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• SimonW says:

  25 Jan25 January 10:10

  O/T – BA Amex – If I re-apply before my 6 month fallow period is up, I know I will not get the sign up bonus. But will the referrer still get paid their chunk, and will the 241 voucher still activate as normal?Deciding that 2 or 3 241s per year trades well over the extra sign up avios.

  • Shoestring says:

    25 Jan25 January 10:19

    yes & yes

    • SimonW says:

      25 Jan25 January 10:28

      thanks & thanks

    • mike says:

      25 Jan25 January 16:39

      harry u back for good, or just in temp detox?

• Tracy says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:09

  O/T received an email from Iberia that the 2nd leg of my return flight has been cancelled. I used my promotional Iberia Avios for Madrid to nyc in October. I separately bought edi – mad return flight to bookend the mad – jfk flight. The mad – edi has now been cancelled leaving me in Madrid (outbound edi – mad still fine)…there is now no direct flight that day with Iberia. The only other option is indirect with Iberia (5 hrs via lhr) or direct with easyJet but the easyJet flight means a layover in Madrid of 10 hrs, originally was 2 hr layover. There was a later jfk – mad flight I could have booked and would prefer but chose the earlier flight to make the Iberia connection, so pretty annoyed right now. I am assuming as they are ticketed separately Iberia won’t even consider swapping the earlier jfk – mad for the later one so the layover time is shorter???

  • marcw says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:12

    Give them a call.

    • idrive says:

      25 Jan25 January 12:21

      i found out two flights I booked with 90k IB promo have been canceled. Anyone found out what happens if you acknowledge that and get a refund. Will you loose them as they will expire when hitting the account back?

      • Tracy says:

        25 Jan25 January 12:30

        Hoping that doesn’t happen to my flights….

      • LewisB says:

        25 Jan25 January 12:38

        Just had a look and my flights booked using the IB 90k have vanished from my BA portal…

      • Russ says:

        25 Jan25 January 13:38

        My flight was canx a week or so before 1st December shut off. Fortunately I got them back the next day. Immediately booked other flights which cost a little less than my original purchase. The residual points were taken from my account 1st December.

      • Shoestring says:

        25 Jan25 January 16:03

        @idrive – I’d be careful. Have a good read through the FT Iberia threads in this regard, you can start at the back as that’s where the relevant comments are.

        Strictly speaking, if you ask for a refund, IB can delete the Avios, whereas if they refund you themselves, they can’t. ISTR people in your position are generally playing safe, phoning and rescheduling.

        I’m in a different (and very common) situation where IB have cancelled quite a few of our original cheapy promo flights (the ones that earned the 9000 Avios each in the first place). Others aregetting refunds, so far seemingly without penalty – ie flights booked with the bonus 9000 Avios are not disappearing if you get a refund (because of cancellation) on the cheapy flights that earned those points in the first place.

        Personally, I’m just watching that space (over on FT) as our ‘earning’ flights are not until May in any case, so plenty of time to see if it’s a bad idea to ask for a refund on the cancellations.

• Sam says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:16

  OT: Used the £200 off £600 Amex Travel offer on my platinum. Charge has gone through but the T&Cs say that it could take between 5 days and up to 90 days from 28 Feb to credit. I want to cancel the card ASAP, any experience how long it takes?

  • SimonW says:

    25 Jan25 January 11:28

    Used it twice in January on diff cards. Took 7-8 days to credit. it appeared under “savings” tab a day or two before credit hit statement.

  • Alan says:

    25 Jan25 January 14:35

    I’d say around 10 days.

• Keith says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:23

  OT

  Does anyone know if I can refer someone to the BA Premium Card from my BA Free Card?

  And if so what bonus would I get for referring and what bonus will they get after qualifying spend?

  Thanks

  Keith

  • Rob mc says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:22

    Yes and Peanuts for doing it.. 3,000 avios I think

    • Keith says:

      25 Jan25 January 13:03

      Lovely, thanks.

      Keith

      • John says:

        25 Jan25 January 14:05

        You get 4000 for referring and they get 25000 for applying, I think.

• idrive says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:28

  For me the design is totally important and love they way they look. As a hobby, I used to design cards layouts hoping that a bank would allow to print that design for me. I remember Barclays Debit used to do that but in the end it was choppy with areas left blank so no chance and was looking cheap:-)
  On this topic, I was just reading about Magnises after watching Fyre Documentary on Netflix..
  In any case, I prefer a nice looking card 🙂 regarding Metal, I would go for it as all my cards get bent in my pocket wallet but would not pay such an amount only for that. I already get Premium Benefits and Insurance from other cards anyway.
  As a pro re plastic: Amex Plat works perfectly to de-ice your car windows in Winter without scratching, I found myself in emergency one evening 🙂

  • idrive says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:29

    ops, sorry something went wrong and the comment was posted twice. please delete

• Chris says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:51

  “Feb. 13, 2019: The card’s name will change from the Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American Express to the Marriott Bonvoy™ American Express ® Card . At this time, AmEx will also stop accepting new applications for this card, but continue to accept applications for the Marriott luxury and business cards, the issuer confirms.”

  The luxury card looks even better!
  https://www.nasdaq.com/article/bonjour-bonvoy-marriott-spg-cards-getting-new-names-perks-cm1085524

  • Alan says:

    25 Jan25 January 14:39

    Although given the American format date in that quote I take it that’s not applicable to the UK?

    • js54156 says:

      26 Jan26 January 02:15

      I think that’s only for the US market. Marriott luxury card doesn’t even exist here..

• 1nfrequent says:

  25 Jan25 January 11:56

  O/T and with apologies if I’m being thick.

  I see a lot of reference here to self-referring for Amex cards but when I got to he referral parts of the Amex site, it only lets me refer for the cards I already have (BAEC Premium and Gold Amex). Is there a way of self-referring for other Amex cards?

  1F

  • Sam says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:03

    Others may correct me but even if you’re referring one of those cards, once you open that link you will have the option to select from ‘our other credit cards’ which will show you the full range.

    • LewisB says:

      25 Jan25 January 12:07

      Yes, you can only send a referral for the same card, but at the very bottom of the page you can select other cards.

  • Darren says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:09

    As Sam says, complete the referral process and then the recipient can select other cards that you may not have.

  • 1nfrequent says:

    25 Jan25 January 13:10

    Ah! Thank you, SAm, LewisB and Darren – much appreciated!

    1F

    • Mr Dee says:

      25 Jan25 January 20:07

      Also some browsers don’t give the option of showing all cards try chrome

• Junior says:

  25 Jan25 January 12:12

  Am I right in thinking Marriott points redemptions are only possible for basic rooms?

  I’m seeing cash rates for suites and executive rooms but points redemptions are only showing a basic double room.

  Anyway to upgrade (ideally with points) after booking?

  • Mark2 says:

    25 Jan25 January 12:47

    It depends; some hotels offer a variety of rooms e.g. Renaissance St Pancras, but many/most do not.

  • Alan says:

    25 Jan25 January 14:50

    Yes – I used a TP to book a Marriott. Then upgraded to a higher category room for a week for 21k points (paid for by corporate due to issues, but definitely something that’s baked in to their system).

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