Double Flying Club miles at American Express Currency Exchange

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• Paul says:

  18 May18 May 07:41

  Maybe I’m being stupid, but how does one order via this deal from American Express Currency Exchange online? The only link from the VS page about this offer seems to be to MoneyCorp, and I didn’t think that was the same thing.

  Raffles, awesome site by the way.

  • Rob says:

    18 May18 May 09:22

    Good point!

    • Paul says:

      18 May18 May 10:54

      Thanks. Presumably you just show your VS flying club card when you collect then, since there doesn’t seem to be anywhere to enter this through the website?

      • Rob says:

        18 May18 May 13:50

        Yes, works the same way with Avios.

    • Ian says:

      29 May29 May 14:44

      I’ve just ordered about a £1000 worth of Australian dollars via the Travelmoneynow site and had to choose home delivery as the airport I am flying from doesn’t have an Amex Currency presence. No way to enter an Avios or Flying Club number in the transaction and the Amex guy I spoke to said he was not aware of any such promotion

      Have I lost out on Avios or Flying club by not going via Moneycorp OR not having an Amex Currency echange on the airport?

• Alan says:

  18 May18 May 09:03

  Sadly there’s a £350 minimum for the VS offer.

• Harry says:

  19 May19 May 23:26

  Are you sure about currency exchange at Amex when paying with amex is counted as SPEND instead of purchase? Because I have ordered foreign currencies with amex on two separate occasions and when I talked to the staff on the phone and the staff at the counter, they both said it’ll be counted as cash advance? It could be that they are being stupid but clearly it’s better to ask someone who’s got experience on this because I really do travel a lot and this is potentially thousands of avios on my BA platinum avios credit card!!!

  • Rob says:

    20 May20 May 07:07

    Click on ‘American Express Currency Exchange’ under ‘Archives by Category’ and read the old posts. I have done this myself twice, as have others. It has NEVER gone through as a cash advance, except for the odd person who tries to use a Lloyds or MBNA Amex despite me saying that ONLY Amex-issued Amex cards work!

    If you’re still not convinced, do a small pre-order (£50) a week before travel. It will hit your Amex statement within 3 days so you will see that it is a Purchase. You can then follow up with a far bigger order and collect both at the same time.

    You should never trust the advice of an airline, hotel or similar employee over the advice of HFP readers!

    • Harry says:

      20 May20 May 11:48

      That’s exactly why I came here to ask – well those staff have never tried it themselves and I choose to believe in *experience*.

      • Simon says:

        23 May23 May 18:45

        Just made a purchase of slightly over £500 on my new SPG card and it went through ok, the transaction shows as finance on my pending transactions so looking good for it not being treated as a cash advance 🙂

• Richard says:

  20 May20 May 16:45

  Had a quick look at the T&C’s on the Virgin link, and it reads to me that for double miles eligibilty, £350 is the minimum exchange amount if you turn up at the counter, without pre-ordering. However, if you do pre-order online, the minimum amount is £550. I would probably be exchanging the higher amount anyway, but thought it worth highlighting.

• Johnny5a says:

  21 May21 May 13:36

  If I order off the non-BA link, can I still collect Avios?

  • Rob says:

    21 May21 May 14:28

    I think people have done it, you need to give your number when you collect. If it failed, I reckon a retroclaim would work anyway.

• Johnny5a says:

  21 May21 May 23:08

  hmm strange – i’ve just tried my BA Premium and Platinum cards neither accepted. Phoned CS and they confirmed this …..

  • Johnny5a says:

    21 May21 May 23:14

    even more weird stuff, i phone the platinum line and said you can use any AMEX card to buy, but the strangest thing the guy said how about you call the bureau, i said find and all he had was numbers for LHR T1,3 and 4 , he said there is no bureau in T5

    • Johnny5a says:

      21 May21 May 23:17

      I’ve given up …. first attempt at buying currency this way and failed … 🙁

• Rob says:

  25 May25 May 19:09

  It says that for every Amex card. The staff at the call centre will tell you that if you ring and ask them. The truth is that it will be treated as a purchase, as per the old posts I link in this article.

  • Mark B says:

    25 May25 May 21:08

    Fair enough thanks

• Ian says:

  29 May29 May 14:46

  Posted this and it appeared higher up so in case not picked up here it is again!

  I’ve just ordered about a £1000 worth of Australian dollars via the Travelmoneynow site and had to choose home delivery as the airport I am flying from doesn’t have an Amex Currency presence. No way to enter an Avios or Flying Club number in the transaction and the Amex guy I spoke to said he was not aware of any such promotion

  Have I lost out on Avios or Flying club by not going via Moneycorp OR not having an Amex Currency echange on the airport?

  • Rob says:

    29 May29 May 14:55

    You can get Avios for home delivery but you need to go via the link on ba.com. However, you get a poorer exchange rate if you do this which makes the Avios a weak deal.

    If you order via the normal website for airport collection you get a better rate and can give your Avios details at the counter, they still seem to go on.

    You could try retroclaiming via the Executive Club, you may well get them added on anyway which would have given you the best of both worlds.

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