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• S879 says:

  8 Jul8 July 11:21

  OT: re the Lloyds Avios Credit Card. My total spend has been about £4,000. If I continue to spend on it till I reach £7k, will they still honour the upgrade voucher? Have they given a deadline date as I know it’s was sometime in the summer.
  Also, I opened the BA Premium Amex and gave my Executive Club number during sign up but they seem to have created a new account and pin! Is that the norm? Shall I call and get them to delere the new account? Are the avios transferred per month like SPG or can we move them ourselves as with Amex Platinum and PRG? Thanks.

  • David says:

    8 Jul8 July 12:10

    Avios move automatically.

    Get the second account closed and the avios going to the correct (oriignal) BAEC account.

  • Anna says:

    8 Jul8 July 14:52

    Do you mean will you receive the upgrade voucher or honour one you already have? I got a letter with their new Ts & Cs yesterday (with effect from Sep 21st) and there was no mention of avios or the voucher. I have sent them an online form asking for clarification. I should be able to trigger another voucher before September and woe betide them if they don’t honour that one plus the one I already hold!

    • S879 says:

      8 Jul8 July 23:16

      Thanks all. Yes, I meant that if I continued to spend and go past £7k, will they provide the voucher.

• Will says:

  8 Jul8 July 12:07

  Unable to make HfP summer party tomorrow, have 2 tickets available should anyone be interested.

  • the real harry1 says:

    8 Jul8 July 17:29

    ***2 tickets going / available for HFP Party!*** 🙂

  • Jeremy I says:

    8 Jul8 July 20:25

    Hi will … I’d love to buy both off you if that’s okay and they are still available ? I wonder whether rob will help us connect ? Thanks Jeremy

    • Rob says:

      8 Jul8 July 22:04

      Done

• Genghis says:

  8 Jul8 July 12:23

  I may be wrong but isn’t all cash back paid at end of year? Useful for your 18k MRs from Plat though

  • Mark2 says:

    8 Jul8 July 12:40

    Yes, it is only paid at the year end as I found to my cost when I cancelled it because I had too many cards.
    So really only useful for 18,000 as Genghis says, but that is pretty useful.

  • Roger says:

    8 Jul8 July 12:44

    one might as well get a nectar card instead!

• JPV says:

  8 Jul8 July 12:46

  OT: Does the amex limit of 5 referred friends per calendar year apply to the overall amex account, or to each card you refer from?

  For example, if you have referred 5 friends from a platinum card, and then you refer an additional friend from an SPG card, does that mean you would receive no bonus for the SPG referral?

  • Roger says:

    8 Jul8 July 12:52

    I think it is per card type, but I would rather wait for confirmation from Rob or Genghis.

    • Genghis says:

      8 Jul8 July 13:44

      Per card type

      • JPV says:

        8 Jul8 July 16:22

        Great, thank you both

  • Rob says:

    8 Jul8 July 19:19

    Per card family you refer from, so you can do 90k SPG, 90k BA and 90k MR if you have 3 cards.

    • JPV says:

      8 Jul8 July 23:56

      Thanks very much Rob, appreciate it. Do you happen to know if the “per calendar year limit” refreshes if you close all cards of a certain family, then reopen six months later?

      • Genghis says:

        9 Jul9 July 05:31

        Yes, it does

      • Rob says:

        9 Jul9 July 08:48

        It does, with the caveat that with Gold/ Plat you need a new MR account to have been opened.

• Lady London says:

  8 Jul8 July 12:48

  FRA but only for the First Class terminal. Otherwise MUC every time for any departure or connection. Frankfurt also has excellent access to rail for the rest of Germany but otherwise MUC is a much nicer airport and a better lounge that is not First Class exclusive can only be good in a still mass-produced way. Flights from or via MUC always seem to be booked out sooner than routings via FRA too. Just empirically.

• BJ says:

  8 Jul8 July 13:04

  OT:Etihad Guest members might want to check their email, I just received a double miles offer for my next booking.

• Roger says:

  8 Jul8 July 14:01

  OT- Where / How to book a fully refundable flight(s)
  Ref M**A

  • Anna says:

    8 Jul8 July 14:55

    Not sure if this is what your asking but when you book a flight with BA there’s a drop down box where you can tick flexible etc.

  • AndyGWP says:

    9 Jul9 July 17:16

    Better to do a hotel?

• Stefan says:

  8 Jul8 July 15:19

  Any help would be welcome? – I purchased 30,000 SPG points earlier this year with the last offer, and I understand 30k points is the max you can buy in one year. To take advantage of the current offer, can my wife set up an SPG account, purchase the points and gift them to my account to pay for our next hotel stay?

  • Lee says:

    8 Jul8 July 15:31

    If your wife hasn’t set up her account, it’s too late for the promotion as you would have to wait for 14 days to purchase

    • Choons says:

      8 Jul8 July 16:24

      Correct me if I am wrong but can you gift the points as well?
      I’m considering the points purchase method to get to 60k but I don’t know what availability will be like at the top properties at the suite level, like W Maldives, as I’d need to accomodate a family of 4 and don’t really fancy shelling out two lots of points for two rooms.

      • Roger says:

        8 Jul8 July 17:00

        Interesting, does that mean you can have 60K per SPG account via buy and gift option?

      • Roger says:

        8 Jul8 July 17:01

        Spoke too soon!

        How many Starpoints may I buy for others?
        30,000 Starpoints per account per calendar year, whether purchased by the member him/herself or received as a gift from another member. If your purchase for another account exceeds that account’s 30,000 Starpoint purchase/gift maximum, the recipient will not be able to receive any Starpoints until the next calendar year. There are no refunds in these instances.

      • Genghis says:

        8 Jul8 July 17:22

        The household transfers option is not really gifting though? Mrs G and I each bought 30k and she transferred hers to me

      • the real harry1 says:

        8 Jul8 July 18:02

        does she have any say in this? 🙂

      • Genghis says:

        8 Jul8 July 18:04

        @TRH1 of course not. She just enjoys the benefits

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