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%
Voters: 165. You may not vote on this poll
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
Dec 26, 2014, 7:43 am
#77
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, Admirals Club, Global Entry
Posts: 1,141
Maloy, I agree with AsianRick. Scroll to my post No. 49 above, which sums up my thinking as a DFW hub captive. With any points/miles program, there's an omnipresent risk of devaluation, of course, but I'm still going to transfer most of my balance to Avios. Being able to fly roundtrip to the East or West coasts for 14,000 points or so (after giving effect to the 40% transfer bonus) is simply too good to pass up -- at least in my humble opinion. It's not going to get any better in my lifetime.
Edit: I don't know why it didn't occur to me to say this before, but this transfer bonus effectively makes MPs worth 3.15 cents each (using my standard valuation of $450 for a mid-con flight so, e.g., 1.8 cents for AA miles, which is about what the consensus value is).
Edit: I don't know why it didn't occur to me to say this before, but this transfer bonus effectively makes MPs worth 3.15 cents each (using my standard valuation of $450 for a mid-con flight so, e.g., 1.8 cents for AA miles, which is about what the consensus value is).
Last edited by FallenPlat; Dec 26, 2014 at 1:44 pm
Jan 1, 2015, 11:42 am
#80
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 299
I just applied for it today. Need to card asap, statement closes on 1/15. Do you know if you have to wait for statement to close to get the points? Or can you transfer right after your spend?
As long as I get the card in the next couple of days, 10K is no problem with BB/RB.
Jan 1, 2015, 5:26 pm
#81
Join Date: Mar 2008
Programs: DL BA Amex
Posts: 916
I just applied for it today. Need to card asap, statement closes on 1/15. Do you know if you have to wait for statement to close to get the points? Or can you transfer right after your spend?
As long as I get the card in the next couple of days, 10K is no problem with BB/RB.
As long as I get the card in the next couple of days, 10K is no problem with BB/RB.
Jan 1, 2015, 8:34 pm
#82
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,949
Reminder
This 40% offer is the only BAEC transfer bonus in 2014. In 2013 Membership Rewards (USA) offered three smaller transfer bonuses (20%, 30%, 35%) to BAEC.
Please reply to the poll at the top of the thread to indicate which approach you prefer.
Please reply to the poll at the top of the thread to indicate which approach you prefer.
Jan 4, 2015, 9:05 am
#83
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Los Angeles, AA Plat 2MM, DL GM
Posts: 131
A 10K signup bonus on my new Everyday Card credited on the day I hit the spending requirement, but the MR points from the actual spend were not credited until the statement was paid.
Jan 5, 2015, 6:52 pm
#85
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: US Air, UA BA LH AI DELTA MARRIOTT CHOICE SGP
Posts: 9,883
. Can be huge. Always check if you can get away with no or low fees by using non BA metal.
Jan 5, 2015, 8:49 pm
#86
Join Date: May 2006
Location: CGK & PBI
Programs: Cruise addict and AirBNB Plat :)
Posts: 3,312
Someone mentioned nonstop CX and MH flights has great redemption rate too in Asia.
Jan 6, 2015, 12:23 pm
#88
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,949
You may wish to read about BAEC's Household Account feature:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-accounts.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-accounts.html
Jan 7, 2015, 6:34 am
#90
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ORD
Programs: AA PLT
Posts: 2,781
I hadn't been in here in a while since I figured BA transfer bonuses were a thing of the past, but just received an email this morning about the promo. Wish I had known about this before making a big EI redemption a month ago, but better late than never, I suppose!
