£50 of free clothing or accessories for Amex Platinum cardholders

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• Trevor says:

  25 Mar25 March 09:03

  Thanks again, my order has already been handed to DHL so on the way 🙂

• Boi says:

  25 Mar25 March 11:20

  I applied for platinum card and approved last week. Hubby is supp card holder, we received his card today but I haven’t got mine. Is this normal or should I be worried?

  I got the priority access card…

  Obviously I am on the race against time for that cathay gold and this free £50……

  • Rob says:

    25 Mar25 March 11:54

    Might be worth a call if yours does not arrive tomorrow

  • Brendan says:

    25 Mar25 March 13:18

    Ridiculously, when I upgraded my Gold to Plat a few weeks ago my supp card arrived first and then my card was delivered to my address but with no name on it. Because it was too big for the postbox (delivered in a fancy case thing) I was left a letter to collect a parcel addressed to ‘no name’. I hadn’t a clue what it was!

• Bob J says:

  25 Mar25 March 12:43

  I can’t seem to register — I follow the link under my offers, but it redirects me to the general login page, and then says that I don’t have the correct credentials (i.e. no existing account!)….a bit puzzled.

  I’m currently in Japan, so wondering whether that’s the problem.

  • Jon says:

    25 Mar25 March 13:34

    Same here (from the UK). Logged into my Amex Platinum account, went to Platinum Lifestyle then Offers & Events, then followed the link, but no registration option, just login. And using the option to connect via Facebook doesn’t seem to work either…

• Hairy Monkey says:

  25 Mar25 March 14:05

  Yeah amex link no longer working. Looks like somebody noticed the problem. My orders from yesterday were confirmed shipped however!

  • flieduk says:

    25 Mar25 March 15:54

    DAMM!!!! I had intended to put my wives order through after mine was dispatched :((((

• Sl1p says:

  25 Mar25 March 14:43

  I registered earlier today and have just completed an order. Annoying forgot to add the free watch..
  Hopefully I’ll get a couple of pairs of (almost) free crocs for waering in the garden 🙂

• Jack Swag says:

  25 Mar25 March 15:16

  Ok, own up guys. How many orders to you put thru yesterday and today? 🙂

  • flieduk says:

    25 Mar25 March 15:58

    LOL…. I wonder how on earth this can be solved. Most here are Plats but as soon as Raffles announces it it gets hammered (not his fault). That little German site must not know what hit them.

    • Rob says:

      25 Mar25 March 16:40

      Very simple. Charge postage and insist that the postage charge is paid with a credi card that starts 3791 (or whatever the BIN for a Plat is).

      • Flieduk says:

        25 Mar25 March 17:27

        No no. I am not yet plat (so no good to me 😛 ); I mean how can you announce it in such a way that it does not get hammered whilst allowing maximum exposure at the same time.

        I thought that the way you had announced it there was enough time to hold off before telling my friends and family but it seems that even although you did not give the link it; too many ppl have signed up (unless they are just wanting to wait until April before opening it up 🙂 )

  • Bobajob says:

    28 Mar28 March 05:46

    Only 4 – but forgot to get the free watch in one of them 😉

• mickey says:

  25 Mar25 March 16:50

  Slightly separate issue to the topic here (thanks Raffles, I ordered my mother a new bag as an extra gift in time for mother’s day!). Has anyone else recently applied for the platinum (early March) and still waiting on their Marco Polo membership card? I applied on 11 March, and chased up last week. In the end had to file a complaint, as it looked like the ‘partner did not have any record of my enrolment’ but they have now submitted a request to their ‘Elite tier team’. I am traveling the second week of April, and it doesn’t look like I’ll get the Marco Polo membership in time. If anyone has had any luck – or any tips on getting hold of one asap I’ll appreciate it!

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    25 Mar25 March 19:36

    You can get the number off the website now as long as it has been processed – use ‘Forgot username?’ and use the email address Amex holds for you.

    There was a bit of backlog but they got cleared – I applied very early in March and my account number was available online last weekend.

    As long as you put the number into the booking (so the computer automatically picks up your status and prints oneworld Gold on the boarding pass) you will get into the lounge. What you won’t be able to do is to put your BA number on the boarding pass and give the lounge lady a scrap of paper with your Cathay number on it!

    Of course, once in the lounge you can get the number on the boarding pass changed back to BA at a ticket desk (or at the gate if none in the lounge).

    • Jason says:

      27 Mar27 March 07:13

      Hi Raffles

      How do you choose a seat on a cash plus Avios booking, using the Cathay gold? It’s on my BAEC account, I made the booking but it’s for my mother in law, so a different name.
      I gather the general consensus was, after 62k had been taken, 64a was the next best seat to choose.

    • xcalx says:

      4 Apr4 April 16:01

      Mrs xcalx “misplaced” her Plat card. When the new card arrived she input the new number online and now has CX Gold till 31 Mar 2015.

  • Polly says:

    27 Mar27 March 05:07

    See raffles direct link to this topic, I was in same boat as you last week, and I emailed CX directly, they chased it, and emailed me my gold no, which then became my FFP no, printed on my BP, got into lounges etc, then changed to my baec no at the gate, as raffles said here. But don’t wait for amex to send it to you. Also chase amex. It can take ten days to even get the number processed, but I found the team at Cathay v helpful.

• Tim says:

  26 Mar26 March 09:08

  I waited a few days before trying this, and like others I can’t now register.

  I did notice this under the “About Bestsecret”. Anyone want to recommend me?!

  We are very sorry, but we are a true “by invitation only” shopping community. Unlike all the other shopping clubs you might know, you cannot register for a membership directly, nor will you find an invitation link on the Internet. You can only become a member by a personal recommendation of an existing member.

  This discretion and admission policy guarantees the maximum protection for our suppliers and their designer labels and allows us to offer a permanent range of designer brands at unbeatable prices.

  • TimS says:

    26 Mar26 March 09:16

    I don’t think you would get the £50 voucher if you were recommended as it was an Amex-related thing.

    Therefore it might be best to wait and not sign up via a recommendation as that way, if they do re-open the offer, you would be free to sign up & qualify for the gift voucher?

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