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April 7th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Do you know if the redemption of BA miles for AA miles is 1 to 1?
Jonathan – what is the household thing? I don’t follow.
But this is an awesome deal! TFS.
@Rick – Yes, we both got 100k miles and used them.
@SR – Read my first comment (shaded green) below the post. It was really fun, I love to travel but the actual flying is always so painful for me and my long legs and swollen knees. Being able to sleep most of any overnight flight, it felt like I went from Los Angeles to London in an hour or two.
@Jay @Ben – Well, if paying $95 means I can get at minimum $1,000 of value, then isn’t that frugal? Proper frugality should mean maximizing your return on any money spent, not just never spending any money.
I have already cancelled my card before paying the second year’s fee. We are not traveling to Europe or on British Air this year.
@someguy – I just tried and the app is loading rather slowly for me as well, but did eventually load. I would just try again later, sometimes they do maintenance in the weekend evenings.
Jonathan, been trying for about 24 hours and still no go. If I try with Firefox it immediately says the server is redirecting in a circle and will never load. Obviously not your issue but just thought I would mention it. I was able to sign myself up but was going to do the Mrs. and the ‘rents as well but have been unable.
@someguy/@Jonathan on Mac OS X I’m also getting a redirect loop on Safari/Firefox/Chrome. Will try again later.
@someguy/@Jonathan Managed to sign up successfully using Safari. Was approved.
Red, thanks for the tip. Last night I tried the link on my iPhone (Safari) and was able to sign my wife up. At that time, neither Firefox nor MSIE on either of our Windows machines were able to load the page. As of this morning, it still won’t load under Windows.
@ Joshua
I applied for 2 cards, one for the wife and one for me round-trip from SEA to Heathrow.
Mr. MyMoneyBlog,
I’ve never taken advantage of airline mileage programs (never had enough to redeem) but have always thought they came with lots of blackout dates. How do I find out when British Airways and their partner ariline companies (most likely, I’d be using partners more than BA) would let us fly using these mileage points?
Mileage Novice, American Airlines is the main US partner for this deal. Bottom line is there are “AAnywhere” rates for which you can book any time. There are two tiers of saver rates where you can get the same routes for around 1/2 to 2/3 of the AAnywhere rate but obviously during non-peak days and dates.
Mileage chart: i18n/disclai.....-chart.jsp
Link to actually book: i18n/AAdvant.....ations.jsp
I’m willing to go through the trouble for several hundred dollars+ of post-tax benefit. A temporary 5 point ding on my FICO score is an easy deal for me.
Yes, the BA miles just stay in your account, their expiration only after 3 years of inactivity. Plenty of ways to earn a few miles to reset expiration if you really need it after 3 years.
Yes, you can use BA + 1 partner airline to book. To save miles, you can also try doing business class one way (overnight) and then premium economy (more leg room) on the way back.
I applied for this card and was approved for credit limit of only a few grand higher than I have on my other Chase card (united) that I never use. My income is much higher than it was when I first got my united card. Can somebody explain? Is it the credit crunch? The fact that I don’t use my existing credit (I use amex instead)? Is it because Chase considers all outstanding credit limits?
Just curious.
So I took the plunge – finally. Now I just need to get the wifey to take the plunge also. I was approved online – it says you get the card in about two weeks – anyone have any experience getting it sooner. I have to cover our auto ins deductible next week since the wifey hit a coyote on the way work and that will be an easy $500 towards the extra 50k miles.
Card came for me in about a week and with a $20K credit limit.