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 15, 2015, 10:28 pm
#121
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: YVR
Programs: Aeroplan, British Airways, Alaska
Posts: 249
Have you tried searching Qantas?
According to this handy article qantas.com shows Cathay awards.
http://travelisfree.com/2014/12/02/m...-availability/
According to this handy article qantas.com shows Cathay awards.
http://travelisfree.com/2014/12/02/m...-availability/
Jan 16, 2015, 7:34 am
#122
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
https://www.asiamiles.com/am/en/abou...Aright=JoinNow
Jan 16, 2015, 8:37 am
#123
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Programs: MileagePlus Platinum, SkyMiles Silver, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 12
Bonus match?
Question for the group -- I transferred MR points to BA less than a week before the 40% bonus was announced. Transferred 80k --> 80k. To get to the same 80k with the bonus would have only required 57.2k (rounded to 58k).
Do I have any recourse with Amex? I would think they would treat the situation similar to when a sign-up bonus is increased with similar timing, in which they would (likely) match the bonus.
I'm not looking for additional BA miles -- would just love the 22k MR point difference credited back.
Any suggestions as to how to frame the argument with Amex when I call them? Or am I simply out-of-luck?
Follow up: I spoke to Amex a third time (the first two went nowhere) and because of my "11 year history" etc. etc., they gave a 16k MR credit back to my account. All things considered, not a bad outcome.
Do I have any recourse with Amex? I would think they would treat the situation similar to when a sign-up bonus is increased with similar timing, in which they would (likely) match the bonus.
I'm not looking for additional BA miles -- would just love the 22k MR point difference credited back.
Any suggestions as to how to frame the argument with Amex when I call them? Or am I simply out-of-luck?
Follow up: I spoke to Amex a third time (the first two went nowhere) and because of my "11 year history" etc. etc., they gave a 16k MR credit back to my account. All things considered, not a bad outcome.
Last edited by bfinkie99; Jan 16, 2015 at 8:48 am
Jan 16, 2015, 8:52 am
#124
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: BOS/MHT/PVD/BDL
Programs: Belong to Many but No Longer Loyal to Any
Posts: 880
Question for the group -- I transferred MR points to BA less than a week before the 40% bonus was announced. Transferred 80k --> 80k. To get to the same 80k with the bonus would have only required 57.2k (rounded to 58k).
Do I have any recourse with Amex? I would think they would treat the situation similar to when a sign-up bonus is increased with similar timing, in which they would (likely) match the bonus.
I'm not looking for additional BA miles -- would just love the 22k MR point difference credited back.
Any suggestions as to how to frame the argument with Amex when I call them? Or am I simply out-of-luck?
Do I have any recourse with Amex? I would think they would treat the situation similar to when a sign-up bonus is increased with similar timing, in which they would (likely) match the bonus.
I'm not looking for additional BA miles -- would just love the 22k MR point difference credited back.
Any suggestions as to how to frame the argument with Amex when I call them? Or am I simply out-of-luck?
Jan 16, 2015, 9:32 am
#125
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Programs: MileagePlus Platinum, SkyMiles Silver, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 12
Highly unlikely, but as the say goes..."You never know unless you ask." I would not approach it as an argument (but that might not be the intended meaning of your word here.) I think you might have better luck, albeit slim chances of succeeding, posing it as a polite request. Do you have a long history with Amex? Lots of spend? If so, work that into your request.
Jan 16, 2015, 11:14 am
#126
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: BOS/MHT/PVD/BDL
Programs: Belong to Many but No Longer Loyal to Any
Posts: 880
Jan 17, 2015, 2:17 am
#127
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Seat 1A, Juice pretty much everywhere, Mucci des Coins Exotiques
Posts: 34,339
In case anyone cares, this year is the first time (I'm fairly sure) that you can transfer to non-US BAEC accounts. In previous years there in the T's and C's you could not associate a non-US BAEC account to a US Amex MR account. But now it works and I did a transfer witht the 40% bonus that instantly showed up in my French BA account. ^
Just bought a CX F ticket.
Just bought a CX F ticket.
Jan 17, 2015, 4:32 pm
#128
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 299
Recently applied for Biz Gold MR, meet spend 75K pending but cant push points
Guys,
Applied/approved for Gold Biz MR card and met 10K spend to get 75K bonus. Points were pending right after spend was met, I have paid off full amount. Statement closed on 16th. I chatted 5 times and all said they cant push it.
I have a friend who did the same thing but was able to push through his points somehow.
Any suggestions? I was really looking forward to the BA 40% transfer.
Any thoughts/experiences?
Applied/approved for Gold Biz MR card and met 10K spend to get 75K bonus. Points were pending right after spend was met, I have paid off full amount. Statement closed on 16th. I chatted 5 times and all said they cant push it.
I have a friend who did the same thing but was able to push through his points somehow.
Any suggestions? I was really looking forward to the BA 40% transfer.
Any thoughts/experiences?
Jan 17, 2015, 4:41 pm
#129
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
To accelerate posting of points I would call on the telephone, on a business day (not Saturday, Sunday or a Federal holiday such as Monday 1.19.2015), during normal Eastern Time Zone business hours. I would explain that you want to transfer the points to British Airways, and are working against their deadline.
Jan 17, 2015, 4:45 pm
#130
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 299
To accelerate posting of points I would call on the telephone, on a business day (not Saturday, Sunday or a Federal holiday such as Monday 1.19.2015), during normal Eastern Time Zone business hours. I would explain that you want to transfer the points to British Airways, and are working against their deadline.
Thanks MIA, I was able to do this about 2 years ago. When chatting earlier this week during EST, they said they would if they could that their system does not have the option to push it through. Do you think that is true that their systems actually changed? I recall this used to be really simple.
Any department/specific number I should be speaking to?
Jan 17, 2015, 4:52 pm
#131
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: South Florida
Programs: SPG,Marriott,Hilton,Delta,US airways,Hyatt,Fairmont,American A,Priority Cub,Discovery,etc
Posts: 255
40% to Avios
Agreed that this is best use of a lowly 11,000 Amex MR points at this time? Comments? Not really seeing any other great value.
Jan 17, 2015, 5:02 pm
#132
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
If you mean the online Chat system, that service "may" be outsourced with access to a subset of the most frequently used functions. I don't normally like to use telephone calls for business transactions, but this is one of the exceptions where it can prove helpful to press just enough to get it done. You know someone "can" do it, and you have earned the points by paying the statement balance.
Jan 18, 2015, 9:14 am
#133
Join Date: May 2006
Location: CGK & PBI
Programs: Cruise addict and AirBNB Plat :)
Posts: 3,312
I think this 40% bonus came at the perfect time. I transferred 100K miles to BA and I was going to leave 70K on my MR account incase I need some "push" miles for my other FF account. Then I was given an opportunity to join my friend's account as AU. He's in the military so he doesn't pay annual fee. So I transferred the rest of my miles with less than 200 MR left (has to do it in 1000 increment) and closed out the account. My annual fee is coming up too so thank you BA! :-:
Jan 20, 2015, 9:46 am
#134
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 62
Thanks MIA, I was able to do this about 2 years ago. When chatting earlier this week during EST, they said they would if they could that their system does not have the option to push it through. Do you think that is true that their systems actually changed? I recall this used to be really simple.
Any department/specific number I should be speaking to?
Any department/specific number I should be speaking to?
That doesn't make a ton of sense to me, but it seems that is the policy now.
Jan 20, 2015, 1:00 pm
#135
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Down South, The Desert
Programs: Marriot Rewards, Southwest Rapid rewards, Emerald Club, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,871
Avois need not be used for transatlantic flights operated by BA.
Some alternatives:
Domestic USA flights operates by Alaska Airlines or American Airlines. BA prices each segment separately by distance, the best value is a non-stop flight in coach.
Transatlantic flights operated by Aer Lingus or Air Berlin. (Note that transatlantic flights operated by American Airlines are subject to the same fees as flights operated by BA itself.)
Read here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...os-2014-a.html
Some alternatives:
Domestic USA flights operates by Alaska Airlines or American Airlines. BA prices each segment separately by distance, the best value is a non-stop flight in coach.
Transatlantic flights operated by Aer Lingus or Air Berlin. (Note that transatlantic flights operated by American Airlines are subject to the same fees as flights operated by BA itself.)
Read here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...os-2014-a.html