Amex/Avios

waymo

Hello everyone, I'm new on here so please bear with me if this question has been asked before.
I want to make a large purchase (buy a car) I'd like to use my BA Amex card to get Avios miles. Unfortunately most car dealers don't accept Amex. Balance transfers don't count towards Avios. I will also pay off the card straight away. Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem so I can maximise my purchase & get avios?

grumbler

waymo wrote: »

...I want to make a large purchase (buy a car) I'd like to use my BA Amex card to get Avios miles. Unfortunately most car dealers don't accept Amex.

...and the majority of those who accept any CCs charge extra for CC payments that overweights any airmiles/cashback.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem so I can maximise my purchase & get avios?

Simply save money by shopping around and use the savings towards the travel.

waymo

Not really what I asked tho. The list price of a car is the same if you pay cash or by card & obviously I will negotiate. I just wondered if there was a way to get some airmiles as I'm going to spend it anyway

bigadaj

List price is your starting point, nothing more.

Unsurprisingly the dealer will be able to offer a bigger discount when he isn't paying a bank a credit card fee of 2% then when he is.

reclusive46

It depends on the merchant as my local Audi dealership only pays a flat monthly fee to accept Amex, he doesn't pay a per transaction fee. So they are more than happy for you to pay entire balance with Amex.

jpsartre

waymo wrote: »

Unfortunately most car dealers don't accept Amex. Balance transfers don't count towards Avios. I will also pay off the card straight away. Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem so I can maximise my purchase & get avios?

Find a car dealer that accepts AmEx.

eagle

I bought a car and paid the deposit on my BA Amex... quite a healthy amount of Avios there and no surcharges at all.