I spoke to an aussie customer service staff who had informed me that they do have policy in place for compensation due to operational downgrades from a330 to 737. At the time I was given a choice of 15k one way (in addition to 30k refund from points upgrade) or to reschedule flight to another...
Still hold an old gold charge card that i never use anymore with the plat edge as companion ($129 fee to hold both cards which is cheaper than the standard fee for plat esde). Offered 23k a piece and happily took it (did try to ask for more but was told no so it seems that might be the limit for...
Indeed, I suppose there's no guarantee that amex wont unlink or 'tweak' these accounts in the future so it's definitely worth getting into while you still can.
I would imagine unlinking would definitely be easier than relinking. I had mine done on Australua day morning by a local sounding CSR. Had relinking done by an extremely cheerful US CSR on saturday arfternoon.
Yes exactly what you said there. The big draw at the moment is the effective 2pts/$ earn. I don't know if your explorer will automatically link to the ascent so you may need to call up and speak to a CSR to link it for you.
I did the unlink->bonus point->relinking thing last week with no dramas. The gateway points do need to be redeemed and cannot be converted to ascent. For those of you who are waiting for this process, I've had both my unlink and linking process occur instantly so this can be done if you spoke...
This is instant from my experience of linking and unlinking if you speak to the right person. I did speak to someone initially who claimed to have submitted a request that never came to fruition, I followed it up with another call a few days later and was unlinked instantly. Definitely...