V-Flyer

hi guys
another question ...

how do you all keep tabs on what you have spent on your amex card on your VA black card ? im still waiting for the first statement so not sure how to differentiate the spends (hoping to get the PE upgrades for next years trip

Lisa x

You can view your accounts online if you've set it up.

Amex is very helpful in telling you how much more you need to spend to trigger a bonus. I can't recall about the Black card as I'm working through the BA one at the moment.

Thanks Marshy, I think I might give them a call later this month and see how I am standing as I have managed to hit the £3000 bonus a few weeks ago and I know I should have a fair bit more spending in the next few months ... blooming extension and Christmas dwindleing my savings.
I just which everywhere took Amex as a lot of the building suppliers don't

Lisa x

I have created an excel spreadsheet to keep track of mine, copy and paste across monthly. note which transactions are amex and visa and then use a pivot table to work out how much I am up to on each card and use filter to exclude transactions which dont apply to the spend amounts. Bit geeky but I work in analytics

wow that is really organised .. and I thought I was good with my flying club binder lol.
can I ask which transactions would not apply .. I thought as long as it was amex it was good to go ?
also on your statement does it say which card was used for the purchases ?

Thanks
Lisa x

It does.

And if you log on to your account on the MBNA website it's very easy to keep track of your spending on both cards.

there are mix reports if they do or do not count but I have used my AMEX in the past to purchase travel money. It used to be really good via virgin moneycorp when they did 1 to 2 points per £ spend and then I got 2 points per £ from virgin amex. It used to be the case they didnt charge for using your amex but that changed recently so I have stopped using them . So long story short certain cash based transactions such as currency exchange are not meant to be included in your spend.

cool thanks
I didn't even realise that virgin did travel money lol

Don't forget, only AMEX spend counts towards PE & Companion bonuses.
Visa does not count towards the triggers.

Your Statement will differentiate AMEX & VISA separate. You will have AMEX transactions showing with the total & then the VISA transactions with the VISA total.

That's a shame as BA Amex does count currency exchanges as a valid transaction for the bonus. Which helps.

All good advice, so here's my two penn'orth - be careful about tracking your spend too closely. Well, more specifically over the course of a year say. You'll shock yourself and might need to see a doctor afterwards, and maybe some smelling salts to bring you round!

I'm already like that bretty and I haven't even had my first statement yet ... Total spend of around £6000 so far and just put another £2079 on it ... But that's my UC upgrade flights for next year so don't mind to much lol

Lisa x

Is it only Amex that counts towards the £3000 bonus?

Yep I'm sure it's only Amex purchases ..

Can I ask if statement date will be the date that the account fee was added to the account ? ... Mine was added the 11th October but still no statement ?
I've paid the balance as I've gone so only the flights from last night on but I was just wanting to see how many miles I have gotten

Lisa x

Jedimum wrote:I'm already like that bretty and I haven't even had my first statement yet ... Total spend of around £6000 so far and just put another £2079 on it ... But that's my UC upgrade flights for next year so don't mind to much lol

Lisa x

Dont forget to check for the extra miles bonus when booking virgin flights with virgin AMEX