Amex & BA Master Thread
Sep 20, 2012, 4:19 am
#2116
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Sep 20, 2012, 4:37 am
#2117
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Any update on whether inflight purchases count as BA purchases whilst using the BA Amex card and therefore x3 for Avios?
I have not received this for recent purchases and thought I had read something that suggested that the bonus Avios arrangement was being re-introduced?
I have not received this for recent purchases and thought I had read something that suggested that the bonus Avios arrangement was being re-introduced?
It seems then that the double Avios rate for inflight purchases using the BA PP card has been reinstated.
Sep 20, 2012, 8:01 am
#2119
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Yes 
I Tweet them each time to highlight how much money I keep being stuck paying for this!
I Tweet them each time to highlight how much money I keep being stuck paying for this!
Sep 21, 2012, 7:16 pm
#2120
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 932
Is anyone else experiencing fraud alerts on their card?
I have had mine blocked twice in the last month and I know someone else who is in the same situation with the BA PP card (and incurred expensive international calls to get the card unblocked so they could check out of a hotel). With the 2.99% fx rate, charge for the card and $15 a month to unblock an delays spent redoing charges it's becoming a joke.
Having had the card and other Amex cards for sometime, it is all a bit strange and infuriating. Apparently all they can do is stop fraud stoppages for 7 days more. Advising them of transactions in advance also has no impact.
I have had mine blocked twice in the last month and I know someone else who is in the same situation with the BA PP card (and incurred expensive international calls to get the card unblocked so they could check out of a hotel). With the 2.99% fx rate, charge for the card and $15 a month to unblock an delays spent redoing charges it's becoming a joke.
Having had the card and other Amex cards for sometime, it is all a bit strange and infuriating. Apparently all they can do is stop fraud stoppages for 7 days more. Advising them of transactions in advance also has no impact.
Last edited by COOLIO; Sep 21, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Sep 22, 2012, 2:23 am
#2121
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
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Posts: 2,685
Is anyone else experiencing fraud alerts on their card?
I have had mine blocked twice in the last month and I know someone else who is in the same situation with the BA PP card (and incurred expensive international calls to get the card unblocked so they could check out of a hotel).
I have had mine blocked twice in the last month and I know someone else who is in the same situation with the BA PP card (and incurred expensive international calls to get the card unblocked so they could check out of a hotel).
That said, whilst I present an Amex card on arrival, I normally give a fee free card on departure, when I know I don't have any hotel related travel insurance claims to make.
Sep 22, 2012, 2:38 am
#2122
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA - Gold for Life, CCR & GGL; IC Spire Elite Ambassador; Diamond Hilton Honors; Hyatt Discoverist
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My August £90 purchase using the BA PP card was credited with double Avios (3 Avios per £). The transaction was listed as from TOURVEST DUTY FREE LONDON with 270 Avios credited, described as bonus Avios (with 0 for base Avios).
It seems then that the double Avios rate for inflight purchases using the BA PP card has been reinstated.
It seems then that the double Avios rate for inflight purchases using the BA PP card has been reinstated.
Silly me.
I checked and see that I got the triple Avios.
Sep 22, 2012, 3:01 am
#2123
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 794
For UK based members the Amex Gold card now has a 22,000 sign up bonus back for anyone being referred. The first year is still free.
Sep 22, 2012, 4:08 am
#2124
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Her Majesty's United Kingdom
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Arrived at LHR this morning around 6:00am after over a week in DXB happily charging away on my BAPP with no problems to find I received a txt message "possible fraud alert" at 05:42 this morning.
I called to see what it was all about and it turns out the $40 tesco delivery I ordered today was what had triggered it. Never mind the £200+ meals I've been paying for all week in DXB, no they were absolutely fine, even though I never told them I was going away, but they actually declined £40 to tesco groceries who I buy from pretty much every week, the mind boggles!!!
And what's up with texting me fraud alerts at such an ungodly hour???
I called to see what it was all about and it turns out the $40 tesco delivery I ordered today was what had triggered it. Never mind the £200+ meals I've been paying for all week in DXB, no they were absolutely fine, even though I never told them I was going away, but they actually declined £40 to tesco groceries who I buy from pretty much every week, the mind boggles!!!
And what's up with texting me fraud alerts at such an ungodly hour???
Sep 22, 2012, 4:34 am
#2125
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Funnily enough Tesco's is the only place I've ever had an Amex referral.
Did you change your order several times after first checking out?
Did you change your order several times after first checking out?
Sep 22, 2012, 6:17 am
#2126
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Sep 22, 2012, 11:27 am
#2127
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They preauthorise the total on your card each time you check out, so if you change a lot of times they will sometimes trigger fraud. Don't think it would happen for just two checkouts though.
Sep 23, 2012, 4:50 am
#2128
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze card, NHS Blood Donor silver card
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Was the delivery later that day? Just a wild guess, but it could be the time that the order had been picked in the store and run through the 'checkout'? I've never really paid much attention to what time that transaction goes through.
Sep 23, 2012, 6:30 am
#2129
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Sep 23, 2012, 6:32 am
#2130
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There's absolutely no reason I can think of why this would have triggered a fraud alert. It's just silly, especially given the low amount and the number of times I have ordered in exactly the same way previously.