20,000 BA Miles for £35!! (Amex Gold relaunch)
Apr 8, 2011, 6:27 am
#1621
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: LON/BCN/NYC/PDX
Programs: AA EXP 2MM, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 102
My anniversary date is May 7 yet the £95 annual fee came through today. I called to complain that it shouldn't have been charged until May 7. They are reversing the charge and it won't come through until May 7, by which point I will have cancelled the card.
I think they are expecting a bunch of cancellations and are brining forward the annual charge in the hope that people will just pay it and thus keep the card for another year. There is no reason for this charge to appear a month early.
I think they are expecting a bunch of cancellations and are brining forward the annual charge in the hope that people will just pay it and thus keep the card for another year. There is no reason for this charge to appear a month early.
Apr 8, 2011, 4:42 pm
#1622
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
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Apr 11, 2011, 6:26 am
#1623
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 3,951
Also received the card fee early on this months statement. Called at the weekend to cancel the card, was offered a £50 credit "for my loyalty" applied towards my account as they do not "reduce or waive the fee anymore", I excepted. However I now realise that the double points for supermarket/petrol spend is gone, can I cancel the card and get the the refund for the card fee, or do so next month and get a pro rata refund for 11 months? (& keep their £50
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Apr 11, 2011, 7:01 am
#1624
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
I'm about to cancel my card, but I'm current in credit due to me overpaying to clear off my PayPal card balance. My annual fee has also appeared online, earlier than I expected.
Does anyone know how Amex give any credit balance on a card back?
Does anyone know how Amex give any credit balance on a card back?
Apr 11, 2011, 7:18 am
#1625
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Yes, of course, its your money so you can ask for it back. They can also transfer it to any other Amex-issued Amex you hold. My £36 fee refund from the Gold card was moved to my BA Amex.
Apr 11, 2011, 7:53 am
#1626
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC (Silver), FlyBe
Posts: 1,649
On the subject of cancelling this card and applying for a new one, am I right in thinking that the only AMEX cards that provide Membership Rewards are premium ones with an annual fee (i.e.: this Preferred Rewards Gold card, the Platinum card, etc.)?
There is the Express Rewards Credit Card, but it implies that Express Points earned there are redeemable only at high-street stores and not for BA miles.
You might wonder why I don't just get a BA card, and the answer is that I'm considering "eurocheating...."
There is the Express Rewards Credit Card, but it implies that Express Points earned there are redeemable only at high-street stores and not for BA miles.
You might wonder why I don't just get a BA card, and the answer is that I'm considering "eurocheating...."
Apr 11, 2011, 8:09 am
#1627
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
They can transfer a positive balance to another card, not just the card fee? They won't try to treat that as a balance transfer?
Apr 11, 2011, 8:35 am
#1628
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: VS Silver; BA Blue; HH Gold; SPG Gold
Posts: 779
My wife has also got a cheque from them in the past, so if really worried, just ask them to post you a cheque!
Apr 11, 2011, 8:40 am
#1629
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
Programs: BA Silver, EI Silver, HH Gold, BW Gold, ABP, Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci
Posts: 14,216
On the subject of cancelling this card and applying for a new one, am I right in thinking that the only AMEX cards that provide Membership Rewards are premium ones with an annual fee (i.e.: this Preferred Rewards Gold card, the Platinum card, etc.)?
There is the Express Rewards Credit Card, but it implies that Express Points earned there are redeemable only at high-street stores and not for BA miles
There is the Express Rewards Credit Card, but it implies that Express Points earned there are redeemable only at high-street stores and not for BA miles
Apr 11, 2011, 9:27 am
#1630
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK oop north
Programs: BMI Diamond Club RIP,BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,692
I don't believe so as ER and MR are totally different AMEX reward schemes
Apr 11, 2011, 9:55 am
#1631
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BAEC (Silver), FlyBe
Posts: 1,649
Apr 11, 2011, 10:11 am
#1632
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK oop north
Programs: BMI Diamond Club RIP,BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,692
Apr 11, 2011, 12:26 pm
#1633
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
Programs: BA Silver, EI Silver, HH Gold, BW Gold, ABP, Seigneur des Horaires des Mucci
Posts: 14,216
Apr 13, 2011, 11:07 am
#1634
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: MAN
Programs: F
Posts: 2,898
They waived next year's fee for Mrs. Redshift27 
Sorry guys.
Sorry guys.
Apr 13, 2011, 12:48 pm
#1635
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SIN 5 days out of 7
Programs: BD*G, A3*G, BA-S, Accor Gold, IHG Amb
Posts: 5,505
I got a call a few weeks ago but couldn't take it as I was on my way out the door. Asked them to call me back...they never did. I wonder if they were going to make me a similar offer.