travelmad478

My God, the comments section for that article is hilarious. You can really, really tell you are not on FT over there.

mre5765

Only one informed comment in the bunch (the one that pointed out 100K miles is worth one business class TATL round trip).

NatsDad

Are Chase as vigilant as Amex UK are on the domicile of the member account?

sicce

I got an email today from Chase offering 50,000 bonus miles for their BA Signature card. I ready the T&C's and it states that if I am not approved for the Signature card I would be automatically be considered for the BA Platinum Card.

My question is would this platinum card be entitled to the same 50,000 bonus offer?

Thanks
Sic

ssing

I wonder if anyone got approved already. I could not find a number to check the application status.

NatsDad

According the email we received we will be notified by mail in 15 - 20 days.

RedSox

Courtesy of teammjs

800-945-2006

then press #, the 1, then enter your SSN.

dgwright99

Not convinced that it's a good idea to dial a phone number listed on a message board from my home phone and then enter my SSN.

RedSox

I understand your caution. If you decide not to use it, that's your prerogative. Google or reverse lookup the number if it makes you more comfortable.

If you have an on line Chase account already, the new card will get added to your profile within a couple of days of approval. You can check that way.

Prospero

Welcome to FlyerTalk and the BA Board, sicce

RedSox

Welcome to FT.

Review the T&C's again, they shouldn't specify BA Visa Signature Card or BA Platinum Card. The should only say Visa Signature Card and Platinum Card.

You should get the bonus miles no matter which card you're approved for.

stan1162

I asked the foloowing on another thread here on FT with no responses. Maybe one of you would know the answer.

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I have read through both whole thread(s).... Here's my question. I live in Memphis.

Neither BA or AA have have "convenient" itineraries to Europe, or Hawaii, both places I will be going within the next year.

Question, I really like the fewer miles it takes to get via AA. How easy would it be for me to redeem miles from MEM to BCN via AA or MEM to Hawaii via with this promo? Is it an advantage or disadvantage (if one doesnt mind the many more stops in order to use fewer miles) to be in a city NOT like NYC that does have direct BA flights?

Would they try to put me on AA automatically, or BA automatically? DO I use the AA "miles required" grid to figure it out and try to make my own itinerary on all AA, and then call in for how many miles it would take?

Just trying to fugure out if its worth it. Memphis is a expensive place to fly anywhere to.

I am so confused....

I should add, I am looking at redemption in "coach" class of service ( if that makes any difference in the answer).

rrgg

I don't know if this helps but if you're going to BCN, the transatlantic portion between the US and UK must be on BA. Otherwise whether you use BA miles or AA miles for an AA flight, it should be equally easy or difficult, since they come out of the same inventory of awards.

If you're only focused on the 2-for-1 portion of the promo, that is for BA mainline flights only. So you'd have to buy a ticket to DFW or somewhere BA flies, and then use the 2-for-1 on BA.

sailingman22

Does anyone know if this British Airways promotion will be available to Canadian residents in the future?

toadman

I received the e-mail on the Visa promo over the weekend. I plan on signing up for it as it will be very easy to get the 100k miles. Heck, will probably have my wife sign up as well and end up with 200k miles btwn the two of us.

Only problem I had during sign up was getting the confirmation after hitting the submit button. I am not a member of BA's FF program and it wouldn't confirm w/o me inputting a FF #. So I went and signed up and got a membership #.

(I only signed up for BA's e-mails on special fares, etc, never joined the FF program.)