Local Champion is back and now available for Qantas & Velocity cards

[prozerran]

if it worked, it should have worked immediately on the app

 

[d00dz]

if it worked, it should have worked immediately on the app

hmmm does that mean it didnt work?

"You can select 10 stores from a list Amex presents you in the app to play Local Champion at, and it seems that if no-one else is playing for status at a given location, then it takes either 3 or 5 transactions in 30 days to become the Local Champion. "


hm

so in 30 days?

 

[blueythecat]

All my small transactions at Coles don't count towards LC. Over $50 does. I have just done a $25, $35 and a $45 transaction over the last 2 days to see where the minimum spend is....probably in the same boat as prozerran. We'll see.

Hmm this is annoying. Wonder why it has started happening.

 

[prozerran]

more than likely it did NOT work.

hmmm does that mean it didnt work?

"You can select 10 stores from a list Amex presents you in the app to play Local Champion at, and it seems that if no-one else is playing for status at a given location, then it takes either 3 or 5 transactions in 30 days to become the Local Champion. "


hm

so in 30 days?

 

[SOPOOR]

newbie here,
my understanding is that once you do the minimum transactions, you become champion and then you start getting the bonus points,

on my list of 10, 9 of them said 3 transcations to become champ does that mean that these ones, no one is probably playing there???

 

[prozerran]

>SOPOOR

Just means they have low number of transactions (likely not much competition - someone has made 2 more purchases than you are currently LC, so you need to make 3 recognised transactions to become LC - you will get LC points on your 3rd transaction)

 

[d00dz]

Maybe you need to spend $50 or more. Hmmmm will try again today

 

[d00dz]

Just noticed my local Coles wasn't on the map, only appeared after I spent $33 at it the other day, now I can add it to LC but it says required 11 transactions! Damm I'll try another Coles

 

[BriarFlyer]

My local Coles doesn't show either. I tried using my Amex there, still didn't show. I've lost my Woollies crown so might try to trigger Coles by using my card again.

 

[whatmeworry]

Sometimes I do a spend on my DJ Amex at a supermarket or petrol station and it mysteriously appears on the Amex app for my other card.

 

[SOPOOR]

>SOPOOR

Just means they have low number of transactions (likely not much competition - someone has made 2 more purchases than you are currently LC, so you need to make 3 recognised transactions to become LC - you will get LC points on your 3rd transaction)

thanks for that, since 9 out of my 10 were 3 transactions, Ijust assumed it was teh default for places with no interest,

the shop im looking at says 3 transactions, but its rather higher spend $100+ for me

if I did hte 3 transactions, and then became champion, and didnt buy anything for a while , and then I lose LC status, then I wont get the bonus will i????

 

[andye]

I have a number of potential LC sites where the app tells me I only need 1 transaction. Some I have only spent once before and I'm pretty sure I've had some never spends too

 

[prozerran]

That's correct.

The transactions last a month, and then come off day by day depending on spend. So if you aren't going to spend for 1 month, you probably will lose LC status.

thanks for that, since 9 out of my 10 were 3 transactions, Ijust assumed it was teh default for places with no interest,

the shop im looking at says 3 transactions, but its rather higher spend $100+ for me

if I did hte 3 transactions, and then became champion, and didnt buy anything for a while , and then I lose LC status, then I wont get the bonus will i????

 

[daft009]

this is what I see when I goto the LC section of the app now... :-|

 

[d00dz]

this is what I see when I goto the LC section of the app now... :-|

Mines still ok.

Let's hope I can do more transactions at my local LC this week!!

 

[burmans]

this is what I see when I goto the LC section of the app now... :-|

Time to get get/use a different card?

 

[unfunkable]

Anybody with a linked explorer/edge manage to get bonus point's for local champion spending on the explorer?
Mine didn't post...not going to make an issue as it's a small amount and the benefits of the account being linked far exceed the local champ bonus points.

 

[SOPOOR]

question: if Iwas making multiple purchases for the first time

eg $100 x 20 all o nteh same day

and it was 2 transactions required

would I start getting bonus points on the 3rd trsnaction automatically?

or do I havet o wait until I become the local champion

 

[d00dz]

It's random. I just did 1 per day till I got LC, then smashed it with a higher value transactions. Still points take a while to process

 

[andye]

question: if Iwas making multiple purchases for the first time

eg $100 x 20 all o nteh same day

and it was 2 transactions required

would I start getting bonus points on the 3rd trsnaction automatically?

or do I havet o wait until I become the local champion

I wouldn't spend big until you've checked the app to make sure they have registered. I have found (at least at Coles) that when you make LC, other transactions on the same day (before you are officially LC) get the points too