Is this week your last chance to get the MBNA airline credit cards?

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• Claire Blake says:

  1 Nov1 November 08:27

  Virgin Black states that bonus miles will be received after making first purchase, so no 3k spend ?? I’ve taken a screen shot just in case that is an error.

  • JamesB says:

    1 Nov1 November 08:33

    £3k spend was for the extra 6500 miles in the enhanced 25000 bonus mile periods.

    • Claire Blake says:

      1 Nov1 November 08:41

      Oh thank you for clearing that up!

• mark2 says:

  1 Nov1 November 08:58

  To register MBNA and Lloyds issued Amex cards for ShopSmall go here
  https://merchantgeo.secure.force.com/enroll/EnrollmentSitePage?linknav=uk-acq-shopsmall-cm-registerpartnercard&offer=81764ShopSmall&language=en-gb

  • mark2 says:

    1 Nov1 November 09:00

    Remember that it is per card not per account but MBNA supplementaries have same number so are no use for ShopSmall.
    There is probably still time to get supplementary cards for Lloyds,

    • Genghis says:

      1 Nov1 November 09:02

      …and extra supp for main card holders for Amex cards

      • Lumma says:

        1 Nov1 November 09:18

        How do you get an extra supp card for yourself? Do you just put your details in online and say that the relationship to yourself is “other” or do you have to call?

      • Genghis says:

        1 Nov1 November 09:23

        Online. Say “other”

      • mark2 says:

        1 Nov1 November 09:25

        Wow; another pearl from Genghis!

        • Alan says:

          1 Nov1 November 20:49

          Hehe that one was actually me many moons ago but it’s a handy one – both for ShopSmall and if you want to easily split bill for expenses reasons.

      • Lumma says:

        1 Nov1 November 12:28

        Thanks Genghis. I’ll give it a go now

    • Sussex Bantam says:

      1 Nov1 November 09:36

      A few days ago the Rob hinted during a discussion on adding supplementary cards to AMEX accounts that an offer may be along soon and to “hold fire”.

      Anyone have any update ?

      • Rob says:

        1 Nov1 November 10:13

        No I didn’t – or at least, if that is how you read something, I didn’t meant to write it like that!

      • Alex W says:

        1 Nov1 November 10:45

        I think the gist was that if you don’t need the supp now, you might as well wait in case an offer comes along.

        For me, waiting a few months for an offer of say 5000 MR points (for example) for taking out supps is better than faffing about with shop small, which I achieved a grand total of a tenner over the last 2 years.

• Ian says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:27

  Thanks for the warning Rob. Just applied and been accepted for the Miles & More card.

• Simon says:

  1 Nov1 November 10:10

  Thank so much for this article – I was planning on applying for the Virgin Black card next week so I did it today instead. I got accepted, and set up a Direct Debit – however I haven’t received a confirmation email or anything (this was a few hours ago now). Should I be worried?

  • @mkcol says:

    1 Nov1 November 11:31

    I applied around 10:30 & had my email within half an hour.

• barnyd says:

  1 Nov1 November 12:07

  I actually need to get my Virgin MBNA Amex replaced. Its damaged and wont work for any POS, swiped or contactless.
  The expiry for the card is June 2018. It will be interesting what the expiry on the new card will be – im pretty sure when ive lost cards or damaged them before and had them replaced all details have been the same but the expiry has been reset.

  • roberto says:

    1 Nov1 November 14:22

    I churned my Virgin Black a couple of weeks ago and thw new one has got a 2020 expiry date on it so i would not read anything into that TBH..

  • the_real_a says:

    1 Nov1 November 15:39

    The expiry date of the Diamond Club (BMi) card had no relation to them pulling the card BTW

  • RussellH says:

    1 Nov1 November 16:44

    I had my Hilton Barclaycard replaced last year because it kept failing contaclessly. The man on the phone told me that the replacement would have a new validity date and CVC, but in fact they were the same. Only change was the valid from date.

  • Mr Dee says:

    1 Nov1 November 20:09

    Yes it is like having a membership card to a club with a 5 year expiry date and then the club closes down a year later, the membership card would be no good

  • Alan says:

    1 Nov1 November 20:51

    I wouldn’t read anything into expiry date when it comes to how long MBNA will offer that card to existing customers.

• Rob says:

  1 Nov1 November 12:37

  Best to wait for the BA competing offer.

• Late Arrival says:

  1 Nov1 November 12:56

  Thanks very much for updating about MBNA. Wasn’t planning to jump on the Virgin Black just yet but if its to be withdrawn then its a good alternative (to HSBC MC elite) to pay the HMRC with.

• Cate says:

  1 Nov1 November 13:52

  I’m not in any particular rush. Will wait for the dust to settle and take a view.

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