Bits: 3000 Virgin Atlantic miles with half price wine, Virgin FX deal at Moneycorp

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• ThinkSquare says:

  19 Jul19 July 11:01

  Is the Virgin Wines website broken for everyone, or just me?

  • mark2 says:

    19 Jul19 July 11:20

    I managed to get in but no mention of the 3,000 miles!

    • mark2 says:

      19 Jul19 July 11:57

      Thanks Genghis; I had another look and the miles are there but in surprisingly small print.

• Chelseafi says:

  19 Jul19 July 11:25

  O/T How quickly do SPG points transfer between other household accounts, got email that said 5 days but anyone done this and its been quicker? Thanks

  • Genghis says:

    19 Jul19 July 11:40

    We did one a couple of weeks ago. About 3 days IIRC.

    • Chelseafi says:

      19 Jul19 July 11:48

      thanks

      • Stu_N says:

        19 Jul19 July 12:36

        Similar here, transfer took 48 hours IIRC

  • ankomonkey says:

    19 Jul19 July 13:35

    3 days too. About 2 weeks ago.

• LaserBeams says:

  19 Jul19 July 12:08

  O/T – I have some money to invest in an ISA and just wondered if there are any Avios earning offers out there. I invested in Nutmeg last year so can’t do that again this year.
  Thanks!

  • Rob says:

    19 Jul19 July 12:39

    Only the Virgin miles offer I think

• Harj says:

  19 Jul19 July 12:13

  OT – on the phone to BA trying to book open jaw flights using 241 Amex voucher and Avios, been on hold for 15 mins as agent said we need to use the card it’s booked on which is now cancelled. Now come back saying the voucher is void if card is cancelled?

  Any ideas?

  • Harj says:

    19 Jul19 July 12:18

    Just to add, it’s on my wife’s account but she now has a gold Amex card, I thought any Amex issued card would work?

    • Jonathan says:

      19 Jul19 July 12:31

      Any Amex card will work on the website, open jaw over the phone is an interesting variation. Have you tried to use your wifes gold card as if its the BA card? I very much doubt BA will know the difference as long as its an Amex.

      • Harj says:

        19 Jul19 July 12:46

        Good point – will try this later as I was on the phone for nearly an hour so had to hang up. Thanks

        • Genghis says:

          19 Jul19 July 13:02

          Just give them the Amex Gold card number. It can also be for any person as no name check on Amex. Been there, done that.

  • Mzungu says:

    19 Jul19 July 15:42

    If you succeed, can you please post back and advise if you get charged the phone booking fee (£35?). I understood that this used to be waived if you are doing something that you cannot do online – i.e. open jaw 241. I was charged recently for exactly this, and told that they now charge the fee irrespective of the reason for the call. I’d like to know if I’m being conned…

    Thanks

    • Mycity says:

      19 Jul19 July 17:34

      I booked leg two on a 241 open jaw only 4 weeks ago, I didn’t need to ask as the agent said, as this can’t be done online there’s no admin charge.

      • Anna says:

        19 Jul19 July 20:35

        It’s amazing how staff in some call centres have no idea what they can and can’t do, it’s as though they are employed with the sole aim of putting one off ever, ever calling BA.

      • Mzungu says:

        20 Jul20 July 13:53

        Thanks – I rather suspected this would be the case. I think I’ll call and ask them to refund my fees – I’ll have to psych myself up first! 🙁

    • Nadeshka says:

      19 Jul19 July 22:07

      I booked an open jaw flight just last night with the 241 and the offline booking fee was waived, agent said due to the fact I couldn’t do it online.

• Alan says:

  19 Jul19 July 12:29

  The Virgin Wine deal certainly implies that you need to sign up to Wine bank from the blurb on the page.

  I haven’t tried signing up though so I guess it makes it clear in that process that you aren’t agreeing to anything other than buying the case. Just wondering whether they will pull the 3000 miles if you don’t sign up to the wine bank?

  • the real harry1 says:

    19 Jul19 July 12:51

    if it’s your 1st order you always get 3000 miles – subsequent orders get 250

    nothing to do with Winebank

    • the real harry1 says:

      19 Jul19 July 15:01

      750 on subsequent orders, rather

  • Genghis says:

    19 Jul19 July 13:03

    Even so, you can easily cancel for no charge and keep the points (that’s what I did previously).

  • ThinkSquare says:

    19 Jul19 July 22:36

    I’ve just signed up and placed an order. I didn’t see anywhere to opt out of WineBank and it says they’ll be taking £25 off me on 21/08.

• Scottnothing says:

  19 Jul19 July 12:52

  In addition, the Accelerate general promotion terms and conditions state that: “Bonus points are not issued for Non-Qualifying Room Rates or Non-Qualifying Stays. “Non-Qualifying Room Rates” or “Non-Qualifying Stay” include the following: any stay at a Kimpton Hotel …”.

  Rob, can you provide any additional detail as to why has IHG agreed to credit your Kimpton stay (despite the clear terms and conditions)?

  I have a stay coming up early August so have a vested interest!

  • Rob says:

    19 Jul19 July 14:32

    Because the reason Kimpton was on the list is because Kimpton hotels (at the time the list was written) were not part of IHG Rewards Club and so obviously didn’t count for Accelerate.

    Amsterdam IS part of IHG Rewards Club so should logically count for Accelerate.

    I also get a feeling that this is a new hotel which needs to drum up business and being known as somewhere which doesn’t give Accelerate credit will cost it stays.

• Stephen says:

  19 Jul19 July 14:08

  I cancelled the wine bank recently, just phoned up with no problems, the wine bank is a good idea as you get free delivery and for every £5 you bank you get a bonus extra £1 credit added to your total but the killer point for me is that you do not qualify for 750 virgin airmiles if you buy using the winebank money you have saved.
  So I cancelled the winebank account and left a few bottles in the basket without checking out, a few days later I got called from virgin wines who noticed I had not checked out and was offered £25 off my next order and I will also get 750 airmiles., Stevie

• Stephen says:

  19 Jul19 July 14:12

  Ps. I also should say the 3000 miles from my 1st order are in my flying account, cancelling winebank will not affect the bonus airmiles, Stevie

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