Can you get more than one Amex card to get more 2-4-1's??
Dec 14, 2011, 6:49 am
#1
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Can you get more than one Amex card to get more 2-4-1's??
So my wife and I will both be able to trigger the 2-4-1's with our new BA Amex Premier Plus cards in the next couple of months.
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Dec 14, 2011, 7:00 am
#2
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So my wife and I will both be able to trigger the 2-4-1's with our new BA Amex Premier Plus cards in the next couple of months.
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Dec 14, 2011, 7:03 am
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I'm not aware of another AmEx issued card which offers the 2-4-1 voucher. However, I understand the Lloyds card offers a companion ticket at £15K spend.
Dec 14, 2011, 7:04 am
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However, I understand the Lloyds card offers a companion ticket at £15K spend.
Dec 14, 2011, 7:07 am
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Dec 14, 2011, 7:26 am
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Oh...thats of no real use to me then unfortunately....
agreed...though in light of the above I probably won't bother....
...so there's no other Amex card (or any card) that does Companion seats/2-4-1's with BA other than the BA Amex Premier Plus then?? (aside from the Lloyds which is no good for me due to the Economy seta restriction!)
agreed...though in light of the above I probably won't bother....
...so there's no other Amex card (or any card) that does Companion seats/2-4-1's with BA other than the BA Amex Premier Plus then?? (aside from the Lloyds which is no good for me due to the Economy seta restriction!)
Dec 14, 2011, 7:42 am
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So my wife and I will both be able to trigger the 2-4-1's with our new BA Amex Premier Plus cards in the next couple of months.
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
(In November I got 2.25 Avios for 3 months just for calling up and having a moan)
Dec 14, 2011, 9:04 am
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So my wife and I will both be able to trigger the 2-4-1's with our new BA Amex Premier Plus cards in the next couple of months.
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Trouble is - once we've reached that trigger point - then the incentive to use these cards is somewhat diminished (aside from the regular miles collected).
So is it possible to apply for a separate Platinum card or another type of Amex and do the whole thing again to trigger an additional 2-4-1 voucher?? Or do Amex limit the number of Amex cards an individual can have - or the number of 2-4-1 vouchers that can be qualified for?
Thanks!
Dec 14, 2011, 9:25 am
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Dec 14, 2011, 9:43 am
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This is most interesting. I assume the OP and his wife already do what my husband and I do - have two principal cards one in each spouse's name plus one subsidiary card each for the other's principal card (with the trigger points six months apart, obviously), thereby limiting us to two 2-4-1s each year.
I had not thought that if I rang them and asked nicely with a vague hint of taking my custom elsewhere the household might get a third, or presumably even a fourth, card. Is that what others have succeeded in doing? If so I must get on the phone asap...
I had not thought that if I rang them and asked nicely with a vague hint of taking my custom elsewhere the household might get a third, or presumably even a fourth, card. Is that what others have succeeded in doing? If so I must get on the phone asap...
Dec 14, 2011, 9:45 am
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Lots of folks get their partner to get an account and alternate the spend, as do we... so each of us has a partner card on the other's account. We spend up to 10k on one account, then swap to the second account and spend 10k there. voila, second 2-4-1 per year. however we have begun to find we can't use them all! 
it's a shame that they are only ex-UK as we would love to be able to use them for friends and family in the US and Canada to come over here.
(edited to add--jinx, hsmall!
)
it's a shame that they are only ex-UK as we would love to be able to use them for friends and family in the US and Canada to come over here.(edited to add--jinx, hsmall!
)
Dec 14, 2011, 9:52 am
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This is most interesting. I assume the OP and his wife already do what my husband and I do - have two principal cards one in each spouse's name plus one subsidiary card each for the other's principal card (with the trigger points six months apart, obviously), thereby limiting us to two 2-4-1s each year.
I had not thought that if I rang them and asked nicely with a vague hint of taking my custom elsewhere the household might get a third, or presumably even a fourth, card. Is that what others have succeeded in doing? If so I must get on the phone asap...
I had not thought that if I rang them and asked nicely with a vague hint of taking my custom elsewhere the household might get a third, or presumably even a fourth, card. Is that what others have succeeded in doing? If so I must get on the phone asap...
Lots of folks get their partner to get an account and alternate the spend, as do we... so each of us has a partner card on the other's account. We spend up to 10k on one account, then swap to the second account and spend 10k there. voila, second 2-4-1 per year. however we have begun to find we can't use them all! it's a shame that they are only ex-UK as we would love to be able to use them for friends and family in the US and Canada to come over here.
(edited to add--jinx, hsmall! )
it's a shame that they are only ex-UK as we would love to be able to use them for friends and family in the US and Canada to come over here.(edited to add--jinx, hsmall!
)But trouble is still that there is now no incentive to spend more than £10k on the respective cards. I wonder if we can get an extra card each.......or just cancel the cards and re-open two new accounts?
Dec 14, 2011, 9:53 am
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as this is excluded under the Amex terms and conditions...existing account holder etc