I am posting this information which may be of interest to people who use the VS American Express cards with the purpose of maybe obtaining a PE upgrade voucher.
Recently I contacted cards services to ask "where was this year's upgrade voucher". Well I got a real shock from the answer given but at the end of the day it IS totally my own fault for not reading the small print of the T&C's.
Last year when we received two new cards, I stopped using my bank VISA card because I knew I'd get points using the VA AmEx visa card.
As you know, the amount spent of both cards goes onto a monthly statement. At the end of my AmEx yearly spending period I received a letter from them telling me my total spend.
What I did not realise, this total spend is broken down and only if you spend £10,000 on the credit card do you get the upgrade voucher. I had spent £24.40 short. However I had spent a significant amount on the VISA card at outlets where they do not accept the VA AmExpress credit card.
Basically it was written in the 'small print' when the two cards were issued to us all that the yearly upgrade voucher is issued against only purchases made on the credit card. I expect most of you already know this information and probably most spend well over the qualifing credit card amount anyway, but I thought it might be helpful to draw attention to it just in case someone else out there wasn't aware of the upgrade voucher T&C's.
My Visa card is now shredded.
Recently I contacted cards services to ask "where was this year's upgrade voucher". Well I got a real shock from the answer given but at the end of the day it IS totally my own fault for not reading the small print of the T&C's.
Last year when we received two new cards, I stopped using my bank VISA card because I knew I'd get points using the VA AmEx visa card.
As you know, the amount spent of both cards goes onto a monthly statement. At the end of my AmEx yearly spending period I received a letter from them telling me my total spend.
What I did not realise, this total spend is broken down and only if you spend £10,000 on the credit card do you get the upgrade voucher. I had spent £24.40 short. However I had spent a significant amount on the VISA card at outlets where they do not accept the VA AmExpress credit card.
Basically it was written in the 'small print' when the two cards were issued to us all that the yearly upgrade voucher is issued against only purchases made on the credit card. I expect most of you already know this information and probably most spend well over the qualifing credit card amount anyway, but I thought it might be helpful to draw attention to it just in case someone else out there wasn't aware of the upgrade voucher T&C's.
My Visa card is now shredded.
