Amex Platinum - £75 statement credit with a £300+ VS flight

Received this offer via email today - appears to be possibly targeted.

T&Cs are as follows:

Terms and Conditions

American Express® Platinum Cardmembers will receive a £75 statement credit when they spend £300 or more in a single transaction on an international flight with Virgin Atlantic. To be eligible for the offer Cardmembers must book their flight at virgin-atlantic.com. Offer valid when you book and pay with an American Express Platinum Card. Offer valid one time only per Cardmember. This offer is only available to the recipient of this mailing and is not transferable. Cardmembers must book an international flight with Virgin Atlantic between 10 January and 7 February 2013. A statement credit is generally issued within 5 business days upon completion of the eligible transaction, but it may take up to 2 billing cycles to post to your account. The £75 statement credit will be refunded back to American Express in the event of a cancellation by the Cardmember who booked and paid for the flight. Virgin Atlantic won Best Inflight Entertainment (Europe) in the 2012 Apex Passenger Choice Awards.

The standard booking conditions apply and are available from Virgin Atlantic. All travel is subject to Virgin Atlantic’s Conditions of Carriage (which are subject to change from time to time) http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/gb/en/tr ... riage.html. These Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws and Courts of England and Wales. Promoter is Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. Registered Office: Company Secretary, The Office, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9NU. Registered in England 1600117.

Thanks for posting this. I wonder if it is targeted - I haven't had it, but then I opt out of promotional emails!

However I did receive in the post yesterday another offer giving 5000 MR points plus a x3 bonus for travel bookings made before 31 Jan.

Thanks for posting this. I wonder if it is targeted - I haven't had it, but then I opt out of promotional emails!

However I did receive in the post yesterday another offer giving 5000 MR points plus a x3 bonus for travel bookings made before 31 Jan.

I've had both offers .

I used to get all these, including bonuses on mileage tansfers, but have had nothing for quite a while.

I wonder if I have unticked a box somewhere ?| ?|

David

I used to get all these, including bonuses on mileage tansfers, but have had nothing for quite a while.

I wonder if I have unticked a box somewhere ?| ?|

David

I never get the mileage transfer bonuses. Apparently there is some MR magazine or something sent out that despite requesting, they always fail to send me.

As for the other promotional stuff, I have had to change my marketing profile to opt-in a number of times. Not sure why it seems to reset, but I have added two email addresses now to be double sure!

However I did receive in the post yesterday another offer giving 5000 MR points plus a x3 bonus for travel bookings made before 31 Jan.

Worth noting with this one: [the small print]

You do not get the x3 points for anything booked through american express travel and paid directly to the supplier, i.e. booked and paid for laterincluding any FHR hotel bookings. n(

Only on direct hotel/flight/car/experience bookings via american express travel.

Thought it seemed too good..

This is an easy 5,000 points.

Do a search for hotels in Chiang Mai, you'll find a hostel at £8.25 per night. Book 1 night.

5,000 VS miles in the bag

This is an easy 5,000 points.

Do a search for hotels in Chiang Mai, you'll find a hostel at £8.25 per night. Book 1 night.

5,000 VS miles in the bag

To clarify, would only gain you reward points if you have plat card.

This is an easy 5,000 points.

Do a search for hotels in Chiang Mai, you'll find a hostel at £8.25 per night. Book 1 night.

5,000 VS miles in the bag

Done . Thanks Raffles- any idea how long they take to post and will it work for an additional supplementary plat card holder?
DL

Done . Thanks Raffles- any idea how long they take to post and will it work for an additional supplementary plat card holder?
DL

I don't think it works for supplementary card holders as the T&Cs state one bonus per account, and supplementary card holders do not have their own separate MRs account.

Btw...did you manage to activate your bonus via the website? I've tried several browsers and the site doesn't seem to load properly. The 'Register for Bonus Points' button never seems to appear.

Done . Thanks Raffles- any idea how long they take to post and will it work for an additional supplementary plat card holder?
DL

I don't think it works for supplementary card holders as the T&Cs state one bonus per account, and supplementary card holders do not have their own separate MRs account.

Btw...did you manage to activate your bonus via the website? I've tried several browsers and the site doesn't seem to load properly. The 'Register for Bonus Points' button never seems to appear.

Had the same, working off safari..

You need to copy the code in the box into your clipboard, then click Opt In on the left hand menu and paste the code in that box. Works fine that way.

Apparently the 'submit' box is 1 pixel x 1 pixel which is why its tricky to see otherwise!

Not clear yet if the 5k post with the booking or later, too early to tell.

[buns]

In the words of Dick Dastardly "Drat and Double Drat" - I booked last week n(

buns

I am not even getting the code now - just some system error at the bottom of the screen.

I emailed AMEX and got this response:

I am able to confirm that this is a known technical issue. The link to register for the offer is not working and there is some issue with the code as well. Our Technology Team is working diligently to resolve this concern.

However, we assure you that we will honour bonus points for the travel bookings made prior to January 31st, 2013. The bonus points will be applied to your Rewards account as per the timeframe stated in the terms and conditions of the offer.

Also, they are going to look at the issue over me not getting MR transfer offers. Apparently all Platinum members should get a magazine with offers, unless they opt out of marketing.

Worth a secure message email to MRs if you are missing out too!