Bits: new Amex cashback deals, triple Accor points in Europe & Asia Pacific

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• Lumma says:

  27 Jun27 June 04:57

  I had the £50 off £200 spend on one of my cards and sent a secure message to Amex and got them to add it to my BA Amex, so basically got it twice! So maybe worth asking them if you don’t have it on one of your cards.

  • Roger says:

    27 Jun27 June 07:18

    Does this expire on 30th June?

    • Lumma says:

      27 Jun27 June 09:38

      Yeah I think so. It didn’t show up on my active offers list after they said they’d added it, but they did send me a reminder email telling me to use it

    • Choons says:

      27 Jun27 June 10:06

      I think it does. I am wondering whether spending on Experiences counts too as I can’t get any more value out of the hotels on the site. Car hire could also be an option for some.

      • ankomonkey says:

        27 Jun27 June 10:27

        It did for me a few years ago.

        • Choons says:

          27 Jun27 June 11:14

          thanks

  • hedgecock says:

    27 Jun27 June 19:24

    I confirm that the Amex 50/200 offer works cumulatively and from purchases at different dates within the promotional period too

• John says:

  27 Jun27 June 07:31

  I bought a BA flight last night using Amex Gold. At the payment stage when it goes through the Amex safekey thing, I got an offer for double MR for the next £2500 spent within a month.

  Now, I was booking this in bed and just about to fall asleep (relying on the cooling off 24h in case I made a mistake) so I actually can’t remember if I just dreamed this up!! Also, I’m away and only have a phonetablet.

  Has anyone else seen or heard of this offer?

  • Aspirational Flyer says:

    27 Jun27 June 07:38

    Sounds believable to me. I got a leaflet in the post last week offering 7,000 extra avios if I spend £7,000 in the next couple of months. Not that I’m going to take them up on it!

    • barnaby100 says:

      27 Jun27 June 23:45

      I got that on my BA Amex- I easily spend that each month- so an odd offer.

• Alex W says:

  27 Jun27 June 08:27

  I reluctantly stayed at an Ibis the weekend before last. Am Accor Plat and I auto convert to Iberia. I have only received 5 Avios per Euro spent. Will I get the triple Avios later or has something gone awry?

  • Peter K says:

    27 Jun27 June 09:14

    Did you click the link beforehand to get the extra? If you didn’t them you’ll only get standard.

    • Alex W says:

      27 Jun27 June 09:35

      Pretty sure I registered for the offer.

• Mucky says:

  27 Jun27 June 09:20

  Can the £50 off £200 on the gold card be added to supplementary card on the gold or is once per account?

  Thanks

  • Nate1309 says:

    27 Jun27 June 09:29

    Can be added to supp.

• RussellH says:

  27 Jun27 June 10:02

  > 2% back on Trainline, extended to 12th July

  I do not have that one, and do not use the Trainline, as they charge for credit card bookings. I suppose if one were buying a huge wodge of expensive first class tickets the 2% would more than cover the card fee.

  I use Transpennine Express for most rail tickets these days, as they give Nectar points on all bookings, unlike Virgin who only pay out on wholely Virgin tickets.

  Always check the TOC’s own website first, though, in case there are some special offers only available there.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:47

    “I use Transpennine Express for most rail tickets these days, as they give Nectar points on all bookings, unlike Virgin who only pay out on wholely Virgin tickets.”

    True about TPE, but not quite true on Virgin.

    You will get points if at least part of the route is on a Virgin* train.

    * The confusing bit is it has to be the right Virgin. Book west coast tickets on the east coast site and you’ll get nowt! So yes, it’s so much simpler to book via TPE (or GWR, interestingly Hull Trains has recently dropped Nectar).

    Why Virgin thinks this is an incentive to book with them I have no idea.

• Andrew H says:

  27 Jun27 June 10:11

  O/T

  Has anyone received the bonus 2k avios for a single stay at a Hilton yet? Up to a maximum of 10k.

  • Rob says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:16

    Yes, got 2k from a recent cash stay. And I only changed my earning preferences after booking, not before. Not sure if the Avios have arrived yet but Hilton shows them as sent.

    • Andrew H says:

      27 Jun27 June 10:17

      Thank you. How long did it take roughly from the stay to them showing as sent?

    • Alan says:

      27 Jun27 June 11:19

      You can change your earning preferences up to midnight CST on the day of stay (extract of T&Cs below) – the only issue is if you had a different airline FF programme linked to the booking, changing that preference has no impact on existing bookings.

      “Members can change their Earning Style Option at any time. The Earning Style Option in place for a Member as of 23:59:59 U.S. Central Standard Time on the day of check-out for a given stay will be the Option that governs earnings for that stay. No changes can be made retroactively for past stays.”

  • Paulm says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:32

    I’ve had the bonus and normal points post into my ba account within 4 days for one stay, but the stay before that has only posted the normal miles, but the bonus is shown in my hilton account so guess I will get it at some point!

    • Sididdly says:

      27 Jun27 June 14:35

      I’ve had a couple of stays during this promo. 1st stay showed up on my Hilton account with 2k bonus but only base miles posted in my BA account. 2nd stay base miles and the 2k showed up on my Hilton account and have posted on my BA account.

  • Matt K says:

    27 Jun27 June 10:33

    Here’s my experience:

    Checked out 2nd June – no 2,000 bonus avios yet (but standard points and miles posted). Offer is acknowledged on my account but the bonus has not appeared in BAEC yet.

    Checked out – 22nd June. 2,000 avios (plus standard points/miles) posted 27th June

    Checked out 23rd June. 2,000 avios (plus standard points/miles) posted 27th June

  • Alan says:

    27 Jun27 June 11:18

    Nothing for my reward stays – despite them not being specifically excluded in the T&Cs they say they’re not part of the offer 🙁

    • Andrew H says:

      27 Jun27 June 11:37

      You should surely be getting the bonus for those stays if no hotels were excluded. Can I ask which ones they were? are you talking brands (e.g. Hampton) or specific hotels?

      • Alan says:

        27 Jun27 June 11:48

        Mix of brands, Hilton CS say that reward stays were excluded across the board as you don’t earn miles on them per Hilton Honors T&Cs. I’ve replied saying I completely appreciate that re normal miles, but these were bonus miles and thus was expecting to receive them on the stays and booked reward stays accordingly. Will see what they say, but not hopeful.

        • John says:

          27 Jun27 June 12:29

          You should get them if something was charged to the room, except Hampton s

        • Alan says:

          27 Jun27 June 12:40

          Nope – they have specifically stated that no miles are payable on reward stays, even on incidentals. As I say I’ve gone back to them querying this for these bonus miles.

          “I have researched your request further with our Airline liaison stating the Terms and Conditions of both the Airline promotion available and the Honors Terms & Conditions as stated.

          Hilton Honors™ membership, earning of Points and Miles™ and redemption of points are subject to Hilton Honors Terms and Conditions. *Award miles are issued subject to the British Airways Terms and Conditions.

          Honors Terms and Conditions, under the Mileage Programs with our Airline Partners: Number 4- states… Members will not earn miles for Reward Stays.

          Unfortunately your recent reward stays will not be eligible to earn stay miles, as the stay were booked as Reward Stays. We apologize for this inconvenience.

          We appreciate your loyalty and support. Have a great day!”

• Andrew H says:

  27 Jun27 June 11:10

  Thank you! Quite inconsistent then. Some post quickly, others don’t.

  • JamesB says:

    27 Jun27 June 12:52

    I got nothing for an old P&M or a full points stay in May. Both were Hiltons and both had bar bill charged to the room. I have stays I need to make before the end of the promotion which I was planning on doing with the new P&M but based on comments above it looks like cash bookings may be safest option.

• Manar says:

  27 Jun27 June 11:13

  Alas no Eurostar offer visible for me. (BA Amex)

  • Andrew says:

    27 Jun27 June 21:57

    Amex tend to block competitor offers on co-branded cards. E.g. no Hilton offer on SPG Amex. Eurostar competes with BA.

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