Triple Miles with Travelex is back
Jan 10, 2005, 2:54 am
#16
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Originally Posted by tristan727
£2,500 - type in a million & it will tell you this.
Large online bookngs can be problematic because of security issues with debit card issuers, so for ordinary airport transactions, I now do them in £3k blocks (paying cash and not pre-booked online) although the max online booking is £2.5k and there is a risk that if you do not pre-book they do not have enough TCs.
There are many Travelex outles landside at LHR (although not all stock reasonable quantitiies of GBP TCs) so it is possible to buy a fair quantity in one run. Each outlet seems to have its own view of the money laundering rules. The most restrictive is the T1 Premium Check in Area where the guy now groans when he sees me coming and won't sell me more than £2k in one go !
I had not actually bothered to total up how many miles I had bought, but have now done so and it comes to 170,291 miles at a cost of £674.50.
Last edited by Frequentflyer99; Jan 10, 2005 at 3:08 am
Jan 10, 2005, 2:58 am
#17
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Originally Posted by MrBo
Only asking the questions becuase I read through the entire thread from last year and there didn't seem to be a definitive answer.
Mind you, sterling commission is 1.5% !I would have *thought* that delta transactions were charge free, but someone did seem to be charged last time around.
Last edited by bobnick; Jan 10, 2005 at 3:58 am
Jan 10, 2005, 3:03 am
#18
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What I understand is that FF miles are, according to the Travelex website, only given through batravelmoney.com 'exclusively to BAEC members', this means using a debit card & thus incurring a double-whack of fees, making it not particularily worthwhile.
Presumably this is the same case for the triple miles promo, & thus the only solution is to buy direct at the outlet & then harrass/push Travelex to award triple points?
Presumably this is the same case for the triple miles promo, & thus the only solution is to buy direct at the outlet & then harrass/push Travelex to award triple points?
Jan 10, 2005, 3:08 am
#19
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Originally Posted by tristan727
What I understand is that FF miles are, according to the Travelex website, only given through batravelmoney.com 'exclusively to BAEC members', this means using a debit card & thus incurring a double-whack of fees, making it not particularily worthwhile.
Presumably this is the same case for the triple miles promo, & thus the only solution is to buy direct at the outlet & then harrass/push Travelex to award triple points?
Presumably this is the same case for the triple miles promo, & thus the only solution is to buy direct at the outlet & then harrass/push Travelex to award triple points?
Either way, purchasing at a Travelex outlet also offers triple miles - as made very clear by the terms and conditions (the link of which was published above):
You will be awarded triple BA Miles on foreign exchange transactions (purchase or sale of non Sterling currency notes or travellers cheques and Sterling travellers cheques) upon production of your British Airways Executive Club Card at a Travelex UK location or when you conduct a foreign exchange transaction on-line or by telephone with Travelex and you provide your British Airways Executive Club Card details.
Jan 10, 2005, 3:26 am
#21
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Last year the guys at Travelex Gatwick (no doubt because of the £2 promotion) were getting really shirty about doing Sterling TCs. One guy had even worked out that we (BA EC members) could fly to the US and back First Class for doing just 30 transactions costing just £60!!!
Jan 10, 2005, 3:29 am
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Had the mad thought of converting a largish sum of Euros sitting in my account but looked at the rates on their website and they are like 2% off (each way!) of the current spot price. Yeek!
Not having done this before, £cash to £TC on the spot at a Travelex point and later payment into your bank seems the way to go.
Not having done this before, £cash to £TC on the spot at a Travelex point and later payment into your bank seems the way to go.
Last edited by alex69uk; Jan 10, 2005 at 3:42 am Reason: clarification
Jan 10, 2005, 3:39 am
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What I don't understand is why everyone here seems to be going/have gone to the Airport travelex's - if means meeting same people every time & peeving them off - can't you vary it with the high street branches too, or not eligible/more expensive?
Jan 10, 2005, 3:39 am
#24
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Originally Posted by alex69uk
Had the mad thought of converting a largish sum of Euros sitting in my account but looked at the rates on their website and they are like 2% off (each way!) of the current spot price. Yeek!
Not having done this before, cash on the spot at a Travelex point and later redemption seems the way to go.
Not having done this before, cash on the spot at a Travelex point and later redemption seems the way to go.
Jan 10, 2005, 3:42 am
#25
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Originally Posted by tristan727
What I don't understand is why everyone here seems to be going/have gone to the Airport travelex's - if means meeting same people every time & peeving them off - can't you vary it with the high street branches too, or not eligible/more expensive?
Gatwick was popular as it had a £2 flat fee structure. Other airports are popular as you may have noticed that people here go through them regularly.
If you don't live in the middle of zone 1, there isn't a lot of choice when it comes to other branches to switch between.
Jan 10, 2005, 3:51 am
#27
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What's the consensus here on whether purchases should be made online or whether should be made in-store?
Online For: Printable evidence that triple miles should be awarded, guarantee that sufficient Sterling TCs will be available for pick up, no need to carry large sums of cash.
Online against: Cash handling fees for cards.
In-store For: Possible avoidance of cash handling fees when using debit card, definite avoidance of fees if using cash.
In-store Against: Possible lack of availability of enough TCs (or as bad only available in £10s!!!!), less documentary evidence of the triple miles eligibility, risk of carrying large sums of cash, greater chance of a pi**ed off branch manager refusing you on the basis that this is your seventeenth visit this week!
Online For: Printable evidence that triple miles should be awarded, guarantee that sufficient Sterling TCs will be available for pick up, no need to carry large sums of cash.
Online against: Cash handling fees for cards.
In-store For: Possible avoidance of cash handling fees when using debit card, definite avoidance of fees if using cash.
In-store Against: Possible lack of availability of enough TCs (or as bad only available in £10s!!!!), less documentary evidence of the triple miles eligibility, risk of carrying large sums of cash, greater chance of a pi**ed off branch manager refusing you on the basis that this is your seventeenth visit this week!
Jan 10, 2005, 3:56 am
#28
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Some stores (M&S) do not give miles and some (Selfridges) charge a higher commission rate; although this is compensated in the case of Selfridges by the nice Italian girl who works there at the weekend. Another one who groans at my approach although she does now seem some humour in the situation .....
Jan 10, 2005, 3:58 am
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Originally Posted by lucab1982
Trying to work out how I can do this from abroad 