Missing Amex Offer credit: work out your chase date from purchase and end dates
Amex's three credit-timing windows each start from a different event. Here is how to date them for a single-purchase or cumulative offer, the checks to run, and when Amex says to call.
Emirates Skywards UK cards: annual fees and earning rates before bonuses
The Emirates Skywards Rewards Card (£120 annual fee) and Premium Card (£250 annual fee) earn miles at 1 per £1 on eligible purchases, or 2 per £1 on direct Emirates bookings, capped monthly at 4× your credit limit. For most…
Linking a UK Amex travel partner account: which name has to match before you transfer
Amex asks for the details of your existing partner account, and those details must match what the partner programme holds on file. If they don't, the partner can't verify you and your transfer won't be processed until you fix it…
BA Amex Premium Plus 10,000 Avios supplementary card bonus: the five conditions and what to ask Amex
Amex is paying 10,000 bonus Avios for your first approved BA Premium Plus supplementary card if you apply by 11:59pm GMT on 12 January 2027. Here are the five conditions in Amex's terms, the points they leave open, and what…
Amex Platinum and the planned Priority Pass cap: how to decide whether the card still earns its fee for you
From 2028, Amex UK Platinum plans to cap Priority Pass at 20 visits for the main Cardmember and 10 for a supplementary, unless the account spends £30,000 in 2027. How to count your entries, weigh the spend route and run…
Dropping Amex Gold at renewal but keeping BA Premium Plus: a countdown from your fee date for your Membership Rewards points
Dropping the Amex Gold but keeping BA Premium Plus? Ask Amex first what happens to your Membership Rewards balance. If it's at risk or unclear, start about four weeks before the fee date if your partner isn't linked, or about…
A Membership Rewards transfer bonus on one BA reward seat: how many points it actually saves, and when it makes no difference
A Membership Rewards transfer bonus to BA Club only works on the Avios you have to move. Work from the shortfall, convert it at the standard and bonused ratios, round both to the transfer increment, and the difference is your…
Supplementary Amex or your partner’s own debit card: whose account the points land in, and whether they can be combined
Under Amex UK's redemption FAQ, a partner's spend on a supplementary card earns points in the primary's Membership Rewards account, where the primary controls redemption. Points from a debit card in the partner's own name build a separate balance. This…
Your Amex UK transfer bonus ends soon and BA Club isn’t linked yet: how to work out if you can still catch it
An unlinked BA Club account puts Amex UK's 14-day verification allowance in front of a transfer that usually takes up to five working days. Here's how to count your days against the offer's qualifying event and any registration cut-off, and…
Should you transfer Amex points before you’ve found the seat? The case against speculative transfers
Amex UK says partner transfers are irreversible. Link partner accounts now, confirm the seat, then transfer only the shortfall, with two narrow exceptions to test case by case.
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