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For those of you who buy BA miles every year to top up their accounts (still worth doing if you redeem for First and Club World), BA have a promotion on right now, you get an extra 25% free. Promotion ends on November 11th so you better get your skates on.
A very timely reminder.
And, in case anyone is wondering, much like the bmi situation when similar Diamond Club bonuses are offered, the bonus has the effect of increasing the maximum number of miles which can be purchased annually by the percentage amount advertised.
I suspect that this will only apply for the duration of the promotion, however.
So, in the BA case, whereas the usual annual purchase maximum is 19,000 BA Miles, it's currently possible to buy 19,000 and receive a 4,750 bonus, taking the effective purchased total to 23,750 for an outlay of £319.00.
Whilst most would question the value of purchased miles for most rewards, those requiring top-ups or wishing to use 'Miles for Upgrade' may find this a very appealing offer indeed.
Also note that all members of a household account can individually take advantage of the offer, so the maximum 6 participants could, in aggregate, acquire 142,500 BA Miles for the account.
Well I'm not sure that I agree that one should question the value of purchased miles for most rewards. For ecomony and premium economy, yes, no doubt. But not so for business and first. This is how I see it. Take your example of Mr. Household who gets his wife and 4 children, in addition to himself, to purchase their maximum number of miles (142,500) at a cost of £1,914. In January he purchases an additional 7,500 for say £126, total cost £2,040. He's got enough for a first class ticket to LA and as he gets an Amex two for one voucher every year, he can take his wife along (the kids stay at home). Now where else can you find a fully flexible first class ticket to LA for just over £1,000 or £672 in club? Buying miles for business and first travel is well worth it. You've got until Wednesday.
An excellent illustration of how to get a couple a round trip ticket to LA or San Francisco (or indeed any North American destination) in First for £1000 each, or www.newclubworld.com for £672 each.
Of course you have to add taxes on top of this, but the mileage cost is still less expensive than the cheapest, shareholder discounted sale fares, and has the advanatge of being fully flexible (though still subject to availability).
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is as was mentioned, the final day for this offer.
Don't worry FCTraveller! As I said, most people don't have six people in their HHA, most don't have a BA Amex, most don't think to redeem in premium cabins and therefore most don't see/get the value out of the miles they've earnt, let alone the ones that they might buy.
Accordingly, I'm quite sure that neither BA, nor other carriers with similar programmes, are worried about the tiny percentage of folks like us who find the ways to extract maximum value from their programmes. Indeed, they probably know that the presence of such redemption 'sweet spots' helps build interest, if not loyalty, and is not, overall, revenue-compromising.
Enjoy LAX!
You're absolutely right! And it fills an empty seat at whatever price.
I have booked miles and Amex voucher to LAX in June and the price including taxes is £648.80 and that is Club World. LAX was not our first choice as we are restricted to certain dates in June and the voucher runs out 3rd July!
Buying miles is probably better value for upgrades from WTP to Club, I purchased the maximum with the 25% at £317.00 which is less than the cost of an upgrade to say NYC or DXB.
A splendid offer, which ends this evening. Just follow the link below, sign into to BAEC account, select whether you want to purchase miles for you or a friend, and the bonus miles awarded are shown on the drop down menu on the following page:
www.britishairways.com/travel/milepurchase/execclub/_gf/en_gb
Starwood have announced a 20% off Starpoints promotion, ending on 31st December.
Buying 20K Starpoints will currently cost c.£340 and net the purchaser 25K BA Miles (or a variety of other airline FF currencies) after conversion. Pay with your BA AmEx and you'll obviously get up to another 510 BA Miles from the spend.
Don't forget that there's also a 1K Starpoint bonus per stay until 29/11. Scroll to the bottom of this page http://bit.ly/4mfNw5 to register.
I'll also post in 'Hotels' if that's OK.
Hi everyone, I lived in London for 5 years,now I moved back home to Brazil and I still have 57.000 Ba miles ,I dont plan to go to London any time soon,as I am really busy with work here in Brazil.
Does anyone know how could I sell or exchange my Ba miles?
Kind regards.
Adriana
Hi everyone, I lived in London for 5 years,now I moved back home to Brazil and I still have 57.000 Ba miles ,I dont plan to go to London any time soon,as I am really busy with work here in Brazil.
Does anyone know how could I sell or exchange my Ba miles?
Kind regards.
Adriana
Adriana83 it is not possible to sell or exchange miles, although it is possible to use them to buy a ticket for someone else. Taxes, fees and charges will still be due.
In your situation however, it may make more sense to use them for an award on a oneworld partner airline, flying from Brazil.
More details here:
Is there a particular time of year when BA gives a bonus on miles bought, and is the extra always the same percentage?
Hi ContinentalClub.....for info. At the moment there is a promotion whereby, for a fee you can give up to 19000 BA Miles to another party. I think this expires in mid-Sept.. You get a bonus for doing it.
There is indeed a transfer option, BAdboys, although most commentators would suggest that the 'transfer miles' scheme doesn't represent enormously good value for the majority of members.
If Adriana83 has enough miles for a whole ticket, then she'd probably be better off using the miles for that ticket directly, even if it is issued in another's name.
If the miles are valued by someone else as a 'top-up' however, then it may make more sense. Full details are here:
- though you will need to log in to your BAEC account to see the page.
There was a 25% bonus on transferred miles running recently, however this promotion ended on the 31st August.
The transfer miles scheme is an ongoing facility.
kmcottrell - there is no defined promotional calendar for miles puchases bonuses on BA. If a new promotion comes up then I'll try and report it asap for you!
British Airways have just launched a new 25% extra BA Miles promotion:
Purchases must be complete by 15 October 2010 and, unusually, they have also increased the purchase limit from 19,000 per annum to 24,000 per annum for the duration of this offer.
This means that a 24,000 BA Mile purchase will be augmented by a 6,000 bonus, bringing the total to 30,000 for the sum of £399.
Note that it usually takes one working day for purchased miles to post to Executive Club accounts.
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