MilesDavis11

Sorry for what I'm sure is a dumb question, and for showing that I'm too lazy to search through this massive thread...

I'm assuming that this BA Visa promotion has expired, correct? Or can I still sign up and take advantage of the massive bonuses?

thanks!

nohbdy

No need to search. It says in the very first post in this thread that the deal was dead in January of 2010. That is nearly a year ago!

User Name

Not too lazy to clutter it up even more for the next person though. Well done!

stevens397

I check in on this thread infrequently but it seems that most of the postings have been about when you can drop it and if they will try to keep you.

So let me be the lone voice in the wilderness. My wife and I each got the card (separate accounts) a bit more than a year ago. We each hit the $30,000 spend thanks to using it in my office. I hit it first and booked 2 First Class tickets New York to Tel Aviv. Still figuring what to do with hers. And you can be certain that we'll make sure to hit the $30,000 next year on at least one of the cards and then switching back to hotel cards for free nights.

While some of BA's redemptions can be steep, many are a decent deal compared to other airlines, especially with the 1.25 miles per dollar. I have no intentions of quitting this card at this time! Still can't believe the initial offer and thrilled that FT turned me on to it.

Mintman10

Is it possible that there will be a similar offer next year?

clacko

the 100k is gone...see post 4020 re 50k, perhaps you skipped over it...

msp2anywhere

This card is the embodiment of the 'Jam of the Month Club', it just keeps giving the whole year 'round!

On my Dec statement I received 5k bonus miles. In my card spreadsheet I noted "5k emails", and I did sign up for a 2k/month spend oct-nov-dec/get 5k bonus miles... though I haven't breached 2k in Dec yet. Now I can't figure out what this bonus is for, as I couldn't find a mailer for an email offer...

Anyone remember a bonus for signing up for emails or something similar?

-Nevermind, looks like it was an email... happy it posted! Now for the 5k spend bonus...

lksf

Sorry if this had been answered before -

My wife called to cancel her card and the rep was very rude asking her bluntly "did you get the card just for the bonus miles?"

Has anyone had similar experiences?
We haven't used the miles yet, do they have a way to charge back the bonus miles? (the bonus miles posted around april)

gv111

Steve in Olympia

"As long as it has been 6 months since you got the card, they can not take away the miles."

I have heard this 6-month rule cited many times, but I cannot find the source for this statement. Can someone refer me to the Terms & Conditions where this is stated, or is this just a myth?

I can't find it anywhere in the Terms & Conditions for the Chase card:
https://chaseonline.chase.com/resour..._0022_0025.pdf

These T & C's do state that closure of the account may result in forfeiture of miles not yet sent to BA:
"if your Account is closed for any reason, ... we reserve the right to prohibit you from earning BA Miles through your Account and to cause you to forfeit any BA Miles that we have not yet sent to British Airways."

Does anyone have the source for this claim? Thanks!

lksf

So basically "not yet sent to BA" means form the last statement?

CherylD

Both DH and I received a card in the mail from BA offering 5,000 bonus miles for $750 spend for December and January. Of course, it just came now and the month is halfway over - but this is very doable. Our cards are up for renewal end of this month. Anyone else get this offer? Not sure if it is worth it as we were going to cancel before the annual fee hit.

Happy

The 6 month clause language was common in the Chase UA, CO and MR cards. Only Priority Club cards did not have such clause in the T&C's. Chase did take back UA miles when card was not kept for 6 months with such clause in the T&C's. Personal experience by the way. I did not bother to read the T&C's of the BA card as I knew I would keep it to a year and if they did not offer some incentives at anniversary I would cancel. Well they didn't and I canceled it, especially in light of the program changed to the worse now YQ is charged across the board on partner flights as well. For all my perspectives and utilities, BA miles have devalued big time. YMMV.

Middle_Seat

I called in this evening to cancel and spoke with two polite individuals who did not sound like they were in a far-away nation.

Before you call in to cancel you know they are going to ask you "why," so you just need to have a simple, brief, un-arguable answer. Every time you are asked any question, give that same answer. That always works for me, and it lets the retention specialist go on to the next customer quickly.

One answer that I sometimes use is "I don't want to pay the annual fee." Every time the rep asks a question, no matter what the question, give that identical same answer...the broken-record technique.

Closing the account this evening was simple and relatively quick.

lksf

"I don't want to pay the annual fee." is exactly what I instructed mrslksf to say, but it was hard for her to answer this question when he asked things like "have you used the miles?"

yeah, the rep offered something similar (i think even without spending, 5k just for keeping the card [and paying annual fee]), sounds a bit expensive, especially now that we have 4 AA cards and will get 75Kx4 after spending $k on each