20,000 BA Miles for £35!! (Amex Gold relaunch)
Feb 2, 2011, 11:43 am
#1516
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze card, NHS Blood Donor silver card
Posts: 1,617
Previously, I've topped up my Oyster card at an NR station, and received double points. Doing so at a Tube station (or letting auto top-up do that when going through a Tube gateline or on tapping in on a bus) only registered single points. Until this week, when an auto top-up at a Tube station (Bethnal Green) registered double points.
I was just wondering if anyone else had noticed double points on the Tube - perhaps a change in policy from Amex - or if it was just a one-off.
Feb 2, 2011, 2:24 pm
#1517
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 73
I applied for the card. Ive had an Amex card since 1986, got a BA premier Amex card, had a Centurion card for 4 years before downgrading to Platinum, never missed a payment and spent app £5k per month on the cards, so I was slightly suprised when I was told my application couldnt be approved and they would get back to me within 10 days - lol
Feb 3, 2011, 2:02 am
#1518
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: MAN
Programs: F
Posts: 2,898
I applied for the card. Ive had an Amex card since 1986, got a BA premier Amex card, had a Centurion card for 4 years before downgrading to Platinum, never missed a payment and spent app £5k per month on the cards, so I was slightly suprised when I was told my application couldnt be approved and they would get back to me within 10 days - lol
Feb 3, 2011, 1:35 pm
#1519
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic
Posts: 66
I just got a mailing today from Membership Rewards offering 40% bonus miles if I transfer to BA. Has anyone else received this? Is this worth doing or should I hold out for a double-up promotion?
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Feb 3, 2011, 2:06 pm
#1520
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze card, NHS Blood Donor silver card
Posts: 1,617
Feb 3, 2011, 2:45 pm
#1521
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic
Posts: 66
It's not just you - a few others have reported it in this thread. It seems to be targeted, with various bonus percentages - but so far, UK-based sterling cards don't seem to be in the deal.
Feb 3, 2011, 2:48 pm
#1522
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Surrey, UK
Programs: BA Gold....er now Silver...er now Bronze....er now Blue
Posts: 3,507
Thanks Teflon, I am UK based and I have the Gold card. Maybe I was targeted by accident? I've only got about 32,000 points - not sure whether this offer is good enough to transfer theam all, or if I should hold out for something better! Don't think I will use the BA mile still end of the year.
Feb 4, 2011, 4:51 am
#1523
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
I just got the brochure in the post as well. It IS UK.
40% bonus on transfers by 25 February, bonus will post separately by end of March.
However, the small print does say "offer only available to selected Cardmembers".
Bonanza time. I've got over 250k Amex sitting around!
40% bonus on transfers by 25 February, bonus will post separately by end of March.
However, the small print does say "offer only available to selected Cardmembers".
Bonanza time. I've got over 250k Amex sitting around!
Feb 4, 2011, 5:00 am
#1524
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: VS Silver; BA Blue; HH Gold; SPG Gold
Posts: 779
I just got the brochure in the post as well. It IS UK.
40% bonus on transfers by 25 February, bonus will post separately by end of March.
However, the small print does say "offer only available to selected Cardmembers".
Bonanza time. I've got over 250k Amex sitting around!
40% bonus on transfers by 25 February, bonus will post separately by end of March.
However, the small print does say "offer only available to selected Cardmembers".
Bonanza time. I've got over 250k Amex sitting around!
Feb 4, 2011, 6:38 am
#1525
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Thatcham, UK or Adelaide Australia
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat OZ Diamond SK Diamond BA Blue
Posts: 3,323
Feb 4, 2011, 7:54 am
#1526
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
Originally Posted by Raffles
Bonanza time. I've got over 250k Amex sitting around!
Feb 4, 2011, 8:55 am
#1527
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
Well either most of mine didn't apply or get approved, but I've not got many at all. Amex want full addresses of the people who I referred so I've given up. I'm not going to ask people on here for their full address.
Feb 4, 2011, 10:23 am
#1528
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: YVR (well, more YPK...)
Programs: WestJet Dollars, BAEC, Aeroplan, AirMiles, IHG, BW and others
Posts: 477
I've just got this on my Rewards account today:
04/02/2011 Online redemption bonus points 500
(Amex Gold, taken out in April 2010)
Any ideas what this was for???? (other than the possible obvious BA Miles redemptions)
Oddly, also noticed that most of my Redemptions don't show online - only the last 3 are there???
04/02/2011 Online redemption bonus points 500
(Amex Gold, taken out in April 2010)
Any ideas what this was for???? (other than the possible obvious BA Miles redemptions)
Oddly, also noticed that most of my Redemptions don't show online - only the last 3 are there???
Feb 4, 2011, 10:50 am
#1529
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London, England
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 3,772
I've just got this on my Rewards account today:
04/02/2011 Online redemption bonus points 500
(Amex Gold, taken out in April 2010)
Any ideas what this was for???? (other than the possible obvious BA Miles redemptions)
Oddly, also noticed that most of my Redemptions don't show online - only the last 3 are there???
04/02/2011 Online redemption bonus points 500
(Amex Gold, taken out in April 2010)
Any ideas what this was for???? (other than the possible obvious BA Miles redemptions)
Oddly, also noticed that most of my Redemptions don't show online - only the last 3 are there???
Feb 4, 2011, 3:25 pm
#1530
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 2,034
There was a promo late last year whereby if you make a transfer to any airline partner you will get a 500 point bonus. I guess you made a transfer in the qualifying time period. I transferred 1000 points to CO specifically to get this and was wondering where it was as I am about to transfer out all my points and close my account but it came through today!