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• blue_wolf says:

  14 Jul14 July 01:29

  Thanks for the tip on the United offer when it first came out – appeared on my Plat and player two’s supplementary Plat. Just used it to get flights to NYC for £615-£250=£365 each, with the return in premium economy.

• Patrick says:

  14 Jul14 July 09:51

  My brother just booked a return for over £500 in one transaction, but the final payment page has invoiced as £470.60 (fare and tax) and 124USD (for seat choice). So far only the GBP has appeared as pending on the amex app, no sign of the USD charge yet.

  1. Does the min. £500 spend have to be in one transaction or can it be a cumulative spend before 15 July, as is how United have decided to bill it? He has spent over £500 at the U.K. United website as per the terms, but it’s billed weirdly, in 2 different currencies.

  2. I assume ancillary items in a reservation eg. seat choice spend still count towards the £500?

  3. Is it a problem that not all of the £500 is in GBP? It will be of course once Amex U.K. process the conversion from USD.

  4. When it says “billed” to the card by 15 July – is it sufficient to be pending before 15 July – or does the transaction have to be fully proceses against the account, which can take an extra day or so?

  Thanks!

  • Tommy says:

    14 Jul14 July 15:13

    I had this same issue and questioned with Amex on chat and they stated it had to be all within one transaction to qualify. I queried this as the “Safe Key” authorisation came through as one amount but United chose to process as two transactions, I didn’t want to risk it so I since cancelled that booking and rebooked in a higher fare class to hit the £500 minimum spend. Although I am now having the issue that the transaction is still pending even though I did it 2 days ago- hoping it posts by tomorrow so I qualify for the credit.

    • Jay-Marc says:

      14 Jul14 July 17:16

      I’ve had this sort of problem once before with a shop that charged the delivery through separately even though there was only a single authorisation. Amex was not cooperative for me on that one.

    • Skywalker says:

      15 Jul15 July 01:42

      Did your transaction trigger the email? I had a similar issue with pending and no email received (different offer), however when I contacted Amex, they reassured me that it qualified because the spend was carried out by the deadline date.

• C says:

  15 Jul15 July 01:17

  If I made a purchase today it would still qualify for the United airlines offer isn’t it?

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