39,000 American Airlines miles post promptly from my MBNA card

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• mrtibbs1999 says:

  24 May24 May 07:13

  My card came the other day. This is an awesome redemtion opportunity, There are 2 of us and with the AA MBNA card and my AMEX MR Points, I have 60k AA points coming.

  My current plan is.

  Air Berlin TXL-AUH, Business class 50k AVIOS plus 50 quid for 2 adults.
  AUH to MAN Etihad business or first. What do you think about paying $400 for the 20k AA points needed to take first?

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 07:29

    Your hand may be forced by availability. Do check if MAN has the latest Etihad seats as it is a secondary market.

• Maciek Wojcik says:

  24 May24 May 07:15

  Did you have to link your AAdvantage account to the credit card account? In the application form they doesn’t ask for your AAdvantage number if I remember correctly.

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 07:30

    No, they find it automatically

  • Flashware says:

    24 May24 May 09:06

    Mine was found automatically without issue. I did call MBNA and confirm the first day the card was active though 🙂

• James67 says:

  24 May24 May 07:16

  Might be a better chance on their new Dublin service with a connection.

• Simon says:

  24 May24 May 08:47

  Is it definitely 6 months for the £5k spend too trigger the bonus? I thought the original information said 3 months.

  • Greenpen says:

    24 May24 May 09:00

    From the offer:

    As a new cardholder you will earn 5,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles when you make your first card purchase within the first 90 days of opening your account. If you spend £1,500 within the first 90 days you can earn an additional 10,000 miles. Better still, spend a minimum of £5,000 within the first 180 days and you’ll earn a staggering 20,000 AAdvantage bonus miles.

    The £1500 and £5000 are not sparate, ie, if you spend the £1500 then the next bonus is triggered when you spend a further £3500.

    • Rob says:

      24 May24 May 11:13

      What is not clear, I admit, is what happens if you don’t hit £1500 in 90 days but do hit £5000 in 180 days. The wording implies you stuill get the full bonus.

• Michael P says:

  24 May24 May 09:00

  Hi Raffles
  Please remind me how you pre paid £5000 of your July HMRC bill with it? I unfortunately have a larger tax bill to pay so might come in handy!

  Secondly if font have an AA Feequent flyer account do they automatically set one up?

  Thanks!

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 11:15

    You can prepay the Inland Revenue at any point via the BillPay system (google Inland Revenue Billpay) for self assessment, corporation tax, your nannys PAYE etc!

    They take MasterCard and Visa for a 1.4 per cent fee, which was worth paying (for me) because I want the AA miles now for a possible redemption in July.

    • Flashware says:

      24 May24 May 11:18

      Obviously a way around that is the 3V Visa Debit cards…..

      • Rob says:

        24 May24 May 11:23

        Good luck finding that many! I have bought a few of the cards with the £4 fee, but only because Tesco sent me a pile of ‘£3 off £30’ coupons. I am therefore paying a £1 fee which is a decent deal.

    • AM says:

      25 May25 May 20:45

      Can I pay my own PAYE? Or will I double pay (my employer will pay that for me) and then I will get a refund?

      • Rob says:

        26 May26 May 07:02

        No, sadly not. Technically, though, if you have an online account with the Inland Revenue, you can just pay random sums of money into it. You do not need to have an outstanding tax bill. Some people do this to pay bills in instalments in advance of receiving them, for budgeting purposes.

        In theory, in a few months, you could ring the Revenue and ask for a refund. These are always paid by BACS or cheque.

        I don’t mess about with the Revenue, though. Best to keep them onside ….

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 11:16

    AA – yes, they will open an account. However, I do NOT recommend this as you will spend ages on the phone to MBNA trying to get the number and password. FAR easier to DIY so you have the details already.

    • Alan says:

      24 May24 May 11:30

      Am hoping that works – I phoned and gave them my existing AA a/c number, waiting to see if the points show up there correctly!

    • M says:

      24 May24 May 19:36

      I thought they’ll just open a new account once we are accepted. Is it worth opening one now when already have the cards?

• Flashware says:

  24 May24 May 09:07

  So it looks also like there is no issues with Visa spend counting towards, that’s great to hear. I’m £1k short of the £5k, but should hit it next month along with the nice easy £750 for the HH Plat Visa 😉

• simon says:

  24 May24 May 09:35

  Just a quick one for you guys – I am looking to get to LA with AA – if I fly on AA metal what’s it likely to cost me in actual £ after using my miles? – hoping to fly business but its probably going to be economy.

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 11:20

    Do a dummy booking on the AA website, you don’t need to have the miles available to price it up.

    Remember to pick AA flights and not aBA ones, as BA ones have a fuel surcharge. Should be around £100 of tax at a guess for an AA return in Economy, possibly £150. BA would be nearer £400.

• Dan says:

  24 May24 May 09:35

  Held this card and cancelled about 9 months ago. Applied for this offer and received the 1st bonus a few days ago.

  • Rob says:

    24 May24 May 11:21

    Now that is good to know!

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