melbourne rebel
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Re: 5xbonus at BP 'til 31Dec2011[Ext.to 31Mar2012] Must register your card.
Whilst it has been a nightmare for my back office staff, we were able to purchase $468k worth of cards over the past 6 months. Base points were earnt at 1:1 as I have long since exceeded my 1:1.5 earn cap.
With a monthly fuel spend average of $750k, the card purchases represented a small percentage of my BP spend for the period. For once it was nice to get an earn on this. Despite numerous discussions between my BP and Amex account managers, they have not sorted a workable long term solution which allows me to pay fuel bills via my American Express card, with monthly direct debits the only option.
The nightmare came from processing and reconciling cards, and the inherent risk of supplying drivers with cards, which is much like giving cash advances out. A couple of return domestic J trip 'rewards' quickly fixed any grumbles my admin girls had.
My original plan had been to make payments on my Amex over the phone as drivers fueled up around the country. This is common practice in the industry, especially amongst those who have had their fuel accounts suspended or canned. A quick call from the console operator and the payment is processed.
This lasted two days. The significant other, who is used to the barage of late night emergency calls (occupational hazard), drew the line at yet another point/mile related scheme. Whilst she begrudgingly accepts my "hobby", she has been the beneficiary of numerous J/F rewards and listened to more theories and plots to uncover the holy grail of points earning than sorround the JFK tragedy, this attempt was met with a stern shaking of the head.
Had a friendly owner operated BP run my orders in lots of $50k, which made the process much simpler. Provided a few select operators with the cards, and the points mounted up. Had aimed for 2 million points from the exercise, but we typically exceeded our target.
Now there will be some knockers who will say this is not the purpose of the promo, and that it may deter future offers etc etc. I have done exactly as others have been reporting. It is simply a question of scale. The points have posted and all is good.
Whilst it has been a nightmare for my back office staff, we were able to purchase $468k worth of cards over the past 6 months. Base points were earnt at 1:1 as I have long since exceeded my 1:1.5 earn cap.
With a monthly fuel spend average of $750k, the card purchases represented a small percentage of my BP spend for the period. For once it was nice to get an earn on this. Despite numerous discussions between my BP and Amex account managers, they have not sorted a workable long term solution which allows me to pay fuel bills via my American Express card, with monthly direct debits the only option.
The nightmare came from processing and reconciling cards, and the inherent risk of supplying drivers with cards, which is much like giving cash advances out. A couple of return domestic J trip 'rewards' quickly fixed any grumbles my admin girls had.
My original plan had been to make payments on my Amex over the phone as drivers fueled up around the country. This is common practice in the industry, especially amongst those who have had their fuel accounts suspended or canned. A quick call from the console operator and the payment is processed.
This lasted two days. The significant other, who is used to the barage of late night emergency calls (occupational hazard), drew the line at yet another point/mile related scheme. Whilst she begrudgingly accepts my "hobby", she has been the beneficiary of numerous J/F rewards and listened to more theories and plots to uncover the holy grail of points earning than sorround the JFK tragedy, this attempt was met with a stern shaking of the head.
Had a friendly owner operated BP run my orders in lots of $50k, which made the process much simpler. Provided a few select operators with the cards, and the points mounted up. Had aimed for 2 million points from the exercise, but we typically exceeded our target.
Now there will be some knockers who will say this is not the purpose of the promo, and that it may deter future offers etc etc. I have done exactly as others have been reporting. It is simply a question of scale. The points have posted and all is good.
