Earn 5,000 Avios on ANY hotel booking with new BA Amex / Kaligo.com promotion

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• Stuart says:

  9 Jul9 July 08:02

  The comment regarding no VAT receipt is this because they are prepaid rates? Can the hotel not issue a receipt on checkout? It’s been along time since I booked a hotel via a OLA

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 08:34

    It is because these companies are all based outside the EU and they are buying your room – no VAT – and then reselling it to you, effectively. I think.

    • ankomonkey says:

      9 Jul9 July 09:22

      This is certainly correct with Kaligo (Singapore based). I had this conversation with them and separately with my work Finance team.

    • RICO says:

      9 Jul9 July 09:26

      Hotel rooms are always subject to VAT in the country in which the hotel is located – EU rules of supply.

      Services are generaly taxed in the location of the supplier when they are selling to a consumer or the customer when the sale is to a business. Exceptions being – services relating to land (including hotels), transport, events and electronically transmitted services – YAWN.

      There is probaly no VAT receipt because the supplier is not registered for VAT or making a supply under the Tour Operators Margin scheme which prevents the issuing of VAT invoices.

      • Rob says:

        9 Jul9 July 10:20

        Interesting, thanks. Let’s assume the latter then.

• Roger says:

  9 Jul9 July 08:14

  I didn’t get the e-mail from BAEC (opted in, have the BAPP card) so I registered using Raffles’s link.

  My Kaligo and BAEC e-mail addresses are different. Could there be a problem matching the earned Avios? (I’ve read of such problems with promos in the US.) Or should I re-register using the same address for both?

  (Nerdy problem: my main e-mail address is being enhanced away from me – thank you, Virgin Media 🙁 – so I have been registering new promos with a new address. I will ultimately have to move all senders to my address, if I can even remember many of them.)

  Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 08:34

    Doubt it is an issue – the 5,000 bonus Avios are provided by Kaligo.com, not Amex, and you give them your BAEC number during the booking process.

• Gabbai says:

  9 Jul9 July 08:31

  The rates shown by Kaligo on the search page are before any taxes and fees. I checked out the Hilton Dusseldorf and got a rate of EU98 and 5600 AVIOS. That rate however jumps to EU109 when the taxes etc are added in. The rate on the |Hilton website is EU90 including all taxes. The 5600 AVIOS are certainly worth EU21 but then having use of the Executive Lounge and quite likely getting a Hilton Gold upgraded room makes it a very close calculation. For anyone who doesn’t want the AVIOS or have Hilton status, Kaligo is 21% more expensive but I guess someone has to pay for the AVIOS bonus!

  • Sebastian, COO Kaligo.com says:

    9 Jul9 July 09:08

    Hi Gabbai, sorry to hear about your experience. We do have our system set to display rates fully inclusive of taxes and fees for all users logging in from the UK. Is it possible that you accessed the site from a different location?

    • Sorrelle says:

      9 Jul9 July 10:33

      I am also logging in from UK and have the same problem as Gabbai.

    • Peter K says:

      9 Jul9 July 14:11

      Hi Sebastian, Just checked if supplementary cards also would get the bonus 5000 Avios or just main cards? Thanks.

      • Rob says:

        9 Jul9 July 14:30

        I’m not sure that Kaligo.com would actually know it was a supplementary card! All they see is a unique card number.

      • Sebastian, COO Kaligo.com says:

        10 Jul10 July 02:36

        Hi Peter,

        All BA Amex cards are eligible so you can use the offer on supplementary cards as well. Please do note that it’s limited to one per registered email address so if you are using different cards please use different email addresses as well.

        Kind regards,

        Sebastian

        • Peter K says:

          10 Jul10 July 15:51

          Thank you.

• Mike says:

  9 Jul9 July 09:14

  Ok, so suggestions for the cheapest night anywhere in the world in July for a book and no show to gain the 5000 avios ? So far its Barnsley on 12 July for £42

  • RICO says:

    9 Jul9 July 09:29

    Yeah having to be in Barnsley has intrinsic costs.

  • Hingeless says:

    9 Jul9 July 12:36

    £41 in Bali

• Rich says:

  9 Jul9 July 10:40

  Thanks. Timely, as I was just about to book a stopover hotel for my drive down to the Alps.

  I managed to get a HIX for £63. Still £6 more than available elsewhere, but obviously worth it for the 5200 Avios.

  I can’t imagine why anyone would book through them when there’s no bonus on, though? High prices, and the information about the hotels is pretty scant – you need to search elsewhere if you want to know anything about the hotel!

  I’m still looking (unsuccessfully) for any decent priced hotel with Rocketmiles. Very little that makes sense, even with 5000 United miles.

• Colin JE says:

  9 Jul9 July 12:53

  Is it just me or is anyone else having difficulty registering for this promo. The URL keeps forwarding to a slightly different address which just has the Ts & Cs. My registration isn’t showing on my account so I’ve contacted Cust Svcs to see if they’d register me manually, as they have in the past. Seems like a great offer. Now I just need to find a reason for a hotel stay somewhere, especially if it’s Barnsley!
  As a matter of interest, what happens if you book a hotel and never show up? Do you still get the points anyway?

  • Henrik says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:10

    Would also be interested.

    Btw, I signed up, but don’t see the 5k bonus when searching just the base 200 points or similar. Will it credit you when you pay with your BAPP or am I missing something?

    • Rich says:

      9 Jul9 July 13:18

      I saw the 5000 points when searching, and it showed on my booking confirmation. (This was my first booking at Kaligo.)

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 13:37

    Odd. The URL in the article is the ‘direct’ one so it is not down to us. FWIW, it works fine for me.

  • Peter K says:

    9 Jul9 July 14:06

    I’m having the same problem. No registration page, just T’s and C’s. Logged in just in case and still no joy.

    • Peter K says:

      9 Jul9 July 14:08

      Ah. Found what may be the problem. The first link in the article works, the second further down does not. Try using the first one just above the picture!

      • Rob says:

        9 Jul9 July 14:32

        The first link is for BA Amex cardholders. This registers you for the 5,000 Avios AND the cumulative 20k promotion.

        The second link, below the picture, is for BAEC members who are NOT BA Amex cardholders. This only registers you for the 20k cumulative promotion.

        • Henrik says:

          9 Jul9 July 14:45

          But am I supposed too see the 5k? Sorry if I’m slow.

          If no show still counts towards your 5k, I found £21 hotel night in HCMC, Vietnam.

        • Rob says:

          9 Jul9 July 15:26

          Not sure. Until you put in your card number, how do they know you have a BA Amex? I’m sure one of the Kaligo.com team will chip in once the sun rises in Singapore.

        • What's the Point says:

          9 Jul9 July 19:06

          I agree, I can only seem to get the 20k offer to work. Its the only one showing on my wife’s account.
          The first link just loops me to the T&Cs.

• TJ says:

  9 Jul9 July 16:01

  These guys must be buying Avios for a pittance

  • Rob says:

    9 Jul9 July 16:13

    No they’re not ….

• LondonFoodie says:

  9 Jul9 July 16:16

  I was actually able to find a rate cheaper than booking.com at the Park-Inn in CPH.
  Guess it varies by hotel and by chain.

  • Gastroinn says:

    10 Jul10 July 16:51

    I booked a HIX at the Channel Tunnel for £68 at end sept and got 5200 avios so a good deal but noted that Kaligos home page showed rooms from £60 but when trying to book the cheapest was £68??? Incidently IHG rewards club offered same room at £57 but stuck with Kaligo for the avios bonus

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