20,000 BA Miles for £35!! (Amex Gold relaunch)
Sep 27, 2012, 12:00 pm
#1846
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze card, NHS Blood Donor silver card
Posts: 1,617
Rats. Rejected. I suspect I have too many other lines of credit available at present, despite not really using any of it. Will have to see if I can get the OH to apply in the meantime.
Sep 27, 2012, 1:48 pm
#1847
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: BAEC (Gold), Hilton (Diamond), Hyatt (Globalist)
Posts: 447
does anyone know if there's a referral bonus on the BA amex? my platinum is coming through this week and we're storing up avios for our honeymoon next year (the amex points has made the spending a little easier!). i'd like to grab a 2-4-1 but would benefit from a few more to get up to 100k to get a nice return flight.
Sep 27, 2012, 2:06 pm
#1848
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
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does anyone know if there's a referral bonus on the BA amex? my platinum is coming through this week and we're storing up avios for our honeymoon next year (the amex points has made the spending a little easier!). i'd like to grab a 2-4-1 but would benefit from a few more to get up to 100k to get a nice return flight.
http://www.americanexpress.com/uk/re....shtml?page=CM
Oct 3, 2012, 8:57 am
#1849
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Never had a problem getting cards before but it seems Amex have been quite fussy on this occasion.
Has anyone else been asked to send in a signed agreement, driving licence attested by a official plus a proof of address?
Has anyone else been asked to send in a signed agreement, driving licence attested by a official plus a proof of address?
Oct 3, 2012, 9:30 am
#1850
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cold Wet England
Programs: BAEC - Blue - How the once mighty have fallen
Posts: 363
That usually only happens if they are unable to verify your address electronically (usually through electoral register).
Oct 3, 2012, 9:33 am
#1851
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Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
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Oct 10, 2012, 10:49 am
#1852
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 32
Are they are still doing the referral bonus?
Thank you!
Thank you!
Oct 10, 2012, 1:12 pm
#1854
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: UK
Programs: Diamond Club Silver, BAEC Silver,HHonors Silver, Virgin
Posts: 121
Happy to refer
Oct 15, 2012, 2:33 pm
#1855
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: BAEC, Amex MR
Posts: 476
Quidco cashback is now £30 for 6 days (TCB is still £10.10), which might make it more attractive than referrals for some. If you don't use quidco regularly, you also need to take into account the £5 annual fee.
Oct 19, 2012, 5:15 am
#1856
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: UK - the nearest airport is named after a motorway !
Posts: 4,235
For me, double MRs on travel (forever) and groceries / petrol (first year only) make this my first choice card for those purchases, but I'll keep my BMI Mastercard for the rest.
I'd like to get together a list of merchants which count for double MRs - particularly given the myriad ways there are to buy tickets these days. Am happy to collate if people wish to report their successes and failures in this thread.
Travel bonus
AIRLINES: Air France, BA (triple miles for ex-EU), Jet Blue, LAN (international)
TRAINS: East Coast, East Midlands, First Great Western, Northern Spirit, Southern, South West, Trainline, Virgin
Expedia (prepaid hotel)
Hertz
Hilton*
Hotels.com (? triple miles)
Radisson*
Sheraton*
Trailfinders
Outbound spend bonus
Assume all non-Sterling transactions for now
Apple (UK website) "Apple Sales International"
Hotels.com (? triple miles)
Jet Blue (? triple miles)
* manual credit required
I'd like to get together a list of merchants which count for double MRs - particularly given the myriad ways there are to buy tickets these days. Am happy to collate if people wish to report their successes and failures in this thread.
Travel bonus
AIRLINES: Air France, BA (triple miles for ex-EU), Jet Blue, LAN (international)
TRAINS: East Coast, East Midlands, First Great Western, Northern Spirit, Southern, South West, Trainline, Virgin
Expedia (prepaid hotel)
Hertz
Hilton*
Hotels.com (? triple miles)
Radisson*
Sheraton*
Trailfinders
Outbound spend bonus
Assume all non-Sterling transactions for now
Apple (UK website) "Apple Sales International"
Hotels.com (? triple miles)
Jet Blue (? triple miles)
* manual credit required
I'm arguing with Amex now about double travel bonus on Hilton and Hyatt, with the 'MR team' apparently having looked at it and rejected my claim.
How do you go about this 'manual credit' of which you speak?
Oct 19, 2012, 6:28 am
#1857
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 2,034
Just send them a secure message and mention which transactions have only received single points and tell them how many additional points you should be awarded. What trouble have you had?
Oct 19, 2012, 6:48 am
#1858
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
When you refer someone is there a way to track status of points?
Oct 19, 2012, 7:02 am
#1859
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Oct 19, 2012, 7:04 am
#1860
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
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