[Expired]BA 100,000 miles promo is back
Apr 29, 2011, 4:19 pm
#782
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Apr 29, 2011, 5:18 pm
#783
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Apr 30, 2011, 2:15 am
#785
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I agree. There isn't pro-rated annual fee. You pay that and you get to use the card for the year or you don't pay and don't use the card. It's sort of like all or none concept.
The only exception would be within certain number of days of paying annual fee, you can still cancel it. I believe it's usually 30 days but not sure.
The only exception would be within certain number of days of paying annual fee, you can still cancel it. I believe it's usually 30 days but not sure.
Apr 30, 2011, 9:26 am
#786
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I applied and was approved for the card after I got 100k last year. I now have the card but not activated it yet. For ones how go for the 100k again, how many days after receiving the card did you receive the "no soup for you" letter? I wonder if the letter gets sent WITHOUT activating the card? I am thinking of calling Chase to activate the card and just tell them that I will activate and use the card if they can spare me 50k for the 2.5k spend part of the bonus; if not, I will cancel on the spot.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Apr 30, 2011, 9:51 am
#787
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And I see no reason to expect that they would give you half instead of either all or nothing. The person you talk to will not be authorized to make such a decision, nor their supervisor. You'll be talking to customer service, but they can't make decisions on stuff like this; it's a totally department that does, and you can't talk to that depratment.
All customer service can do is tell you what they on your account, and make notes in your account (including "hey, this customer asked about whether they'll get the bonus again, since they got it before", which the other department won't answer but will turn into a bonus-rejection letter.
You obviously don't have a good idea of how the division at large bank work to think that someone random that you get on the phone can be negoitiated with about the xize or qualification of the bonus.
Unless it's going to hard for you to do the $2500 in time, I suggest you activate, make one small purchase, then sit back and wait to see if you get a no-bonus letter. If weeks go by after that with no such letter, then start working on the $2500. At that point, you've only "wasted" the first small purchase amount, at worst.
Apr 30, 2011, 10:02 am
#788
Join Date: Apr 2011
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I just got approved thanks to you guys (and my brother telling me about this site)! I signed up for the CO card with the 50k bonus and decided to go for this one and wasn't initially approved. Decided to give them a call and ask if moving around credit lines would help and it did! I had to briefly explain that I use my CO card because I travel with them more, but the BA card has no foreign transaction fees!
Apr 30, 2011, 10:33 am
#789
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sdsearch
You make some excellent points, thanks for the input! I am at a catch 22 here I think.
How does my dillema relate to the annual fee charged to me? If I do activate the card and use it I think I have to pay the annual fee in full? That may seal the deal for me and push me towards canceling it at once when I call to activate it as the chances of me getting the 2nd 100k are minimal to non existent. Yes, I did use a new BAEC number but Chase found and put my OLD BAEC number on the card!!! Chase is getting good at this now!
You make some excellent points, thanks for the input! I am at a catch 22 here I think.
How does my dillema relate to the annual fee charged to me? If I do activate the card and use it I think I have to pay the annual fee in full? That may seal the deal for me and push me towards canceling it at once when I call to activate it as the chances of me getting the 2nd 100k are minimal to non existent. Yes, I did use a new BAEC number but Chase found and put my OLD BAEC number on the card!!! Chase is getting good at this now!
Apr 30, 2011, 11:15 am
#790
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My procrastination last fall paid off.
I screwed up and didn't get the 100K I applied for (only 50K), so I snail-mailed a complaint to Chase. They gave me 25K miles extra. When the offer appeared again, I got my wife the 100K easily. I topped mine off with Amex to get to 200K. I cancelled my BA card, and paid it off in full.
Now with this newest offer I applied again, got the card, and when I activated the card, they told me yes, I would get the 100K with $2500 spend! I have heard other folks have gotten a second BA card, but since they jumped on last falls promo they won't give them the miles!
Now we have 300K miles on BA. Will use it on CX or LAN (not BA, too expensive extra charges) or somebody else.........
I screwed up and didn't get the 100K I applied for (only 50K), so I snail-mailed a complaint to Chase. They gave me 25K miles extra. When the offer appeared again, I got my wife the 100K easily. I topped mine off with Amex to get to 200K. I cancelled my BA card, and paid it off in full.
Now with this newest offer I applied again, got the card, and when I activated the card, they told me yes, I would get the 100K with $2500 spend! I have heard other folks have gotten a second BA card, but since they jumped on last falls promo they won't give them the miles!
Now we have 300K miles on BA. Will use it on CX or LAN (not BA, too expensive extra charges) or somebody else.........
Apr 30, 2011, 12:43 pm
#791
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Got the card instant approved, anyone know if we can complete the details for the bonus 50k and have the miles in the BA account - can we cancel the card without losing the miles (and thus saving us the $95/year fee -- not planning on using the card for anything else)?
Apr 30, 2011, 2:52 pm
#792
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Got the card instant approved, anyone know if we can complete the details for the bonus 50k and have the miles in the BA account - can we cancel the card without losing the miles (and thus saving us the $95/year fee -- not planning on using the card for anything else)?
Apr 30, 2011, 2:57 pm
#793
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+1 those trying to escape the fee: Chase usually has a clause that they can withdraw all miles if the card is closed in 6 months.
Apr 30, 2011, 3:18 pm
#794
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Got the card instant approved, anyone know if we can complete the details for the bonus 50k and have the miles in the BA account - can we cancel the card without losing the miles (and thus saving us the $95/year fee -- not planning on using the card for anything else)?
You can earn 100,000 FREE BA Miles..by paying a $95.00 fee..
and you are trying to cancel the card, KEEP the 100,000 miles
and not pay the $95. fee for the card...
Do yourself a favor...
Save the $95.00 and forget the 100,000 miles!
tj
Apr 30, 2011, 3:29 pm
#795
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