British Air CC Bonus - 100,000 miles

I just saw this article

The card will be issued by Chase

-Starts Nov 16
-Must spend $2000 in first three months
-$75 annual fee

Here is a link to apply. (Thanks Floydian)

11/23/09 I got a call from a CSR telling me she would approve my application if I agreed to close three dormant accounts with Chase, so of course I agreed and was given a limit of $4000 (approximately the total limit of the three closed accounts) Hooray!

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Note that this is now live (care of flyertalk) via this link:
50,000 miles for first purchase, 50,000 for $2,000 in spending within 3 months.
http://www.mychasecreditcards.com/britishairways/hp_postpin
(edit: the link seems to work with or without the "hp_postpin", so who knows what that means).

T&C for the two bonuses:
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You will receive 50,000 bonus BA Miles with this bonus offer, which can be redeemed for 1 transatlantic reward flight in World Traveller, economy class from the USA to Europe Zone 1, or choose to redeem for another qualifying flight. Europe Zone 1 includes the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland. All reward flights are subject to taxes, fees, charges and surcharges, including airline surcharges. You will qualify for and receive your bonus after your first purchase/first use of the card. First purchase/first use includes purchases, balance transfers, or any checks that are used to access your account, and excludes cash advances. After qualifying, please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus BA Miles to post to your account. This one-time bonus offer is valid only for first-time cardmembers with new accounts. Existing cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.

You will receive 50,000 bonus BA Miles with this bonus offer, which can be redeemed for 1 transatlantic reward flight in World Traveller, economy class from the USA to Europe Zone 1, or choose to redeem for another qualifying flight. Europe Zone 1 includes the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland. All reward flights are subject to taxes, fees, charges and surcharges, including airline surcharges. To qualify and receive your bonus, you must make qualifying transactions totaling $2,000 or more during the first 3 months from account opening. Qualifying transactions include purchases, balance transfers, and any checks that are used to access your account, and exclude cash advances. After qualifying, please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus BA Miles to post to your account. To be eligible for this bonus offer, account must be open and not in default at the time of fulfillment. This one-time bonus offer is valid only for first-time cardmembers with new accounts. Existing cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.
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vitbich said: I just saw this article

The card will be issued by Chase

-Starts Nov 16
-Must spend $2000 in first three months
-$75 annual fee

 

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$2000 total or $2000 per month?

Edit: Nevermind...

HumDoHamaraDo said: Does Chase still have the 1 application per 6 months limit?

I was wondering about that myself, and although this application does not mention it explicitly as with some applications in the past, I wouldn't be surprised if they use that reason for denial, especially in this tight credit environment. FYI to those who recently applied for the Chase Sapphire card.

Wow. Spend 30k, get a redeem one, get 2 ticket deal too. That would mean, spend 30k, both of you can fly first class. WOW.

Request complete. Contact me in 15 days.

HumDoHamaraDo said: Does Chase still have the 1 application per 6 months limit? I did a small AOR (5 apps) 6 months ago, including 2 chase cards... I only got approved on the first on they received, they listed too many inquiries as reason for denial on the second.

Before anyone gets too excited about flying to Europe in first for free, note that BA has hefty fuel surcharge fees. Last year, they ran a mileage promotion under which I thought my wife and I would be going to Europe in business or first class on miles until I learned that we would be paying over a grand in fuel surcharge fees. Still a good deal to be sure, but deflating when we thought it would be a nominal charge. So we didn't go. Still opportunities to use the miles on AA without such fees, but investigate (on Flyertalk) before you jump.

can we convert BA miles to AA or any other domestic US airline easily?

found the answer

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/ecspendlanding/public/en_us

largeeyes said: $1k for 2 people in First class isn't bad, but having to use all those miles would suck. Can you tell us more? I assume it was CVG to XXX?

I just looked through the thread on this cc deal on flyertalk, and somewhere in there is a link to the tariff and fee schedule for award miles. With it, you should be able to tell how much money it will cost for an award trip.

My wife and I did, too.

I just talked to Chase. I have a BA card from a prior offer of much less. This would have been great but while the first CSR said I'd get the 50k + 50K miles, the 2nd person, supposedly a supervisor, to whom I was sent without asking, told me I wouldn't because I had a prior BA card. 9Yes, I know what the text in the offer says. It never hurts to ask.) So, I was going to cancel the card next month when the annual fee came around anyway so I canceled it on this call.

Maybe they'll drop me off the system after 6 months and I can apply for the next offer. Does any one know if that works with the Chase BA card? Also, is there a business version of this card?

Thanks, folks!

Does the account need to stay active to keep the miles? I hate paying annual fees.

bigdaddycincinnati said: Before anyone gets too excited about flying to Europe in first for free, note that BA has hefty fuel surcharge fees. Last year, they ran a mileage promotion under which I thought my wife and I would be going to Europe in business or first class on miles until I learned that we would be paying over a grand in fuel surcharge fees. Still a good deal to be sure, but deflating when we thought it would be a nominal charge. So we didn't go. Still opportunities to use the miles on AA without such fees, but investigate (on Flyertalk) before you jump.

Thanks for pointing that out. I looked it up (I would be doing London to Johannesburg, South Africa) - and the fees are quite hefty! Cheaper than full fare, sure, but still hefty.

anybody know what kind of credit score you need for this card? tempting.

defjukie said: I hate annual fees, but this is almost good enough to bite on...

FW task force, find us a link without the annual fee!

Yeah! $1,000 worth of free airline miles for 10 minutes' work isn't good enough.

So those of us that aren't members of BA's frequent flyer program should wait until Nov 16th?

just to give you guys an idea.
BWI - LHR taxes are like $350. CVG must be $200 more. Did i forget to add the crappy blackout dates.
Full fare ticket is around $450 - $500.
You make the decision. BA must have the worst frequent flyer program ever really...

decent offer for $75.00 annual fee . Does anyone know if value of BA 1 mile = 1c or even less after fuel surcharge

Would this deal be of use for round trip or multi-city travel from US to Asia and back? I am new to bonus miles. I priced tickets on BA.com that total about 4500 for the whole trip for 4, would this pay part of that fare? What if wifey applied too, would we have to book separately?

DeelBoy said: Would this deal be of use for round trip or multi-city travel from US to Asia and back? I am new to bonus miles. I priced tickets on BA.com that total about 4500 for the whole trip for 4, would this pay part of that fare? What if wifey applied too, would we have to book separately?

From the BA site, R/T from the US to Asia in coach is 80k miles.

Both of you apply for the CC, combine your BA accounts into a household account and you should have enough miles for (partner awards) two-RT US to Asia and one, one way to Asia.

YMMV - I got my Chase CLs severely cut in the process.