Get 1,000 Avios, Flying Club or Miles & More miles with new Heathrow Rewards promo

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• Oliver says:

  26 Jul26 July 07:46

  Heathrow rewards hasn’t really grabbed me before but I have signed up now with this offer. I’ll be passing through heathrow and changing money there (pre-ordered of course) in late august so this is a good deal for me. My other half will probably buy expensive girly things there too.

  Thanks as always Raffles for your info

  • zark says:

    26 Jul26 July 07:55

    Yes, but raffles tells you that currency exchange is excluded. Shock, horror , you will need to spend £25 on your wifes’ behalf along with all she buys.

• zark says:

  26 Jul26 July 07:51

  Not sure if your option ‘b’ would work as at checkout you are supposed to show the Heathrow card and boarding card which both have names on them which are supposed to match up. However, I suppose it would work if you do NOT show the card, save the receipts and then post to Heathrow Rewards.

  • thesaver79 says:

    26 Jul26 July 09:14

    They have never checked that the two names matched when I used the card.

  • Rob says:

    26 Jul26 July 11:58

    They don’t give a monkeys, despite the new rule. I always use my wifes card and don’t have any problems. It isn’t like Tesco, where Tesco runs the shop and the loyalty scheme – there is no incentive for a Heathrow retailer to give you any grief over the name on the card.

• Andrew says:

  26 Jul26 July 09:29

  Do Heathrow express tickets count for this programme?

  • Volker says:

    26 Jul26 July 09:43

    “The way that Heathrow Rewards works is that you earn 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow (1 per £10 on foreign exchange) or on the Heathrow Express (online bookings only).”

    A friend of mine signed up during a previous promotion period (at that time still BAA WorldPoints). As he wouldn’t travel through Heathrow before September, he bought a Heathrow Express ticket online which he intended to sell on eBay. He therefore chose a travel date at the end of the three-months validity period.

    Disappointment no.1: The points still hadn’t appeared in his account a week before the closing date of the promotion (let alone the promotional points). He got the following reply from customer services: “We advise that WorldPoints for Heathrow Express tickets booked online are not credited to accounts at the time of booking. Providing you have appended your WorldPoints card number to your booking the associated points will be automatically credited to your account within 3 working days of your travel date.”

    My friend told me that they were eventually credited, but outside the promo period, therefore no Avios windfall.

    Disappointment no.2: He didn’t know (nor did I, by the way) that you aren’t allowed to sell train tickets in the UK unless authorised by Railway Byelaws, made under Section 46 of the Railways Act 2005, therefore no eBay sale.

    Result: A few Avios earned at a ridiculous rate of 100p per Avios… I suppose that’s what’s meant by the expression “to learn the hard way”.

    My advice: If you need to book a Heathrow Express ticket anyway, do so to trigger the sign-up bonus. But choose a travel date well ahead of the closing date of the promotion even if you travel on a later date. Your ticket will remain valid until you have actually used it (up to three months from purchase date).

  • Rob says:

    26 Jul26 July 11:59

    Yes, if booked online, where you can enter your HR number as part of the process

• Heathrow Rewards (tidigare BAA Worldpoints) says:

  26 Jul26 July 10:42

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• Frenske says:

  26 Jul26 July 16:38

  Of course this offer pops up just a week after I ordered my card through http://www.britishairways.com/travel/collect-avios-heathrow-rewards/public/en_us with only 500 points after £30 to spend. You will find me in the whiskey section in a couple of weeks! 😀

• Me Again says:

  26 Jul26 July 20:29

  I still have a really old BAA Worldpoints card before the days when they had names on them.

• v8gaz says:

  27 Jul27 July 19:49

  Does this work for drinks at plane food? If so, woohoo!

• Richard Lander says:

  28 Jul28 July 06:55

  Does Heathrow express spend count as day of travel or day of booking as you can’t book online on day of travel?

  • Volker says:

    28 Jul28 July 08:19

    Day of travel – please read about my friend’s experiences above.

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