Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss (Nov 2018)

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• Zee says:

  18 Nov18 November 05:14

  OT: A friend just signed up for amex but did not get a decision yet. I know this is the norm (kind of). Whats the average number of days they approve an application?

  • Liz says:

    18 Nov18 November 07:45

    Anything from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. We are normally a couple of weeks even though we have previous history with Amex. No rhyme or reason.

  • FlyUpTop says:

    18 Nov18 November 08:59

    Depends, they are terrible at updating applicants of progress. Every time I have applied I get the can’t give you an immediate decision then about a week later a card pops through the letterbox.

    • Anthony says:

      18 Nov18 November 10:37

      +1 (no notice of acceptance, card just appeared in the post)

  • Anna says:

    18 Nov18 November 09:19

    I always get accepted immediately but there’s usually a delay with my OH who earns 3 times what I do! As Liz says, no rhyme or reason.

  • Natalie says:

    18 Nov18 November 15:27

    They are quoting 10 days but from experience if you pick up the phone they will put you through to the new membership team who will complete the application on the spot for you.

• John G says:

  18 Nov18 November 10:09

  Might also be worth adding the last date to use IB Avios from the crazy promo!

• SG says:

  18 Nov18 November 10:39

  Applied on Tuesday(history with Amex),no update on progress,next Monday email thanking for signing up to paperless,card arrived next day.
  No Shopp small map available for Jersey when I’ve last checked yesterday!

• Craig says:

  18 Nov18 November 10:52

  OT: Does anyone know roughly when the next Qatar sale will be?

  • Froggee says:

    18 Nov18 November 14:47

    No – but the last two were rubbish. However have a look at BA’s Black Friday offers (starts Thursday at midday). For the last BA sale, they were selling Qatar flights as code shares and e.g. Bali was £2k booking Qatar as a BA codeshare on BA compared to £3k with a Qatar flight number.

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  18 Nov18 November 11:58

  OT: any recent experiences with the Four Seasons Hampshire? I remember you thought very highly of it but you last review (in 2017) was described as a disaster.

  I’d hope now that the reservations were complete the hotel is now back on track and offering excellent service. Didn’t the Canary Wharf FS lose its franchise due to not meeting brand standards?

  • Rob says:

    18 Nov18 November 13:29

    We were back there in August and all was good. The new restaurant works really well for families (admittedly a bit less well for anyone wanting a romantic dinner for two) and I believe the new kids swimming pool opened last month, only 5 years after I was told it was coming! New General Manager now as Lynn was parachuted into Park Lane after the GM there resigned to join the huge crowd of FS staff being headhunted by Jumeirah.

• Mark2 says:

  18 Nov18 November 12:47

  The limit for Amex referrals (for Platinum anyway) is per calendar year.
  So time to check whether you have used your full quota and, if not, see who else you can find (including possibly yourself).
  I have just checked and Platinum allows all cards to be selected from the referral..

  • MDA says:

    18 Nov18 November 19:42

    If you register in Nov, in theory, you get a new quota from Jan right?

    • Tom1 says:

      18 Nov18 November 19:48

      Yes

    • Rob says:

      18 Nov18 November 20:26

      Yes

• Neil Donoghue says:

  18 Nov18 November 15:22

  OT: Virgin Atlantic Rewards card (Free version) despite being declined online, I appealed over the phone and received an email today saying I have now been issued the card. I currently hold the paid version of the card so a nice sign up bonus for spending £1k. Thanks again Rob

  • MDA says:

    18 Nov18 November 19:42

    Virgin are always rejecting people for some reason?

• Tom1 says:

  18 Nov18 November 19:51

  There are quite a few SPG moments for the O2 in the coming days/weeks.
  Starting at 30,000 points I think it’s decent value for the all-inclusive tickets.

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