Bits: 1200 Avios via Tesco PayQwiq, Emirates launches Athens to NYC, HfP on the radio

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• krys_k says:

  24 Jan24 January 03:33

  OT – are there any cyclical Avios buying opportunities coming up (or indeed happening right now) that people know about. I’ve got the perfect storm of 241 and two Lloyds vouchers coming to and end and need around 100k avois. Cheers

  • Polly says:

    24 Jan24 January 03:51

    Get a plat, 35k bonus or be referred by OH, or OH get PRG first for free, then refer you for plat, 18k and a few months later refer your OH if you can, that’s a tidy sum. Same again 35 plus 18 approx, might be out by a k or so! So 100k within a few months…depends on how long you have to get these avios.

    • Genghis says:

      24 Jan24 January 03:57

      The Gold->Plat referral is now 9k
      https://headforpoints.com/2016/12/23/american-express-changes-its-refer-a-friend-scheme-without-telling-anyone/

      • krys_k says:

        24 Jan24 January 04:56

        I’m doing the platinum card churning with my wife and mother (as well as BA cards) – but the dates are out of kilter with my almost immediate need for points. So need to buy!

• Ronster says:

  24 Jan24 January 05:14

  Good morning all

  There is a rumor that Qatar Airlines will launch a “Fifth Freedom” flight from Pisa to New York.

  The Lord Mayor of Pisa recently commented on a meeting with Akbar Al Baker. It is said that the Qatar Airlines CEO, could be interested, in picking up the direct NYC route that Delta has dropped.

  We shall just have to see, if it was only polite chitter chatter

  Ronster

  • Sam G says:

    24 Jan24 January 05:32

    I’d be quite surprised as the Pisa flight is being downgraded from A320 to A319 , which suggests despite the best efforts of Ex- Eu bargain hunters t’s not super successful

    US-pisa could do ok during peak season, though I imagine people value the ability to open-jaw into/out of other European airports rather than having to return back to Pisa

• Rob says:

  24 Jan24 January 07:31

  The advice used to be ‘go to the Netherlands’ as it was far cheaper but the collapsing £ may have dented that. The UK sites have high-90% occupancy, no need to do deals.

• Dave R says:

  24 Jan24 January 08:05

  Anyone know if people that got the 5 x 100 point bonus are eligible for the 10 x 50 payQwiq bonus?

  • Peter K says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:13

    Only if u got a targeted email it seems.

    • Genghis says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:06

      I’m going to continue using PayQwik. We shop at Tesco anyway so not losing anything.

      • Temp says:

        24 Jan24 January 09:39

        I got the autumn bonus, deleted and reinstalled the app to get the winter offer, but didn’t receive any bonus points. So they may have stopped previous payqwik users receiving repeated bonuses.

        • Kathy says:

          24 Jan24 January 12:15

          It seems the key to being targeted for Payqwik offers is to use it a few times (to trigger the bonus points) and then stop. If you use it in between bonuses you don’t seem to get targeted for offers again – presumably they assume that you’re going to continue to use it anyway.

      • Keith says:

        26 Jan26 January 19:24

        But… I use a Tesco MasterCard for the Clubcard points, and then pay using my BAPP. Doesn’t using PayQwiq lose this benefit? Unless I’ve got it wrong, I’m planning to use PayQwiq to get the 10×50 bonus, and then revert to my usual payment routine – unless that’s no longer valid?

        (Mind you, I can’t remember exactly how that works 🙁 ! )

        • Genghis says:

          26 Jan26 January 20:10

          Isn’t that trick only relevant for Tesco fuel? In store there’s no difference

  • Rich says:

    24 Jan24 January 09:27

    Has anyone received the bonus 500 CC points for the recent Payqwiq offer (the one which ended last Sunday)?

    • Graham Walsh says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:45

      Nope received them. Made the transactions in Decemebr.

    • Lawro says:

      24 Jan24 January 10:51

      Yes. Approx 2 weeks after transactions.

      • Liz says:

        24 Jan24 January 11:10

        No we are still waiting too – the last ones we did posted within a week but not this time.

        • Alan says:

          24 Jan24 January 11:25

          The first time round it took a couple of months for all my Paykwiq points to eventually post, some were quick (or kwiq?!), others took ages. All arrived in the end though.

        • Rob says:

          24 Jan24 January 11:41

          You know what the biggest problem with Payqwiq is? No-one can spell it. Even I get it wrong all the time and we’ve done loads of articles on it!

          I have purposely put misspellings into old Shopper Points articles to drive Google searches from people who also can’t guess it correctly.

        • Alan says:

          24 Jan24 January 11:43

          Hahah dammit, I’m pretty OCD about stuff too but forgot to scroll up to check!!

          Excellent idea on the Google front…

• BrianDT says:

  24 Jan24 January 08:21

  Absolutely nothing to do with this thread…..should be deleted.

  • Oyster says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:46

    The owner of the site didn’t take umbrage with the question.

    It’d be a very boring world if everybody just stuck to the topic in hand!

    Besides which, some of the very best offers have been flagged by off-topic mentions on HfP.

    • Leo says:

      24 Jan24 January 08:52

      +1. It’s the Bits thread anyway.

    • Rob says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:01

      Very true. Random stuff has various benefits – it helps overcome the ‘no new articles after 6am’ schedule, it gives me a feel for what is going on, and it save me having to research my own content 🙂

      If people are asking what are considered ‘dumb’ questions then the fault is probably partly mine – plus BA’s, obviously!

    • Buster says:

      24 Jan24 January 15:49

      +1.

      O/T is where the gems are!

      • Anon says:

        24 Jan24 January 17:48

        +1

        As for CenterParcs didn’t they use to accept Tesco Vouchers, there maybe other similar offerings via that route that would suit?

• Gavin says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:37

  Payqwiq seems to be working in Taplow (Bucks) i.e. outside of M25 now. It came up as an option last night on the tills anyway, sadly I had forgotten my password so couldn’t benefit!

• Gavin says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:39

  Can see the new Emirates flight being popular for those trying to visit Greek Islands from the US, presume there will be interlining with Aegean

• rams1981 says:

  24 Jan24 January 09:41

  how did I miss this Payqwiq thing… there doesn’t seem to be a reference to minimum spend either?

  • Temp says:

    24 Jan24 January 09:50

    I think it’s just £1 minimum

    • Temp says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:53

      Sorry, you’re right. £1 minimum for previous promo, no minimum for this one

  • Alan says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:32

    Was only limited locations before, that might have been why?

    The other positive to a nationwide roll-out is that means contactless should also be nationwide too, as the functionality on the till went hand in hand.

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