Worlds Finest Clubs - 130,000 Etihad Guest Miles for €159 (~$235 AUD) [per month]

[Gold Member]

https://www.finestclubs.com/memberc...ource=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email#benefits

I received this email from EGM. There are two options, one per the title description, and another offering 80,000 Etihad Guest miles for €159 (~$235AUD). Both options offer miles at 0.23 and 0.29 cents per mile respectively.

Maybe I'm showing my age here but I could care less for the actual benefits of the card. But this offer sounds too good to be true. The only conditions to be aware of that I could see is that the bonus miles which won't post until 30 days after the end of membership period (12 months + 30 days). At which point we all cancel our memberships.

Anyone else get this? Am I missing something here??


Detailed T&Cs listed on the web page link -

This is a time-limited exclusive offer for Etihad Guest members. The promotion period of this offer is from 1 June 2016 – 31 August 2016. Only new Finest Clubs members are eligible for this offer. Etihad Guest members signing up to Finest Clubs and paying the annual membership fee will earn 80’000 miles (for the first year only). Limit of one 80’000 bonus mile reward per member. To earn bonus miles, Finest Clubs will contact you after sign-up and payment through the promotional link www.finestclubs.com/membercard-plans?lp=etihad. Please allow up to 30 days after the promotion end date for bonus miles to be deposited to your Etihad Guest account. Membership fees cannot be withdrawn after crediting of the miles. Membership at Finest Clubs requires approval from the company and all members accept the Terms & Conditions, that can be found on the promotional link page. Etihad Guest reserves the right without advance notice to change or discontinue any miles promotion at any time.​

 

[Steady]

It looks to me like €159 (~$235AUD) a month for 12 months?

 

[andye]

https://www.finestclubs.com/memberc...ource=&utm_content=&utm_medium=email#benefits

I received this email from EGM. There are two options, one per the title description, and another offering 80,000 Etihad Guest miles for €159 (~$235AUD). Both options offer miles at 0.23 and 0.29 cents per mile respectively.

Maybe I'm showing my age here but I could care less for the actual benefits of the card. But this offer sounds too good to be true. The only conditions to be aware of that I could see is that the bonus miles which won't post until 30 days after the end of membership period (12 months + 30 days). At which point we all cancel our memberships.

Anyone else get this? Am I missing something here??


Detailed T&Cs listed on the web page link -

This is a time-limited exclusive offer for Etihad Guest members. The promotion period of this offer is from 1 June 2016 – 31 August 2016. Only new Finest Clubs members are eligible for this offer. Etihad Guest members signing up to Finest Clubs and paying the annual membership fee will earn 80’000 miles (for the first year only). Limit of one 80’000 bonus mile reward per member. To earn bonus miles, Finest Clubs will contact you after sign-up and payment through the promotional link www.finestclubs.com/membercard-plans?lp=etihad. Please allow up to 30 days after the promotion end date for bonus miles to be deposited to your Etihad Guest account. Membership fees cannot be withdrawn after crediting of the miles. Membership at Finest Clubs requires approval from the company and all members accept the Terms & Conditions, that can be found on the promotional link page. Etihad Guest reserves the right without advance notice to change or discontinue any miles promotion at any time.​

I may be reading it wrongly but the membership seems to be EUR 249/159 per month i.e annual fees are EUR2990/2000. Have to pay the annual fee and presumably no prorata refund. My reading of T&Cs is that you would get the miles 30 days after 31 Aug.

 

[cjd600]

It looks to me like €159 (~$235AUD) a month for 12 months?

It looks like that to me as well

 

[Gold Member]

It looks to me like €159 (~$235AUD) a month for 12 months?

Yes, i think you're right actually. No deal here unfortunately

 

[netgrom]

It looks to me like €159 (~$235AUD) a month for 12 months?

Yep there is the problem, the 2 'monthly' plans that are eligible for the points are 'billed annually' so not really monthly at all. Ontop of this it says int he T&Cs "Membership fees cannot be withdrawn after crediting of the miles"so no prorata refund so you would be up for:
€159 (~$235AUD) x 12
€249 (~$370AUD) x 12

With no point in canceling after the points are credited I believe.

 

[netgrom]

Yes, i think you're right actually. No deal here unfortunately

Thanks for posting though, nearly a deal.

 

[Deleted member 26544]

I would also add, given my personal experience with The Economist offer earlier this year, I wouldn't have counted on the miles posting anyway. EY partner offers seem to be more miss than hit.