops in the US and overseas BA rocks. Means when I travel I can add flights to several destinations cheap. Also you can set up to transfer Avios points to Iberia which hasn't changed it's charts (yet) and has low fuel surcharges.
Jan 29, 2015, 5:35 am
#176
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: RNO
Posts: 362
The old system for Econ/Econ+/Biz/First was:
1x/1.5x/2x/3x
The new system varies by band.
Bands 1-3 (segment distance less than 2000 miles):
1x/1.5x/2x/4x
Bands 4-9 (segment distance greater than 2000 miles):
1x/2x/3x/4x
So BOS-DUB (Band 4) was 12.5K in econ and 25K in business (one-way). It will still be 12.5K in econ, but now 37.5K (3x) in business (one-way).
Also note that the free domestic add-on within the UK (when redeeming on BA metal) is going away for Bands 1-3.
1x/1.5x/2x/3x
The new system varies by band.
Bands 1-3 (segment distance less than 2000 miles):
1x/1.5x/2x/4x
Bands 4-9 (segment distance greater than 2000 miles):
1x/2x/3x/4x
So BOS-DUB (Band 4) was 12.5K in econ and 25K in business (one-way). It will still be 12.5K in econ, but now 37.5K (3x) in business (one-way).
Also note that the free domestic add-on within the UK (when redeeming on BA metal) is going away for Bands 1-3.
Jan 29, 2015, 7:58 am
#178
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Plat, CC Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Choice Plat
Posts: 306
has anyone had recent success in getting pending points available before first statement cuts after making pre-payment?
Tried MR chat but still no success..
Tried MR chat but still no success..
Jan 29, 2015, 4:07 pm
#180
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 1
I got my Amex Gold Premier card at the beginning of the month (new Amex customer) with the 50,000 bonus offer. Just posted my $1000 payment this week and today saw the 50,000 points pending. I opened chat using the Membership Rewards help section and within 2 minutes of "Amber" entering chat and a simple explanation/plea she had posted the pending points to my account (close date is February 13th). I think if you are polite and explain that you wish to take advantage of the 40% bonus without being demanding the MR chat rep will take care of you. This may be a hit or miss so you may have to try more than one rep, but it worked for me in 2 minutes with a month's worth of history with Amex.
Thanks, Amex. 70k Avios in my account now.