MBNA Diamond Club credit cards to end 30th September

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• Matt says:

  1 Sep1 September 23:35

  Sorry for the daft question – but how do I make HMRC payments using the diamond club card, and what is the fee?
  Do MBNA regard this as a purchase or a cash advance?

  Thanks Matt

  • Rob says:

    2 Sep2 September 00:57

    Purchase, 0.38%

    • Hamish says:

      14 Sep14 September 11:13

      Seriously? Why haven’t I been doing this for years?

      So I pay £10,000 to HMRC, Amex Diamond Club charges me £38, and I get 20,000 Avios. Have I got that right?

      Surely 20,000 Avious is worth >£200 — I must have something wrong!

      • Rob says:

        14 Sep14 September 13:09

        That is correct. However, the fee only dropped to 0.38% in April. It was previously 1.4%.

• Frenske says:

  2 Sep2 September 10:38

  Does anybody know how to contact Diamond Club people directly? My wife is in a pickle. Her last name on Diamond Club does not match the last name on BAEC and cannot transfer the accumulated points. The contact form on the website crashes (with all browsers) and the phone number links to BA who cannot help her!?

  • Simon B says:

    2 Sep2 September 13:20

    There is still a Diamond Club team but you need to contact the BAEC by phone who will ask them to make the change. My wife did this a few weeks ago via the Gold line, as she never changed her name from her maiden name on the BMI Diamond Club account, and it was changed immediately.

    • Frenske says:

      2 Sep2 September 14:46

      Thank you. I’ll pass it on.

• Sandy says:

  4 Sep4 September 15:13

  Having had experience with Amex both in the US and UK there are a large number sites who will not accept AMEX due to their charging process and as a result the banks now are supplying a Visa card which feeds back to your Amex account . However in using this Visa card we are penalised by the banks either in reduced or no reward points being given.
  In short the user has to either argue the point with the vendor to take Amex and if unsuccessful either walk away or pay with Visa and not get a rewards. Seems pointless (pardon the pun)

• Nick says:

  5 Sep5 September 14:52

  I’m surprised that I read it here first and that there hasn’t been any communication from MBNA on this. I have both the MC and Visa/Amex combo from years ago. It’s time for a BA amex/visa combo card…

• Hamish says:

  14 Sep14 September 11:51

  It says we’ll no longer be able to earn Avios from 30 Sept, but what if we have an unpaid balance on that date? Any ideas?

  • Rob says:

    14 Sep14 September 13:07

    The card carries on as usual and you earn on every transaction booked by 30th, even if you haven’t paid the bill to MBNA.

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