[UK] My first Gold card year is almost over. Options? [Consolidated]
May 18, 2015, 5:42 am
#77
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,812
Thats what I thought, but cant see any logic.
Referring his wife to Gold (9k), her gaining the spend bonus (22k) and then upgrading to Plat (15k) only yields 46,000, whereas referring directly to Plat (18k) and gaining the spend bonus (35k) yields 53k. The £450 fee gets paid in either scenario.
Referring his wife to Gold (9k), her gaining the spend bonus (22k) and then upgrading to Plat (15k) only yields 46,000, whereas referring directly to Plat (18k) and gaining the spend bonus (35k) yields 53k. The £450 fee gets paid in either scenario.
The Amex UK website will not allow a gold card holder to send a referral for a platinum card.
May 18, 2015, 6:14 am
#78
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 183
You can refer for a platinum card as a gold card holder on the UK site, you just click recommend another card under the picture of the gold card when choosing which card to recommend, then an option to recommend for either platinum or green instead pops up.
May 18, 2015, 7:09 am
#79
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 168
I am up for cancelling my card but I do like having my points as MR rather than stuck as Avios, but I suppose that's something I have to do if I want to churn it. :P
May 18, 2015, 9:29 am
#80
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,812
OP, if you are still considering upgrading your own card to a plat, you should instead recommend your wife for a plat. You'll end up with more points.
May 18, 2015, 11:50 am
#81
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 794
Yes I have hit that and was intending to keep it at least until those post. Thanks for all of the responses guys, still haven't worked out if the Plat card represents good value for me yet so not went ahead with anything, but I suspect we might decide it's best to stick with referring each other for gold cards for now.
There are other transfer options as well as Avios. Make sure you think about them before you opt for Avios
May 28, 2015, 4:28 pm
#83
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 447
Sorry if this is a basic question, I can't find an answer anywhere and it's simplicity is driving me a little nuts...
If I close off my Amex Gold card (with a view to churning in 9 months time), what happens to my MR points? Where do they go? And how can I access them? Do I need to take out a Green card? And if I do, will it affect my ability to get a Gold sign-up bonus in 9 months?
I'm planning on going for the SPG card for this period.
If I close off my Amex Gold card (with a view to churning in 9 months time), what happens to my MR points? Where do they go? And how can I access them? Do I need to take out a Green card? And if I do, will it affect my ability to get a Gold sign-up bonus in 9 months?
I'm planning on going for the SPG card for this period.
May 28, 2015, 4:37 pm
#84
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: Accor PLT,Thai Silver, HH Dia, SPG Titanium (LT Gold), Aegean Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 5,120
Sorry if this is a basic question, I can't find an answer anywhere and it's simplicity is driving me a little nuts...
If I close off my Amex Gold card (with a view to churning in 9 months time), what happens to my MR points? Where do they go? And how can I access them? Do I need to take out a Green card? And if I do, will it affect my ability to get a Gold sign-up bonus in 9 months?
I'm planning on going for the SPG card for this period.
If I close off my Amex Gold card (with a view to churning in 9 months time), what happens to my MR points? Where do they go? And how can I access them? Do I need to take out a Green card? And if I do, will it affect my ability to get a Gold sign-up bonus in 9 months?
I'm planning on going for the SPG card for this period.
May 28, 2015, 4:53 pm
#85
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
For reference, you could look here:
https://catalogue.membershiprewards....aboutTerms.mtw
..and click the link titled Charge and Corporate Customers
https://catalogue.membershiprewards....aboutTerms.mtw
..and click the link titled Charge and Corporate Customers
May 29, 2015, 12:01 am
#86
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
If you don't take out a Green Card and have not transferred your points prior to closure you will lose them. The Green card should not affect the churn with the Gold providing you don't have more than one other card when applying again. I believe the churn time frame is six months.
May 29, 2015, 3:06 am
#87
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 447
For reference, you could look here:
https://catalogue.membershiprewards....aboutTerms.mtw
..and click the link titled Charge and Corporate Customers
https://catalogue.membershiprewards....aboutTerms.mtw
..and click the link titled Charge and Corporate Customers
Edit - If I was Avios-focussed, I'd transfer over all to Avios and it would solve the issues, but quite frankly after the devaluation this year, I don't trust BA and the Avios system any more. My MR points total is modest (~50k), but I'd like to try and keep them as MR so I have flexibility with them. Maybe it'll be a case of transferring over to a Green Card and starting to spend them, while putting all my expenditure through the SPG, and once I've run them down shut down the Green Card and apply for a new PRG 6-7 months later.
Last edited by shadowline; May 29, 2015 at 3:14 am
May 29, 2015, 5:44 am
#88
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
It answers both questions. The points vanish if you do not have a card which participates in Membership Rewards. You need to transfer before closing the card account. Unless you have a very large points balance it doesn't seem worthwhile to pay for a Green card simply to keep them.
Aug 7, 2015, 4:03 am
#89
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: London, UK
Posts: 120
Has anyone had any luck in getting any good retention benefits from Amex for their second year with their Goldcard.
My year is up next week but i haven't had any info from Amex about the fee, changes etc. Is this normal?
My year is up next week but i haven't had any info from Amex about the fee, changes etc. Is this normal?