Bits: get 400 Avios in Iberia with Rioja, LateRooms.com £5 Amazon voucher extended

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• James says:

  7 Oct7 October 05:23

  The only problem is the security situation in Egypt, which can best be described as unpredictable.

• Linda says:

  7 Oct7 October 05:43

  On the subject of wine. Tesco have a new wine code. 500 bonus club points on £60. Valid until 11 Oct for first 3500 orders. From MSE.

  • harry says:

    7 Oct7 October 06:33

    XXPPGG

    • Linda says:

      7 Oct7 October 06:45

      Oops. Cheers Harry

    • idrive says:

      7 Oct7 October 15:36

      still active as of now 3.37pm

      • Rob says:

        7 Oct7 October 22:37

        Exactly, which is why I have removed comments clogging up this page!

• plastikman says:

  7 Oct7 October 06:53

  looking fwd to your trip review on syria.

  • Rob says:

    7 Oct7 October 10:09

    IS has opened its own hotel as you may have seen in the press. No offer to review it yet.

    • Brian says:

      7 Oct7 October 13:53

      Do they give loyalty points? 🙂

      • Neil says:

        7 Oct7 October 15:52

        Understand their not keen if you switch chains though… A status match with Judaism frowned upon…

        • Neil says:

          7 Oct7 October 15:52

          They’re… Grrr (editable posts please, Rob!)

• Danksy says:

  7 Oct7 October 07:06

  I’ve been to Egypt 10 or 11 times, in reality at the moment I wouldn’t go anywhere other than Cairo or Sharm El Sheikh. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/egypt is always worth a look before travelling.

  Alexandria is on my list of places to visit, but given its proximity to Libya and the well documented security there I’m waiting until things improve.

  • Sebastian says:

    7 Oct7 October 09:16

    Yeah, I’ve been looking to go to Alex for a while, but I’ve got to agree, with the way Egypt is at the moment I am not prepared to go anywhere bar Cairo and Sharm as the defence is lacking in the other areas.

    • James67 says:

      7 Oct7 October 14:35

      IME it was often the defence you had to worry about! I had a four year project there before all the troubles started, had mant great times and would love to go back but I feel this risk is too great. It is not so much a personal thing but rather the anxiety caused to familyand friends back home that is the main deterant.

• oyster says:

  7 Oct7 October 08:25

  If I open an Iberia account, how is it ‘connected’ to my BA Exec Club account? Or even to my Avios account?
  Or are transfers between the 3 allowed by way of a name & address match and nothing more?

  • Raffles says:

    7 Oct7 October 09:14

    You use Combine My Avios as usual. Needs the usual date of birth, email and surname match (or at lesst 2 of the 3, we’ve never fully cracked it!).

  • Mark says:

    7 Oct7 October 09:15

    You transfer points via Combine My Avios on BA.com or Avios.com.

    You can transfer between any combination, though it gets a little more complicated if you have household accounts.

  • Liz says:

    7 Oct7 October 10:05

    I recently booked next years holiday using the Lloyds voucher so I had to phone Avios.com to make the booking. After the booking was complete I asked her if I could combine my Iberia points which she did instantly over the phone. I had a household account at the time. Although I think she created a new account in my name to do the transaction while I was on the phone then combined them that way. I have since split the account into individual names.

• Neil says:

  7 Oct7 October 08:47

  Ref the Rioja – good nudge. Account now activated via this good deal.

  Ref Alexandria – looks good but there are levels of risk! For me the Hilton in Oman a short hop from Yemen too risky at present for me to risk taking the family there – not sure ref Alexandria but probably not…

  • Danksy says:

    7 Oct7 October 12:50

    Neil – I went to Oman earlier this year; right now I’d need some convincing to go back until IS calms down a bit. Hopefully they’ll be too distracted in Syria for the forthcoming months to give Oman too much attention.

• Brian says:

  7 Oct7 October 13:55

  OT – since it’s a ‘Bits’ article – that Kensington Forum HI deal, with all room available for redemptions, was clearly a glitch – only standard rooms are showing now. So well done to all those who managed to take advantage. My bookings have not been changed – yet – so still showing as suite bookings.

• Liz says:

  7 Oct7 October 14:16

  OT: What are the rules for checking in at IHG hotels if the member is not staying. I just booked my husband in as a last minute booking for tomorrow night and I won’t be staying although I booked under my Spire Elite a/c with him as a 2nd guest. I also booked it through the Accelerate promotion and hope to get the 5000 pts per 1 night stay. Will there be a problem with me not checking in??

  • James67 says:

    7 Oct7 October 14:43

    No issues in UK given you named him as second guest. Overseas it is mostly fine too although Rob has previously reported Spain to be a problem. You could always call the property direct if you are anxious about it. If there is any problem you will still have time to cancel and rebook elsewhere

    • Liz says:

      7 Oct7 October 15:02

      Thanks! I’ll keep the booking and hope for the best. He got a last minute hospitality offer for the Scotland v Poland match at Hampden tomorrow night!

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