Get a 100% bonus on BAA WorldPoints transfers to Avios

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• Gordon says:

  3 Apr3 April 12:57

  Is there any way to make the qalifying spend without passing through he airport such as an online purchase?

  • Rob says:

    3 Apr3 April 16:37

    Yes, a Heathrow Express ticket bought online via their website. However, even a one-way is £20.

    Ironically, I will be in T5 arrivals tomorrow. If I was on my own (and not with the whole family) I would buy up a pile of wine in £10 increments and sell the receipts for £10 each!

• JS says:

  3 Apr3 April 16:54

  I did not receive an email confirmation with a pin upon Worldpoints registration a month ago though I received a membership card with account number by mail. When I attempt to login using the account number on the card and requesting a pin reset I do not receive an email response. An email inquiry to Worldpoints customer service has gone unanswered. Any suggestions?

  • xcalx says:

    3 Apr3 April 17:45

    Could be a typo with the email you used

    • JS says:

      3 Apr3 April 18:04

      @xcalx, I would have thought so also but I have been receiving the Worldpoints promotional emails at the email addressed used for registration

• Mark says:

  5 Apr5 April 07:23

  So if I were to sign up for a world points card today, and tomorrow take a trip to heathrow (I’m not flying but it’s not that far) and spend 10, I would get the points? Presumably I send the receipt to them explaining that my card hasn’t arrived yet and they add the points.

  Have I understood correctly? There’s no requirement for the £10 to be spent at shops that are airside?

  • Rob says:

    5 Apr5 April 11:42

    You’re fine, landside shops work OK. Spend the £10 in one transaction, though.

    You might as well open an account for any other family member with an Avios account at the same time and buy some more stuff. There is an M&S in T5 Arrivals, for eg, where you could buy normal groceries so you’re not losing any money.

• Matty says:

  5 Apr5 April 22:43

  Awesome!!! I need only 5000 points to get a return F ticket to HKG so no need to spend so much on the Amex

• Simon says:

  6 Apr6 April 08:08

  I received the newsletter and your comment that some people might not read the email closely enough, as this was tucked away towards the bottom was totally correct! I saw something about sun glasses and didn’t go any further.

  I’m in the same position as a couple of other people, booked a trip on the Heathrow Express which I haven’t taken yet and haven’t had the ponts. I emailed Customer Services a couple of days ago to ask about the rules but I haven’t had a reply yet.

  • Alan says:

    6 Apr6 April 15:33

    In my experience (about four trips now) the HEX points don’t post until after you’ve taken the journey I’m afraid.

    • Simon says:

      6 Apr6 April 21:22

      That’s a shame, thanks for letting me know Alan. Doesn’t look like I’ll be able to take advantage of this offer, I am actually in London tomorrow to go to Wembley to watch Crewe play but the only way I’d be able to get to Heathrow and back in my time limit would be a round trip on the HEX which wouldn’t make sense for 2,400 Avios.

      • Alan says:

        6 Apr6 April 21:30

        We need someone at LHR willing to make lots of £10 transactions at M&S that HFP readers could then scan and email in 😉

        • Simon says:

          11 Apr11 April 20:47

          Customer Services phoned me to respond to my email and confirmed what you said Alan the points only post after travel.

          You and Raffles are both correct about their customer service being excellent. The lady on the phone said she’d drop a note to someone as there isn’t anything on the sites that say when the points will post, the only mention is something that says, if you cancel your booking your points will be deducted from your account. Without prompting she then said she would credit my account with the 1000 welcome points from the Virgin offer! Fantastic service!

        • Alan says:

          11 Apr11 April 20:49

          Great result, Simon 😀 Thanks for posting back to let us know what happened – agree that was very generous of them. They’ve also kindly agreed to combine two of my accounts after I emailed them to request it – gets me close to enough to have another Avios transfer!

• blot_bang_rub says:

  8 Apr8 April 09:55

  No need to scan and email a receipt; if you have your email with card number, just give the check out operator the number and they will manually enter it. I did this yesterday and the transaction’s been recorded.

• JK says:

  9 Apr9 April 08:52

  Just FYI in case anyone is interested… I converted 40 Worldpoint awards (10k points – the max) to BAEC Avios on April 3rd. Today (April 9th) – 24k Avios have hit my BAEC account. Pretty quick turnaround, and delighted with the small windfall. 🙂

  • Rob says:

    9 Apr9 April 10:05

    Got mine today as well, converted on Fri or Sat.

    • Alan says:

      9 Apr9 April 23:07

      Ditto – received mine today. Conversion requested 2/4/13 (first day of offer), so they seem to have batched them. Very pleased with this from Worldpoints, especially when I add it on the EDI £10 car parking vouchers over the years, great value!

• Matty says:

  10 Apr10 April 22:41

  Got myactual card within 2 business days of joining, impressed!

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