The Marriott Bonvoy St Regis Venice hotel is opening soon

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• Axel says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:08

  O/T got a “late payment forfeit” of 10 amex points on my amex statement. What’s that all about?
  Had paid off the amex charge card and no monetary penalty on statement.

  • Peter K says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:15

    Ring them to find out.

• N says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:11

  OT: I know Amex to Delta transfers are instant once accounts are linked. How fast are they if accounts are not linked and it’s a first transfer from MR to Delta?

• DaveL says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:45

  Try a different browser. The submit button didn’t work for me either in safari.

• Paul says:

  11 Feb11 February 18:54

  O/T – when does the Amex Plat Dee get charged? At account approval or when the card is activated? Also same question, when does the 3 month window to spend the £2k start? Have my card but not activated yet. Wondering if I can delay for couple of weeks. Thanks

  • Stu N says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:11

    Charge from point account approved then annually on anniversary statement.

    • Stu N says:

      11 Feb11 February 20:02

      Sorry, that was so concise as to be unhelpful.

      Say you apply on 4 Feb 2019 and are auto-approved:
      – card issued maybe 5 or 6 Feb and window to hit target spend begins at that point. This can actually be before you physically have the card, they take about 5 days to arrive IME.
      – your first statement date is c.30-35 days after the date your card is approved so probably 6 March or so
      – Annual fee applied to account on first statement date, covering period starting from card approval
      – subsequent annual fees would be on anniversary statement dated 6 March 2020 etc etc..

      If you take a while to activate the card, it doesn’t change any of this, so you might as well get onto it.

  • Peter K says:

    11 Feb11 February 19:17

    The charge is on the first statement. The 3 month time period to put the spend through fur the bonus starts from day of approval, whether you activate or not.

    • paul says:

      11 Feb11 February 21:19

      thanks Stu N and Peter K, both helpful replies. i was just being lazy as the card is at the post office awaiting collection and was wondering if i should bother making the effort to rush back from work in the week or just collect on Saturday…i need to renew my yearly travel card which will cost most of the spend target anyway 🙂

• Stu N says:

  11 Feb11 February 19:10

  Try putting date in as “dd mmm yyyy” format eg 04 JAN 2019.

  Has just taken me 2 weeks to get an unsatisfactory response to booking.com only tracking 1 of 2 transactions.

• Anna says:

  11 Feb11 February 20:19

  I had an issue with the form last week. The problem seemed to be that I put a £ sign in front of the amount I spent with the retailer. Although it’s counter-intuitive, when I left it just as numbers, it allowed me to submit the form. Not had a response yet though…

• Mike G says:

  11 Feb11 February 21:19

  OT: Seen some conflicting/confusing advice about Amex Plat travel insurance. If I book on a BAPP, will I still be covered by the full Platinum insurance, including travel inconvenience, etc.? What about if my wife is a Plat supplementary holder and books travel on her BAPP? Many thanks!

  • Rob says:

    11 Feb11 February 22:04

    You are definitely OK and I would think your wife is too. Get out the policy doc and look at the definition of “the Card”.

  • Alan says:

    11 Feb11 February 22:23

    Yep it’s fine – see the Definitions section of the T&Cs in the policy document.

    • Keith says:

      12 Feb12 February 01:26

      Not fine if booked on Lloyds Amex which Ts&Cs specifically exclude – but which one is obliged (or at least explicitly asked) to use when making a booking with Lloyds upgrade voucher

      • Genghis says:

        12 Feb12 February 04:14

        Correct. But having to use the Lloyds card is not a term of use of the voucher.

      • Alan says:

        12 Feb12 February 07:51

        But the Lloyds Amex isn’t issued by Amex themselves, so why would it be included? As I say the T&Cs are quite explicit.

        With regards Lloyds upgrade voucher, nothing in the T&Cs that I can see that says you need to pay using that card, unlike with the BA 241. I’ve certainly used other cards before without a problem.

      • the_real_a says:

        12 Feb12 February 14:07

        The not correct. I have paid taxes using the platinum AMEX using a llyods voucher… i have then made a claim on medical grounds and all has been paid out. There is no requirement to use the Llyods card when using the Llyods upgrade voucher. There is a clause in the AMEX insurance to the end that any trip booked using miles is ok provided you pay the taxes portion of it on the card.

• Graham Walsh says:

  11 Feb11 February 23:25

  Just popped into the Admiral’s Lounge in JFK T8, what a disappointment. If you have PP, a steak might be better choice.

  • Lev441 says:

    12 Feb12 February 03:49

    It’s terrible!! Will be checking out the wingtips lounge in jfk t4 tomorrow. I’m not expecting anything special….

    • faff says:

      12 Feb12 February 15:11

      Its not very nice – Amex Centurion opening in T4 this year though

      • Lev441 says:

        12 Feb12 February 15:58

        Will just go to see what it’s like – will be heading to the clubhouse directly afterwards!

  • Alan says:

    12 Feb12 February 07:52

    Shame, the Flagship Lounge there used to be excellent.

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