52,000 Avios for Amex Plat sign-up!
Jul 16, 2012, 2:39 pm
#2731
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 4,028
The spend is £2k now, but yes you can do what you say.
On a different note, I can't see the option to refer anybody anymore - has it gone for anyone else?
On a different note, I can't see the option to refer anybody anymore - has it gone for anyone else?
Jul 16, 2012, 2:50 pm
#2732
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
Jul 16, 2012, 2:51 pm
#2733
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canary Wharf, London
Programs: MyWaitrose, IC Spire Ambassador, Hilton Diamond & BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,685
Due to a last minute job change I have been out of the country since my new Platinum card came through. I have just got back and am not sure I will meet the £1,500 spend required to trigger the MR bonus.
Is the best way to artificially spend more to load up a Paypal card?
Is the best way to artificially spend more to load up a Paypal card?
Jul 16, 2012, 3:41 pm
#2735
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 50
It's £1,500 because I am on the old 42,000 MR deal. Do Paypal do the card any more? I can't find it.
Jul 16, 2012, 4:15 pm
#2736
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: BA Executive Club
Posts: 1,175
No, not the one you can load up with your Amex.
Jul 17, 2012, 12:41 am
#2737
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Book refundable flight, let bonus hit, cancel flight. Your card account may be in credit but you can spend the money at your leisure,
Jul 17, 2012, 1:03 am
#2738
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
Posts: 6,812
I called Amex today to close my play card and they offered me one of the the following options to keep it open:
£50 credit on my account
£100 Tesco Voucher
20k MR if I spend £5k in 3 month
Based on Raffles estimate of 0.75p per MR that works out at £150 value of 20K MR
Obviously the spend is only getting 1 MR per £ so i am losing 2.5k avios over putting the spend through the BA PP. But then again transfer bonus may come along soon. So I could spend the £5k and the close the account.
They woudn't reduce the £450 to £300. What should I do?
£50 credit on my account
£100 Tesco Voucher
20k MR if I spend £5k in 3 month
Based on Raffles estimate of 0.75p per MR that works out at £150 value of 20K MR
Obviously the spend is only getting 1 MR per £ so i am losing 2.5k avios over putting the spend through the BA PP. But then again transfer bonus may come along soon. So I could spend the £5k and the close the account.
They woudn't reduce the £450 to £300. What should I do?
I don't put any spend on the card really and was going to cancel, I have my renewal coming up soon and may keep the card, as I hire from Hertz semi regularly and the Amex discount has on occasion made a far bit of difference, so even at £450 it may be worth my while to keep it.
If I can call to cancel and get one of these offers It'll surely me worth it! Do you need to be a big spender to get offered one though?
Jul 17, 2012, 1:55 am
#2739
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 50
Thanks Raffles. Will Amex not reclaim the MR on purchases that are refunded though?
Jul 17, 2012, 1:56 am
#2740
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 4,028
They reclaim on the purchase, but not on the bonus
Jul 17, 2012, 2:42 am
#2741
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 2,034
How much were you putting on the card?
I don't put any spend on the card really and was going to cancel, I have my renewal coming up soon and may keep the card, as I hire from Hertz semi regularly and the Amex discount has on occasion made a far bit of difference, so even at £450 it may be worth my while to keep it.
If I can call to cancel and get one of these offers It'll surely me worth it! Do you need to be a big spender to get offered one though?
I don't put any spend on the card really and was going to cancel, I have my renewal coming up soon and may keep the card, as I hire from Hertz semi regularly and the Amex discount has on occasion made a far bit of difference, so even at £450 it may be worth my while to keep it.
If I can call to cancel and get one of these offers It'll surely me worth it! Do you need to be a big spender to get offered one though?
Or are you refering to the saving of not requiring CDW?
Jul 17, 2012, 7:14 am
#2742
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 50
I will probably just buy some Sainsbury’s vouchers then if the Paypal card is no longer available. I am trying to work out if once I have got the haribo if I should keep the Platinum or get the BA card.
So two questions, can my wife get the BA card and get the sign up bonus even though I added her as a supplementary Platinum card holder? I fear that may have been a mistake.
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
So two questions, can my wife get the BA card and get the sign up bonus even though I added her as a supplementary Platinum card holder? I fear that may have been a mistake.
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
Jul 17, 2012, 7:24 am
#2743
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA S, VS S, SQ G, HH D, IHG D/A, Marriott G, Radisson G, Hertz PC
Posts: 3,945
So two questions, can my wife get the BA card and get the sign up bonus even though I added her as a supplementary Platinum card holder? I fear that may have been a mistake.
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
Jul 17, 2012, 8:04 am
#2744
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
So two questions, can my wife get the BA card and get the sign up bonus even though I added her as a supplementary Platinum card holder? I fear that may have been a mistake.
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
Also, I read that Amex sometimes give bonuses for converting MR to Avios. How often does this happen, is it worth holding out?
2. Between 2004 and 2010, never. Then a big rush - 40%, a whopping 100%, 40% (I think). Sadly for BA there is no going back on this, because Amex MR customers with BA balances will now be hoarding their points and waiting for another transfer.
Other airlines have been far stingier in their bonuses, and hotel transfer bonuses are almost non-existent beyond the odd token 'do any transfer in March and get 500 bonus MR points'-type deal.
Jul 19, 2012, 7:25 am
#2745
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Posts: 470
I'm certainly hoarding about 130,000 MR points and awaiting a transfer bonus!