No more Virgin Points from international money transfers

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• Cheshire Pete says:

  22 May22 May 06:39

  There’s another variant on the transfer bonus, which is they post at 0%. This was done on the day it launched. CS said they would adjust it, but it’s initially hit the account with 0 bonus. It was also a Premium account, not sure if this is part of the bug or not.

  • Pete says:

    22 May22 May 07:03

    Same problem here, transferred a few days after the promotion launched. Oddly, my boyfriend’s 250 Heathrow points landed with a 100% Avios bonus, my 1,000 landed with 0% bonus 😂

    • oliver says:

      22 May22 May 10:37

      Likewise – 0% bonus!

  • Andrew says:

    22 May22 May 07:10

    Mine is a premium account and arrived with the 100% bonus.

    • Claire says:

      22 May22 May 08:55

      Did you transfer today or prior?

    • Chris says:

      22 May22 May 09:25

      Mine is a standard account and had a 100% bonus, requested transfer same day HfP did the article

• mradey says:

  22 May22 May 07:27

  Free delivery mainland UK at the moment too (Selfridges). Couple that with the Amex off and the 10% off six bottles……

  • Andrew says:

    22 May22 May 08:23

    12 avios per pound too

    • Andrew says:

      22 May22 May 08:41

      Or, if your employer has an arrangement, with one of the many Corporate Perks providers, it’s possible you have a 10% funds return offer at Selfridges (I do for the next 2 days).

      (Different Andrew)

  • MattB says:

    22 May22 May 08:53

    Looking at prices Selfridge’s are way overpriced compared to other online booze sellers – even with the 10% for 6, plus amex plus 12 avios per £ they are still more expensive than supermarkets/Amazon etc. Obviously they have more high end stuff but that is still cheaper at specialist online places.

    • Vinz says:

      22 May22 May 10:21

      The offer looks good but the £30 off is better than the other… 30% off rather than 20% in the other case… and I have the latter of course!

    • ken says:

      22 May22 May 11:15

      Indeed.

      Selfridges roughly 30% (and sometimes as much as 50%) more expensive than other outlets for exactly the same wine or Champagne.

    • Andrew Bowness says:

      22 May22 May 12:00

      Is that true across the board (not just drinks)? I’m struggling to find anything that’s good value.

      • Anna says:

        22 May22 May 12:22

        I ordered £250 of sale and other bits and pieces yesterday – after checking prices with other retailers of course! Jo Malone never discounts IME so this was a genuine chance to get 20% off. I want to hit a 2 4 1 target quickly for next summer and I’ve earned 2300 Avios through the e. Store so quite happy with the offer.

      • Sandgrounder says:

        22 May22 May 12:32

        Electronics are often competitive, I have a Samsung tablet on the way.

      • Dezbez says:

        22 May22 May 13:04

        Perfumes and clothing seem to follow ‘standard’ pricing, so there shouldn’t be any Selfridges mark-up on these items. There is 30% off many clothing brands too, so it could be a triple hit if played right.
        If though, like me, you end up buying stuff just for the sake of making the most of the offers (ie you weren’t planning on making the purchase in the first place) then probably not such a good deal….

      • ken says:

        22 May22 May 15:28

        I’d say only things where the brand is well known and they have very strong control of the distribution.

        For example Sonos speakers don’t normally have much of a discount unless that model is about to be replaced. Major brand perfumes (Guerlain say)rarely discount by more than 10%

• Aliks says:

  22 May22 May 07:41

  I have 779 points currently, but only 250 are transferable. There is no indication on the dashboard about why the remaining points cant transfer.

  I vaguely remember that there are restrictions on transferring points to BA, depending on how you earned the points. Anyone have any clues how to find out what is allowed?

  • L Allen says:

    22 May22 May 07:49

    If you transferred points in then you can’t transfer them out again. I have loads from Emirates that are in this state but don’t know how many.

  • Rob says:

    22 May22 May 09:52

    The only points you can’t transfer are those from Emirates or Lufthansa. Everything else should be OK.

• L Allen says:

  22 May22 May 07:48

  I couldn’t make any transfer of Heathrow Rewards because the newly site doesn’t tell you how many of the points you have are eligible for transfer. It just gives me an unhelpful “an error has occurred” response. There is nowhere in the new site that gives this breakdown anymore.

• Mark says:

  22 May22 May 08:03

  I converted 3,500 Heathrow Rewards on 16th May and haven’t received any bonus!

  • Lumma says:

    22 May22 May 09:33

    Are you sure? I thought the same because the two 3,500 transactions were next to each other and the bonus was just blank with no description

    • Alan says:

      22 May22 May 19:21

      Agree, it’s a very confusing layout. For flights these additional lines show the breakdown of Avios (cabin bonus etc) but for this they seem additive. The summary at the bottom of the account page on BAEC desktop website shows the total.

• Bill says:

  22 May22 May 08:40

  Platinum amex credit card and charge card both not showing Selfridges offer

  • Rum says:

    22 May22 May 09:29

    Same here. Showing on BAPP but not on Plat

• M Baldrick says:

  22 May22 May 08:55

  I transferred 7000 Heathrow Rewards and the calculator gave me 50% so 10,500 but nothing has been put onto my BA Executive Club account. So at present i have had a 0% transfer 🙁

• jil says:

  22 May22 May 09:18

  I transferred my HR points and got 100% bonus later separately, I can’t find the source now, but I do remember seeing the bonus is 100% when I made the transfer

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