Got the Etihad credit card? Get a free upgrade to Heathrow Rewards premium tier

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• Paul says:

  5 May5 May 04:15

  Hi – as far as I could tell there was not even a check that I held an Etihad credit card. I entered my surname and my HR login name and immediately got a confirmation e-mail!

  Cheers

• test says:

  5 May5 May 04:28

  Indeed, Registered for double rewards!

• Tracy Regan says:

  5 May5 May 06:26

  This is what I got.

  Thank you for your interest in this promotion.
  It seems that this promotion has expired.

  I wonder if it’s because I might have already registered but can’t remember!

• Nigel says:

  5 May5 May 06:37

  I would love to know what is the best credit card to gather airmiles ? I have a BA Amex Card that our business spends around £100k per year on, I get a companion voucher, but I find the Airmiles and voucher are hopeless for long haul flights, + a lot of our suppliers will not take Amex. Would I better ripping this card up and going with Etihad ?

  • the real harry1 says:

    5 May5 May 06:45

    Just switching to one of the Amex-issued Amex cards would give you many more possibilities to choose your airline as the Membership Reward points can be redeemed on many more airlines, hotels etc

    • Genghis says:

      5 May5 May 07:10

      Or the SPG card for some long term spend?

      • Genghis says:

        5 May5 May 07:11

        £100k spend = 100k SPGs = 300k Marriott = Marriott travel package.
        Have a think about what your travel goals are

        • the real harry1 says:

          5 May5 May 07:51

          yep they look unbeatable

          however – if it were expensed & I needed a long-term points card – & I flew frequently – I’d go for the Amex Plat every time because of the Priority Pass (free lounge access) & hotel status benefits

          premise being that Nigel probably can’t churn, don’t know how true this is

        • Genghis says:

          5 May5 May 08:06

          Depends how much Nigel travels as to whether he would get value from holding the Plat (ie perm benefits are the insurance and the PP, others can be had with a straight in straight out churn) but tax deductible (could be c. Half price depending on corporate structure and profits).

          But Nigel says a lot of suppliers don’t take Amex. Depending on personal income, has Nigel thought about the HSBC Premier World Elite MasterCard?

• Lynsey says:

  5 May5 May 07:05

  How do you know if you’ve got Premium tier? I spent about £650 in Heathrow in October with my rewards card, will it tell me somewhere that I’m at premium tier? Thanks

  • Hunter says:

    5 May5 May 07:25

    I met the spend a little while back and have heard nothing, so have just emailed their customer services for confirmation.

  • Tim says:

    5 May5 May 10:45

    Look at your statement on the heathrow rewards website. If you got two points per quidvspent you are premiumnteir

• thehornets says:

  5 May5 May 07:20

  O/T Amex Plat. I upgraded my Gold to Plat recently using the generic link and all went well, including the 20k bonus. Does anyone have any experience on how long it takes for SPG and other status upgrades to come through?

  My wife’s (brand new) accounts were set up, with status, almost instantly. My existing ones are still waiting nearly 3 weeks later.

  On the flip side … No card charge yet!

  • Rob says:

    5 May5 May 07:45

    Has your wife’s account been charged with fees yet?

  • Rob says:

    5 May5 May 07:46

    Can add mine has taken much longer for status to come through

    • thehornets says:

      5 May5 May 08:09

      No fees, although I accidentally added an additional supp card which resulted in a £170 charge. I didn’t realise that a supplementary Gold card automatically upgrades into a Plat too. The charge was easily removed by customer services without a problem.

      • Genghis says:

        5 May5 May 08:11

        It’s an easy mistake to make. I did it a few years ago. When I called up to cancel they said they’d give me a refund but only a pro rata refund came through. I then called up again and they trued it up to the £170.

        • mark2 says:

          5 May5 May 11:31

          I lost 94p. A bit steep since I did not activate the card, but not worth arguing about.

  • Ro says:

    5 May5 May 08:33

    Applied for my hotel statuses 4 weeks ago and still not heard anything :-/

    • MattyS says:

      5 May5 May 08:48

      Have you linked your Amex card number to your hotel account ? Just had an on-line chat with Hilton customer services as mine hadn’t been upgraded after three weeks, and they said I needed to add the card number to my HH account profile. Having closed my amex last week, may be a little late for me !

      • thehornets says:

        5 May5 May 09:03

        I haven’t spoken to Hilton but an email to SPG referred me straight back to Amex…

  • RTS says:

    5 May5 May 10:25

    Do you have the generic link pls?

    • Genghis says:

      5 May5 May 10:36

      https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-charge/upgrade/

    • the real harry1 says:

      5 May5 May 10:37

      https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-charge/upgrade/

  • Mzungu says:

    5 May5 May 17:39

    I was about to apply for Gold Rewards (recommendation from Mrs Mzungu) and I noticed the point that you don’t get the sign up bonus if you have any other MR cards. I have a Corporate Gold from my business, it’s in my name, but registered to the business address. Anyone know if this will put the kibosh on getting a sign-up bonus on a personal card application (at a different address, i.e. home)? FWIW I hardly use the Corporate card, but I do collect MR points on it.

    • the real harry1 says:

      5 May5 May 18:06

      they won’t be able to spot two identical names & assume it’s the same person – not as if you give any unique ID such as passport number – they won’t know it’s you, in other words

      • Talay says:

        5 May5 May 19:48

        Really ?

        You have exact matches of date of birth, age, home phone number, mobile number and all manner of stuff like electoral roll matches, linked accounts, all of which produce a near perfect match and if they couldn’t work out he was who he says he is because some data has been changed, then he’d fail the credit check.

        • the real harry1 says:

          5 May5 May 20:10

          Corporate Gold won’t have checked any of that for individuals

        • Mzungu says:

          8 May8 May 17:57

          I’ve just looked at my original application form for Corporate Gold (yes I still have a copy!), and it includes my home address, phone number, date of birth…

          I might bite the bullet and give them a call and ask. Worst that can happen is I’ll cancel the corporate card and wait 6 months – their loss!

• Anna says:

  5 May5 May 08:22

  Re: Heathrow Rewards. I spent £154 at the airport on Monday to trigger the 3000 bonus points. Sales lady scanned my card, but at the point of payment some sort of automatic discount was applied, taking the total down to £144. Got my points email from HR and only showing 460 points 🙁
  I’ve emailed them as the pre-discount spend was over £150 but I’m not hopeful.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 May5 May 15:08

    Did you get one of those money off vouchers for £75 spend with the card?

    Sure the £10 off wasn’t a store promo?

• Carey says:

  5 May5 May 08:39

  I signed up for the Etihad Amex/Visa credit card in Dec 2016 and got the bonus miles (however that was a long winded saga – another story). I already have a Heathrow Rewards card so i am assuming I would not qualify for this new offer of bonus points with Heathrow Rewards? Only for new registrants?

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