Bits: 4800 Avios with LEGO, 30% off Radisson & Park Inn, 25% off Good To Go Parking

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• Zoe says:

  26 Jul26 July 09:28

  OT planning a trip to New Zealand and Australia end of May 2018 for approx 6 weeks. Wanting the long flights to be business class. Got a quote from Travel Nation out on Qatar to KL then Air Asia premium to Auckland, local flights in economy on Qantas (Melbourne / Brisbane / Cairns / Sydney) then Air Asia to Singapore and Qatar home. Came in at 4.5K each.
  We have 2 for 1(s) to use and could get first class to KL and home from SIN for 238K avios and 1.1K of fees for both of us. These seems to be a no brainer, we haven’t done BA first and have previously only flown business on redemptions – so we are pretty happy not to be in Economy and aren’t really airline snobs.
  Interested in any views or advice on the above, currently planning on the New Zealand 3 weeks in a decent camper van (not something we have done before). Whole trip is just over 6 weeks, Cairns part is staying with my stepdaughter. Thanks in advance for any advise.

  • Bluenose says:

    26 Jul26 July 11:24

    Hi Zoe,

    Have you considered using avios for Qantas economy or business class one-way flights inside Australia? This is a good use of avios, especially for business class – Qantas domestic J isn’t a blocked middle seat ala BA. 🙂

    If paying for fares, Qatar EU-Auckland business class seems to come up frequently on sale. Maybe get a price for fly in to Auckland, fly out from Adelaide/Melbourne/Sydney?

    There was a recent announcement that Qatar will be soon be flying in/out of Canberra. This will be via Sydney. Depending on your dates, there may be introduction fares that will be attractive?

    Or, from KL get to Colombo, to then do cheap.paid fare CMB-NZ-Aus-UK in business class.

    Any of this should come in for less than 4.5k each.

    Safe travels.

    Regards,
    Bluenose.

  • Rob says:

    26 Jul26 July 12:30

    Qatar is selling Auckland for £1600 return out of Stockholm today. I would be pretty confident they will still be offering Auckland at a similar price for next May (6 weeks may break the max stay rule, not sure) in a sale, from a starting point somewhere in Europe.

    However …. if you can lock it in on Avios then you’re sorted, because if an excellent sale fare comes up you can cancel in switch. Remember that Malaysia offered A380 Business ex-London for £1500 return in their January sale this year.

• Charlie says:

  26 Jul26 July 09:43

  How many people actually take advantage of these LEGO offers which seem to appear on almost a weekly basis on this site.

  Much more relevant surely is something like Avios’s double points promotion on booking.com where you collect 8 Avios per £1 spent – only £600 spend required to get the same as some LEGO.

  • Genghis says:

    26 Jul26 July 11:18

    hotels. c o m at c.14% is usually much better (given price same or my co is paying)

    • Anna says:

      26 Jul26 July 16:10

      I was just wishing Tesco would offer something other than Lego, when I got a 500 Clubcard point voucher for buying wine through the door just now! We get through loads of wine so this is good – I haven’t had one of these offers for ages.

      • Anna says:

        26 Jul26 July 16:13

        And my favourite Jacktone Ranch is 31% off (if you like New World Merlot or Zinfandel, these are to die for…)!

• mark2 says:

  26 Jul26 July 11:15

  OT
  I have just discovered that you can get a PayPoint card from BT so should be able to pay on Amex at Coop etc.
  Ring them on 0800 800 150 for an automated service to order.

• Nick says:

  26 Jul26 July 13:38

  A word of caution if anyone is thinking of using good to go.

  I have used it three times in the last month or so and each time the camera fails to recognise the car at T5 long stay and when speaking to the car park people it takes at least five minutes while they check various systems before letting me in.

  Also, when exiting the car park, the machine always says that I owe an enormous amount (£375 yesterday!) and it takes quite a while for the operator to find the booking needing my car reg, surname and booking reference while they check different systems.

  It has always worked in the end, but you do need to allow at least an extra five to ten minutes on both entry and exit because the good to go IT system seems to be totally separate from the usual Heathrow long stay IT system which has always worked faultlessly for me over the last few years.

  Maybe it’s just their way of offering a worse service for less money…

• dorset says:

  26 Jul26 July 15:37

  OT:
  Does anyone have any experience with the 2500 bonus points for stays in the first year with the Hilton Barclaycard.
  I have two reward stays coming up, and wondered if anyone has received the 2500 bonus for paying for in room purchases with the card? I obviously won’t be paying for the rooms themselves as they have been booked with points.

  • Paulm says:

    26 Jul26 July 16:20

    Yes I got the bonus for signing a bar bill to the room when using the free night cert

  • Nick M says:

    26 Jul26 July 16:40

    I’m fairly sure I did – 5000 points for a room in Corby, and then a £2 bottle of water got the 2500 points back (this was a couple of years ago though)

    • Simon Schus says:

      26 Jul26 July 18:51

      Is this only UK stays or are international stays included?

      • Paulm says:

        26 Jul26 July 22:30

        Yes counts on overseas stays

        • Simon Schus says:

          27 Jul27 July 00:09

          Excellent.

        • Simon Schus says:

          27 Jul27 July 00:09

          and thanks! I don’t think I ever realised this offer existed!

    • Gary says:

      27 Jul27 July 01:14

      Does your 2500 bonus actually show on the monthly Barclaycard statement? (Mine don’t)

      I’m curious to understand fully how the bonus is actually recorded and thereafter, how long it takes to reach the Hilton account. Thanks

      • Genghis says:

        27 Jul27 July 05:53

        Generally it doesn’t without manual intervention

      • Alan says:

        27 Jul27 July 10:33

        Whenever I’ve received the stay bonuses (and they are VERY inconsistent at posting), they were applied directly by Hilton, I never saw them on my Barclaycard statement. I’ve almost always had to chase them up.

• the real harry1 says:

  26 Jul26 July 17:45

  500 Clubcard points on any 6-bottles at Tesco Wine By The Case
  XX7M4J – valid until 23rd August 2017

  • the real harry1 says:

    26 Jul26 July 17:50

    free delivery is over £60

    so this is effectively approx £12 discount, you can easily find 12 OK bottles for £60 eg the Finest sale – makes them £4/ bottle delivered

    • Anna says:

      26 Jul26 July 18:41

      Yes, it makes a welcome change from Lego! I’ve ordered a case of Jacktone Ranch Cabernet plus one of Las Cometas Shiraz, both reduced by £15 per case so £63 in total plus free delivery and the Clubcard points 🙂

  • Liz says:

    27 Jul27 July 09:10

    I can’t get that code to work for me – must be targeted

• the real harry1 says:

  26 Jul26 July 17:59

  here’s that Times article on BA https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anyone-but-british-airways-turbulent-times-at-the-nations-flag-carrier-qchj9jg5z?shareToken=e4cb9660a43710ccf3ec1862d07e3baa

  • the real harry1 says:

    26 Jul26 July 19:36

    Silurian 3 days ago

    I’m baffled by the strategy of having luxury and extreme frugality under a single brand. If it works, maybe Poundland and Harrods will open a shop together.

  • Alan says:

    27 Jul27 July 00:29

    Thanks for the sharing link.

• Simon Schus says:

  26 Jul26 July 18:49

  Has anybody used the Premium Plaza bedrooms at the LHR T2 Arrivals Lounge? Are they any good for a couple of hours?

  I had thought about a day room in a hotel too, trying early check-in on a hotel, or just sleeping on the 3-4 hour train/coach journey from LHR.

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