See NFL at Wembley by redeeming hotel points with Marriott and SPG

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• Rob says:

  3 Sep3 September 17:24

  There is no non-Amex I know of.

  • James M says:

    3 Sep3 September 22:09

    Ok, thanks Rob

  • James M says:

    3 Sep3 September 22:22

    Rob, I recall reading somewhere that you charged the Platinum fee to HFP as a business expense – if that’s correct, how does that work? Do you simple not use it for any personal expenses?

    Having reviewed the personal vs business cards, aside from the increased age limit on the travel insurance the benefits offered on the personal one are better (e.g. no car hire cover on business).

    • Rob says:

      4 Sep4 September 07:31

      Correct.

• ant says:

  3 Sep3 September 18:08

  OT: if I book a flight on Malaysia Air using avios on BA website what are the cancellation charges?

  The one way flight costs 4500 avios and £32.80. Do I just get the avios back?

  Thanks

  • BJ says:

    3 Sep3 September 19:09

    Yes, no cash as amount paid was under £35.

  • Rob says:

    3 Sep3 September 22:10

    Same rules as other partners and BA itself – £35 per person fee, everything else comes back.

• Ed says:

  3 Sep3 September 18:12

  Thanks for the head-up! Have now sorted the boy’s birthday present for Wembley!

• BJ says:

  3 Sep3 September 18:59

  OT: Had an email from BAEC today, 15% off car hire and hotel redemptions. Might be of interest to those who do not , or have difficulty using them for flights.

  • Rob says:

    3 Sep3 September 22:09

    …. and who are happy getting 0.66p per Avios 🙂

    • BJ says:

      3 Sep3 September 22:33

      Actually, that’s better than 0.55ppa which is roughly what I get on an exEDI return to zone 7 far East in CW. Despite that horrendous value I still take it for the £35 flexibility and the fact my avios cost me close to zero. There’s also the fact my partner still favours BA but please don’t ask me to try and explain that. Been doing exINV with Lloyds vouchers so I can stomach it a little more easily, and now joining 241 club which I plan to use on F to HKG to make me feel better still.

• Rts says:

  3 Sep3 September 19:58

  Quick Question – if you pay for something using PayPal linked to your amex. Does amex purchase protection still apply?

  • John says:

    3 Sep3 September 20:55

    Strictly no, but amex may help. You also get PayPal protection fwiw

• Optimus Prime says:

  3 Sep3 September 20:17

  Let’s hope Marriott keeps handing out free points during NFL season 🙂

  • Mark2 says:

    3 Sep3 September 22:21

    +1
    have they started again this year?

    • Optimus Prime says:

      3 Sep3 September 22:25

      Season kicks off this weekend. I guess will find out by Sunday evening.

• Hank says:

  4 Sep4 September 00:46

  Off topic question – not sure wherebest to ask, so trying here.

  Newbie at this and love this extremely informative site and discussions on it. Basically I want to check what’s the best way to maximise my avios. I put through 10-15k a month on credit cards.

  Right now I’ve just started and got the APRG -referred via Rob. I also have the Virgin Atlantic free card.

  From reading this forum, my next step is the BAPP. Question, can I, and is it the best option to refer myself for this?

  I’ll soon be cancelling my APRG as I believe is correct once I’ve triggered the bonus, and it will only take me a month I’d estimate to trigger the 2-4-1 on the BAPP. What is my best move after i trigger the 2-4-1. I understand most people refer themselves usually for the APRG but I wll be 45 months short of bveing able to apply for this again.

  Thanks

  Hank

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Sep4 September 01:23

    If you have the gold charge card upgrade to the platinum for 20k point then refer yourself to the bapp as you get 18k MR instead of 9k MR with the Gold.

    • Hank says:

      4 Sep4 September 05:21

      Thanks for replying.

      I’m not sure I understand your post. Are you saying you can upgrade to a platinum and pay 20k points rather than £450? Or pay to upgrade to platinum, get bigger referal bonus then close platinum? It’s the 20k points I don’t follow.

      Platinum was my guess as being what to use after a couple of months when I have closed both APRG and downgraded BAPP.

      • RTS says:

        4 Sep4 September 11:01

        https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-charge/upgrade/

      • Ali says:

        4 Sep4 September 12:02

        the gold to platinum upgrade is only valid for upgrading the old gold charge card rather than the credit card. The OP states that he’s ‘just started’ which would suggest that he holds the latter, in which case this upgrade route is not valid.

• Hank says:

  4 Sep4 September 12:30

  Thanks,everyone, i understand now. And Ali is correct, it’s the Gold credit card I have.

  Any thoughts of which is best card to get after getting APRG and closing it, and getting BAPP, reaching 2-4-1 threshold then downgrading it before I can apply again for APRG.

  I was thinking it’d be either standard BA or Platinum but not sure which.

  • Rob says:

    4 Sep4 September 12:50

    You won’t get a bonus on either without a 6-month gap from Gold / BAPP. Starwood is the only way of filling the gap.

    • Hank says:

      4 Sep4 September 14:07

      Thanks, Rob. Been rereading your card reviews again studying this problem of how to maximise Avios on 100k+ annual spend with bonuses, referals etc included.

      I had forgotten about the 10k bonus points for spending 15k annually on APRG. This may well give a better return completing this spend, it will delay closing the card and hence reapplying for a new bonus, but the bonus on a new BAPP will be closer once this is completed, and BAPP bonus is, at present at least, bigger.

      Rob, it seems there is an agreed strategy to maximise Avios on a 20-30k annual spend. A good article suggestion might be how to maximise Avios on 100k+ spend.

      Thanks

      Hank

      • Rob says:

        4 Sep4 September 14:19

        Not sure Amex would agree with that suggestion.

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