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• Dragonfly says:

  2 Aug2 August 11:06

  HSBC offer 25% bonus avios for point transfer has always been very obscured. I have relied to headforpoints to alert me of the offer, as I have never received any email from them. I am going to transfer 5,000 points to BAEC first, then cross my fingers that the 25% bonus will come through before I transfer more.
  I also made a mistake a couple of years ago in not tracking the expiry of points, and discovered HSBC wiped out over 10K points. Since then I have been diligent in keeping track of point expiry – 3 years, like SQ points. New transactions do not keep points from expiring.

• Nigel says:

  2 Aug2 August 11:35

  Just logged onto my HSBC account and there is a note of the offer at the bottom of the credit card ‘page’ in ‘My Account’.

  • LaserBeams says:

    4 Aug4 August 10:01

    Hi Nigel,
    I’ve logged in and out of my HSBC account a few times and still can’t see the 25% offer. Are you able to screenshot it so I can send them that as proof when I transfer?
    Thanks!

• Kay Melville says:

  2 Aug2 August 11:45

  Hoping someone can help me out with this. My husband passed away suddenly 7 weeks ago and he was the main card holder for our Amex account enemy though I did most spending. There is a £10.5k bill which I am just about to pay but I’m not sure if the Avios will still be credited. Also there is a 241 voucher in his name. Will BA convert it to my name so that I can use it? I have applied for a new Amex Platinum card which should arrive this week.

  • Rob says:

    2 Aug2 August 11:48

    Sorry for your loss.

    Bottom line – don’t tell Amex yet if you can. Make sure that points go across to the BA account first.

    Avios – BA rules say that Avios die with the person. In reality if your probate solicitor writes to BA and say the points were left to you, they will transfer them.

    Alternatively form a household account so you retain access to them and do not tell BA at all.

    The 241 voucher is probably lost as cardholder must travel but you never know.

    • Kay Melville says:

      4 Aug4 August 10:28

      Thanks for reply Rob. Amex already know and as I am paying the final bill I am hoping they will send the Avios to the account which is a household one. The bigger problem may be the 241 voucher. I’ll just have to go begging to BA!

  • Allan says:

    2 Aug2 August 19:56

    Had success in transferring both Avios (no issue at all) and a 241 in this scenario, only stipulation was that the person it was transferred to had an active BA Amex linked to their BAEC account.

    • Jeremy I says:

      2 Aug2 August 22:27

      Sorry to hear this Kay. My father passed away suddenly before Christmas and the Amex bereavement team were more than happy to pass his unused MR points over to my MR account.

      • Kay Melville says:

        4 Aug4 August 10:30

        Thank you Jeremy, that’s good news. Fingers crossed!

    • Kay Melville says:

      4 Aug4 August 10:29

      Thanks Allan, I have opened a new Amex account so hopefully my experience will work out as yours has.

• jo says:

  2 Aug2 August 11:50

  I don’t see anything on hsbc offer in my account. is it safe to go ahead and transfer?

  • Polly says:

    2 Aug2 August 22:00

    Log in again, it will appear

• Dave Logan says:

  2 Aug2 August 11:56

  I called hsbc and they told me there was no bonus conversion, so it must be a targeted offer. Doh.

• Dave Logan says:

  2 Aug2 August 12:01

  Just logged in again and I see the “bonus offer”. Clearly their CS are clueless.

  • Polly says:

    2 Aug2 August 22:00

    Totally

• Nigel says:

  2 Aug2 August 12:18

  Another question, hoping to use a Lloyds Upgrade voucher for flights for next July/August. Does anyone know if you can book the outbound flight with the voucher and then book the inbound flight later (when it becomes available) with the same voucher (travelling solo)?

• Steve S says:

  2 Aug2 August 12:26

  O/T but Bonus Avios related has anyone received the 40% bonus on Tesco conversions if you previously converted Shell points?

  • Shoestring says:

    2 Aug2 August 13:49

    ask again 12-13th August

    30 day wait

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