20,000 BA Miles for £35!! (Amex Gold relaunch)
Jun 25, 2010, 11:24 pm
#781
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA Lifetime Gold 1.8mm, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, SPG Gold et al
Posts: 4,350
FYI - I called to chase up some missing points and at the same time asked about getting supplementary cards on the account. I was told I'm allowed to have up two supplementary cards for free, and after that they're £35 a pop. Pretty pleased with that, as I thought they were all chargeable. The wife's has now been ordered!
They told me that the Gold Preferred Reward card (which I think is the one we're all referring to on this thread) has a £35 fee for each supplementary card issued. The agent said that there is a card where the first 2 are free but it's not this one. Frankly, he didn't seem to know too much about it but did say that the card giving 2 free was a card carrying a £6 monthly fee??? Either way, he wasn't prepared to let me have a free supplementary card.
I'd be interested to hear whether your wife's card arrives and if you're charged for it (assuming that we have the same one of course).
Last edited by Blueboys999; Jun 25, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Jun 26, 2010, 12:05 am
#782
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: MAN
Programs: F
Posts: 2,898
Chasing up the 20,000 points, I got the following reply:
Thank you for your email regarding the 20,000 Bonus Membership Reward Points for spending £500 within the first three months of using your American Express® Gold Preferred Rewards Card.
I am very sorry for any confusion about the timeframes for this offer. Your 20,000 Bonus Points will be applied to your account within a month of the end of the three month qualifying period at the latest. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further enquiries regarding this or any other matters.
I am very sorry for any confusion about the timeframes for this offer. Your 20,000 Bonus Points will be applied to your account within a month of the end of the three month qualifying period at the latest. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further enquiries regarding this or any other matters.
Jun 26, 2010, 1:29 am
#783
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: BA Silver, HHonors Gold, Club Accorhotels Silver
Posts: 360
That's not the answer I got - I was told the points would be added within a month of hitting £500, after 7 weeks I mailed again and they were added.
Jun 26, 2010, 1:38 am
#784
Join Date: Dec 2009
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,314
I had the same response, I think it's a manual process - I needed to chase twice before they were added. They do get there though, just keep chasing.
Jun 26, 2010, 1:39 am
#785
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cold Wet England
Programs: BAEC - Blue - How the once mighty have fallen
Posts: 363
For the Gold Card, the 20,000 Membership Rewards bonus points will be awarded onto your account once you have been approved and you have spent £500 within the first 3 months of Cardmembership. Please note that it can take up to one month for bonus points to be awarded to your account.
20K points will be awarded within 1 month of your spending £500 provided this spend is within the first 3 months of card membership.
OR
20K point will be awarded within 1 month of the end of the first 3 months of card membership, provided £500 has been spent within this time.
Don'tcha love the ambiguity of the English language?
Ah well - I guess may be waiting until the end of August. I notice that some board members appear to have gotten their 20K points after contacting Amex.
Last edited by pb3; Jun 26, 2010 at 2:24 am
Jun 26, 2010, 1:41 am
#786
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: BA Exec Blue, IHG Spire, HHonor Gold, Accor Platinum.
Posts: 966
BTW
Got my 20K bonus on the 25th June, passed the £500 spend on the 1st June. Made one secure message "reminder" last week.
Last edited by blindman; Jun 26, 2010 at 2:17 am
Jun 26, 2010, 2:20 am
#787
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK (currently)
Programs: BA Gold (and many other greater and lesser distinctions)
Posts: 7,208
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Jun 26, 2010, 6:19 am
#788
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Glasgow
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 509
That's good news but the website clearly states that all supplementary cards cost £35 so I called customers services.
They told me that the Gold Preferred Reward card (which I think is the one we're all referring to on this thread) has a £35 fee for each supplementary card issued. The agent said that there is a card where the first 2 are free but it's not this one. Frankly, he didn't seem to know too much about it but did say that the card giving 2 free was a card carrying a £6 monthly fee??? Either way, he wasn't prepared to let me have a free supplementary card.
I'd be interested to hear whether your wife's card arrives and if you're charged for it (assuming that we have the same one of course).
They told me that the Gold Preferred Reward card (which I think is the one we're all referring to on this thread) has a £35 fee for each supplementary card issued. The agent said that there is a card where the first 2 are free but it's not this one. Frankly, he didn't seem to know too much about it but did say that the card giving 2 free was a card carrying a £6 monthly fee??? Either way, he wasn't prepared to let me have a free supplementary card.
I'd be interested to hear whether your wife's card arrives and if you're charged for it (assuming that we have the same one of course).
My application has gone in and was approved there and then on the phone. We just need to send back a signed form and proof of ID apparently, forms for which will come through the post in the next two weeks.
Jun 26, 2010, 10:58 am
#789
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,516
I guess this can equally well be interpreted as
20K points will be awarded within 1 month of your spending £500 provided this spend is within the first 3 months of card membership.
OR
20K point will be awarded within 1 month of the end of the first 3 months of card membership, provided £500 has been spent within this time.
Don'tcha love the ambiguity of the English language?
20K points will be awarded within 1 month of your spending £500 provided this spend is within the first 3 months of card membership.
OR
20K point will be awarded within 1 month of the end of the first 3 months of card membership, provided £500 has been spent within this time.
Don'tcha love the ambiguity of the English language?
The 20,000 bonus Membership Reward points are applied to your account approximately one month after you have reached the required spend of £500 within the first three months of your account being opened. By monitoring your account online, you will be able to see that the points will be added within this timeframe.
I also passed the £500 spend on 1st June but 20k bonus points have not been credited. I'll give them a few more days and contact them again.
Jun 26, 2010, 12:12 pm
#790
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: UK
Programs: Some basic level ones
Posts: 199
Jun 28, 2010, 7:03 am
#791
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: BA Silver, HHonors Gold, Club Accorhotels Silver
Posts: 360
Just had confirmation from Quidco that:
Enquiry was submitted on 23rd May so its taken just over a month.
We are pleased to inform you that your enquiry has been successful.
This transaction will appear as validated in your Quidco account until the payment is received by Quidco. On receipt of payment from the merchant the transaction status will update to received and will be paid in the payment run at the end of that month.
This transaction will appear as validated in your Quidco account until the payment is received by Quidco. On receipt of payment from the merchant the transaction status will update to received and will be paid in the payment run at the end of that month.
Jun 28, 2010, 7:39 am
#793
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: YVR (well, more YPK...)
Programs: WestJet Dollars, BAEC, Aeroplan, AirMiles, IHG, BW and others
Posts: 477
My Quidco enquiry has gone to Fully Validated today as well.
Jun 28, 2010, 7:40 am
#794
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Godalming, Surrey, UK.
Programs: Nowt of note.
Posts: 1,628
I too just got the quidco successful enquiry mail. Still waiting for the 20k MRs, but Amex told me it would probably take around a month and I made my spend in the first week of June (when I got double MRs for buying an annual Z1-6 travelcard) 
Jun 28, 2010, 7:50 am
#795
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 3,951
Still "enquiry being processed" showing for me.
Used the Gold Card to buy a couple of My City Deal items, appear to have received double points as it was an out bound spend.
Used the Gold Card to buy a couple of My City Deal items, appear to have received double points as it was an out bound spend.