25% extra points when transferring from hotel partner [~£350 for 31,250 BA Miles]
Nov 4, 2010, 2:31 pm
#32
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: London
Posts: 319
I just opened one now and it is letting me get as far as putting card details in and click confirm. Would this therefore fail if I tried it and went for it?
Nov 4, 2010, 5:54 pm
#33
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 138
Starwood buy points rules :
"Starpoint purchases can be made by members whose accounts have been active for a minimum of 30 days. Accounts that are less than the required 30 days in age will have the purchase attempt cancelled."
Try it if you want, but be aware of the risk. I suspect it will be cancelled on the spot.
"Starpoint purchases can be made by members whose accounts have been active for a minimum of 30 days. Accounts that are less than the required 30 days in age will have the purchase attempt cancelled."
Try it if you want, but be aware of the risk. I suspect it will be cancelled on the spot.
Nov 4, 2010, 9:08 pm
#34
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Merced, CA
Programs: Lifetime Gold AA, Gold Delta, Gold Starwood, Silver UA, Silver Hyatt, etc.
Posts: 288
Transfer In Progress
I transfered 60,000 SPG points to BA last night. I'm wondering when the tranfer goes through if the credit will be automaticly applied.
Nov 5, 2010, 5:31 am
#35
Join Date: May 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 3,951
Surprised this thread is not getting more interest. 31,250 miles for under £350 is very good right?
Nov 5, 2010, 5:41 am
#36
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: BA - Blue > Bronze > Silver > Bronze > Blue
Posts: 6,812
Let us know the outcome. I may transfer 20K SPG, would never do it any other time and i am actually keen to get a hold of more hotel points although the rate just seems too good.
Surprised this thread is not getting more interest. 31,250 miles for under £350 is very good right?
Surprised this thread is not getting more interest. 31,250 miles for under £350 is very good right?
Certainly seems like good value to me!
Nov 5, 2010, 6:08 am
#37
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Merced, CA
Programs: Lifetime Gold AA, Gold Delta, Gold Starwood, Silver UA, Silver Hyatt, etc.
Posts: 288
I've never flown BA, I use my miles for CX for Bus. and first class tickets to Bali. I like the fact that I'm able to book directly online through BA website and for some reason the same ticket cost less miles than a CX ticket using AA miles. Business Class to Bali (DPS) with BA miles 100,000 with AA Miles 110,000. FYI last time I checked was a year ago.
Nov 5, 2010, 7:43 am
#38
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: HH Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy Platinum
Posts: 1,028
I've never flown BA, I use my miles for CX for Bus. and first class tickets to Bali. I like the fact that I'm able to book directly online through BA website and for some reason the same ticket cost less miles than a CX ticket using AA miles. Business Class to Bali (DPS) with BA miles 100,000 with AA Miles 110,000. FYI last time I checked was a year ago.
Bali J
AA-110k
BA-100k
Bali F
AA-135k
BA-150k
both from north america
Nov 5, 2010, 8:18 am
#39
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
It's a good deal if you need the miles. If you don't, it is not so great that it is worth doing because it would be daft not to (which is the category some Tesco deals fall into). I won't be doing anything with this one for the latter reason.
Nov 5, 2010, 8:22 am
#40
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Merced, CA
Programs: Lifetime Gold AA, Gold Delta, Gold Starwood, Silver UA, Silver Hyatt, etc.
Posts: 288
That's good to know especially about first but since most of my miles come from spending on credit cards and since I never get Citibank AA bonus offers then I'll just stick with BA as even with F being 135k that same amount of spending would net you 168,750 miles with the BA Chase card, not including the Chase bonus miles that seem to happen evey few months. That being said I have about 400K AA miles that grows by over 30K a month from my Bank Direct account. I also like the way that BA has their family account setup, and again the ability to book CX awards online and further out than AA.
Nov 5, 2010, 8:26 am
#41
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
Or, as is my case, you're a few thousand SPG points short of the 20K needed to get the 5K bonus. So, i'm buying the amount to take me up to 20K (as I've not SPG stays planned befor the end of the offer) and then will do the transfer.
Nov 8, 2010, 3:19 am
#44
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: In the air
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy LT Plat, Hilton Gold, GHA Tit, BA Gold, Turkish Elite
Posts: 8,714
Still waiting on 40K points worth. Apparently it normally takes 1-2 weeks, but if there's been a rush of people I guess it might be on the longer side.
Nov 8, 2010, 9:01 am
#45
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: surrey
Programs: Amex BA/platinum, BAec blue.
Posts: 73
Hi, all. Only just noticed this thread and just purchased 20k star points
from spg. I'm just about to redeem 2nd companion voucher and need
the extra miles, this was better than BA's promotion which has just ended
and for less money. Thanks for the info and 31,500 miles for £347.00
from spg. I'm just about to redeem 2nd companion voucher and need
the extra miles, this was better than BA's promotion which has just ended
and for less money. Thanks for the info and 31,500 miles for £347.00