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Old Oct 3, 2018, 5:06 pm
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IB: LON-MAD-BCN RT £171 (160TPs on BA)

Wide open until end Dec

48 hour stay.

J on LON-MAD-BCN on BA/IB metal. Book via IB.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 5:46 pm
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Think this would be 120TP’s as domestic J on IB is only 20TP’s.
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Old Oct 3, 2018, 11:36 pm
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Indeed, even the Canary Isles, that kept the 40 TP after the initial change, are now on the common domestic rule of 20.
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Old Oct 4, 2018, 2:19 am
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Or, as I pointed out in the BA thread yesterday evening, go simpler with LGW-BCN direct for £159, landing 80TP, wide open until March.
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Old Oct 4, 2018, 4:37 am
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£171 is oneway?

I can see £358 via MAD as the rtn
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Old Oct 5, 2018, 7:57 am
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Originally Posted by Newbtravelle
£171 is oneway?

I can see £358 via MAD as the rtn
No, connecting return both ways (my pricing is a little off here, at £184): https://www.google.com/flights#flt=/...096*.GBP.18326

Or you can do LGW-MAD-BCN-LGW for 100TP at £171 (edit via above link) with IB out and BA direct return.

Or direct return on BA is £160 for 80TP.
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Old Oct 5, 2018, 9:24 am
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Originally Posted by mda03jb
Think this would be 120TP’s as domestic J on IB is only 20TP’s.
It would indeed be only 120 TPs.

This looks better for "I'm close on TPs but need 4 BA / IB flights"...
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Old Oct 13, 2018, 3:50 pm
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Tempted by a few TP runs here. Any idea if the current £200 cashback on a £600 spend on the Amex Platinum at Amex travel works on cumulative spend or of it has to be one single transaction ?

Will be a bit of a faff to try to get a few returns on the same ticket.
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Old Oct 13, 2018, 9:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
Tempted by a few TP runs here. Any idea if the current £200 cashback on a £600 spend on the Amex Platinum at Amex travel works on cumulative spend or of it has to be one single transaction ?

Will be a bit of a faff to try to get a few returns on the same ticket.

No issue at all just put the 2 or 3 returns on the same ticket pretty easy to do and ticket them all at once

This fare has no end on end restrictions
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
Tempted by a few TP runs here. Any idea if the current £200 cashback on a £600 spend on the Amex Platinum at Amex travel works on cumulative spend or of it has to be one single transaction ?

Will be a bit of a faff to try to get a few returns on the same ticket.
Check the terms on your own offer. Last time the terms offered to different people varied.

My particular offer doesn't have any wording about a single transaction buy YMMV...
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 12:22 pm
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Does anyone know how long we have to book this fare ?

Looking to go to SVQ in March, but not ready to pull the trigger yet...

Cheers

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Old Oct 14, 2018, 2:25 pm
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Can someone change the title. It's 120tp not 160..
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 4:50 pm
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Originally Posted by mickeyjaw
Check the terms on your own offer. Last time the terms offered to different people varied.

My particular offer doesn't have any wording about a single transaction buy YMMV...
It doesn't specifically say one single transaction.......

OFFER DETAILS

Save to Card to get a £200 statement credit on eligible spend of £600+ online at American Express Travel by 15/11/2018. Valid once per Card for the first 7,000 Cardmembers to save. Terms, location & payment restrictions apply.

OFFER TERMS

  • Spend must be billed to your Card account by 15/11/2018, to be eligible for this offer. If American Express Travel does not charge your Card during this period, e.g. because of a delay in dispatching your goods, you may not be eligible for this offer.
  • Offer only valid on pre-paid hotel, flight, car hire or experiences booked through American Express Travel. Cruise booking and hotels booked through the Fine Hotel and Resort and The Hotel Collection are not eligible.
  • Book and pay by the offer end date.
  • Available online at www.americanexpress.co.uk/travel.
  • Only one credit per UK Card.
  • Offer only applies to spend made in Great British Pound (GBP) on the Card to which the offer is saved, including an American Express Card loaded into a mobile payment wallet.
  • Offer does not apply to spend on other Cards you might hold and is not valid for transactions made using Payment Aggregators.
  • An awarded credit may be reversed if qualifying transaction is refunded or cancelled.
  • Credit should appear on your billing statement within 5 days from qualifying spend but may take up to 90 days from 15/11/2018.
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
It doesn't specifically say one single transaction.......
I'd say that you should probably be OK with multiple purchases then, although I'm certainly not going to take any kind of responsibility for it if it doesn't work!

Last time I had this offer it specifically said 'in one transaction', this time it doesn't for me or for you.

Also, my personal experience is that I've had AMEX UK offers that say 'in one transaction' and have still worked for cumulative spend regardless of the offer terms, although I certainly wouldn't count on it always working out that way.
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Old Oct 14, 2018, 6:43 pm
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Thanks very much :-)

To which other destinations (only Spanish I presume) has anyone spotted these sub £200 120 TP fares ? Especially in the New Year.

Will start plodding through some on ITA tomorrow.

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