Important dates for your diary – offers about to close which you shouldn’t miss (March ’17)

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• Nigel says:

  4 Mar4 March 04:41

  Has anybody received their 13200 Economist avios?

  • Cate says:

    4 Mar4 March 12:09

    Nope.

• Amtexfly says:

  4 Mar4 March 07:46

  Can the Marriot bonus be claimed retrospectively? I stayed at one a couple of weeks ago and totally forgot to sign up to the reward programme.

  • Brian says:

    4 Mar4 March 11:42

    Apparently, you can be referred for the Marriott programme to get bonus points on your first stays, so contact Rob for a referral if you do sign up.

• Brian says:

  4 Mar4 March 08:45

  Does anybody know if the BA triple miles should be credited along with the normal miles, or later? I haven’t received mine yet, so was wondering if I should chase them up. Thanks.

  • Yemi says:

    4 Mar4 March 19:20

    Mine was credited at the same time.

    • Brian says:

      4 Mar4 March 22:18

      Thanks – looks like I’ll have to give them a call.

• Paul says:

  4 Mar4 March 08:46

  Rob — OT but the latest set of video-based ads in the sidebar seem to be doing the trick of automatically scrolling the page down in Safari on Mac again… 🙁

  • Rob says:

    4 Mar4 March 10:25

    That is very odd because those are ‘normal’ Google-served ads.

• Roger says:

  4 Mar4 March 09:53

  OT- Virtual or Physical MC/Visa

  Can anyone think of a way to buy a prepaid MC/Visa using Amex (which gets treated as purchase not cash advance)?
  This can then be used at places which does not take Amex, particularly places like Utilities, Council tax etc.

  • mark2 says:

    4 Mar4 March 10:11

    You can often pay Council Tax through the Coop using PayPoint; look on the back of your bill. Our council sent me a special card but others have talked of just taking the bill in.
    I doubt that anyone would answer the first part as it would be unintended and would be stopped if too many people used it.

  • Brian says:

    4 Mar4 March 11:39

    You can buy them at Tesco/Morrison’s/Sainsbury’s etc. But there is a hefty fee, so I’m not sure it’s worth it. The best deal currently would be to buy them at Morrison’s – £3.95 fee for £100, but that’s offset by 2.5% back in Morrison’s points. Still hardly worth it, though.

• Nick_C says:

  4 Mar4 March 10:34

  Yep. Some good earning opportunities. Eg. 20/£ with Holland & Barrett and 10/£ with Tesco Wine.

• Liz says:

  4 Mar4 March 11:07

  OT: Does paying off your mortgage adversely affect your credit score? Our first free Barclaycard Experian score since paying off our mortgage in Dec has taken a nose dive down into the ‘Good’ section from a high ‘Excellent’ score previously. That’s the only big change we have done. Is it likely to bounce back up.

  • Cate says:

    4 Mar4 March 12:08

    What lenders are looking for is are you good for the money. The fewer outgoings on credit you have the less likely you are to look good for the money. Not having a mortgage could be construed in many ways.

  • Nick M says:

    4 Mar4 March 23:24

    One of the factors that affects your score is the average time you’ve had your accounts… I’m guessing that you’ve held the mortgage for a reasonable length of time?

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