Diamond Club (ex-bmi) Credit Cards- AMEX, Small Business Visa and defunct Mastercard
Feb 10, 2010, 1:58 pm
#241
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA IHG
Posts: 1,370
If you pay off the full balance every month, then set up a direct debit - that way you can't be late. And if it doesn't get taken on time it's MBNA's fault not yours.
Feb 20, 2010, 4:37 pm
#242
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 235
Finder's Fee?
Does anyone know whether I can get some miles by introducing a friend to MBNA Amex?
I know BA offer this, but I can't find anything about it on the bmi site.
I have recommended the card to a friend, who is about to take one out, and I would like to benefit too if I can!
Thanks.
bmi G
I know BA offer this, but I can't find anything about it on the bmi site.
I have recommended the card to a friend, who is about to take one out, and I would like to benefit too if I can!
Thanks.
bmi G
Feb 21, 2010, 3:38 am
#243
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Programs: Bonvoy LT Plat, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, BMI Gold (RIP)
Posts: 8,034
Feb 27, 2010, 6:49 am
#245
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,882
Assuming they will still do it on the phone, the last reporting posting said what is in the first post - only 1 mile per 1. MBNA is cool, in general, about splitting credit limits.
Feb 28, 2010, 5:10 am
#247
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA IHG
Posts: 1,370
They have to go into an account belonging to the person flying - so, no, they can't go into someone else's DC account.
Feb 28, 2010, 1:46 pm
#248
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,927
There's a targetted snail-mail promo on the Amex card at the moment. 3000 miles if you spend 800 before the end of March. Not hard, considering I bought a monthly season ticket on East Mids Trains to London on Thursday at a whopping 856 including parking ^
Feb 28, 2010, 2:44 pm
#249
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,927
Feb 28, 2010, 2:51 pm
#250
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold(OWE), QF LTG, MR Plat, IHG Spire, Hertz PC
Posts: 8,156
FWIW, I'm having an ongoing battle with MBNA about my BMI Plus Amex which is meant to have 3000 bonus status miles each year. Despite pointing out their own web page as well as BMI's they keep trying to claim that the bonus status miles are only for the first year!
Feb 28, 2010, 3:03 pm
#251
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Manchester, England
Programs: Bonvoy LT Plat, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, BMI Gold (RIP)
Posts: 8,034
MBNA only request the 3,000 miles in the first year. After that it is up to DC to apply the 3,000 status miles for you. You need to take it up with DC instead. They can check with MBNA to make sure you are still an active card holder.
Feb 28, 2010, 3:03 pm
#252
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: MME (midway between NCL and LBA)
Programs: BA Gold, AF/KL Gold, Hilton Gold, Nordic Choice Gold
Posts: 745
Thats better than my offer of 5,000 miles when I spend 2,000 before the end of March!
Mar 2, 2010, 4:28 pm
#253
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: bmi
Posts: 3
Hi Chaps/Chappesses. I was wondering how quickly people had their 20k/24k points credited from their credit cards to their DC accounts. I read the T&C's which said 'up to 56 days', but was just wondering whether they were likely to come through earlier, as I'm off to Oz soon and would love to use the miles to fly business class.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Mar 3, 2010, 2:11 am
#254
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,882
Even if you spend the 250 on the first day you get the card, the 20k miles seem to post with the miles from your 2nd statement. This means they will hit your account 2-3 days after your SECOND statement is generated. For the first month you just get the normal spending miles. (This is what happened to Ms Raffles two months ago and matches other recent reports.)