Bits: Shangri-La game Week 6, new Avios Suitcase sticker available

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• squillion says:

  29 Nov29 November 08:26

  Looking forward to our trip up to the big smoke. Cheeky for us both to use our vouchers on the same visit do you think?

  • paul says:

    9 Dec9 December 10:22

    Arghhhhh,

    Missed the last week, never got a reminder from HfP or Shangri La for week 6!! Gutted, my fault though, will I get anything or have I just missed out?

    Cheers

    P

    • Rob says:

      9 Dec9 December 12:06

      Ahem ….

      https://headforpoints.com/2013/11/29/quickies-shangri-la-game-week-6-new-avios-suitcase-sticker/

• Matt says:

  29 Nov29 November 08:41

  Thanks, woohoo another 20 Avios! 😀

  I still can’t get my points for Following avios UK. I already was following them. If I unfollow on Twitter then hit Follow on the Suitcase app, it re-follows Avios but still no sticker…

  Oh well. Can’t win ’em all.

  • MaltapointsTom says:

    29 Nov29 November 08:47

    I had similar problems, but just kept more or less doing what you’re doing and in the end it capitulated.

    Given that it was for 20 Avios, that probably means I medically have OCD.

    • andy l says:

      29 Nov29 November 09:15

      You are in good company methinks!

    • Frenske says:

      29 Nov29 November 09:42

      Obsessive Collecting Disorder!?

• Matthew says:

  29 Nov29 November 09:19

  A newbie question; but I don’t have an Avios account yet — do I just go to the Avios website and sign up..?

  • Frenske says:

    29 Nov29 November 10:05

    That sounds like a good way to sign up.

  • Rob says:

    29 Nov29 November 10:26

    Yes. There is no sign up or referral deal, so just do it straight from avios.com. Make sure your details match your BA account or you won’t be able to use Combine My Avios.

    • Matthew says:

      29 Nov29 November 10:26

      Oh well I don’t have a BA account yet.

      • Rob says:

        29 Nov29 November 10:39

        You might as well open both at the same time then!

        • Matthew says:

          29 Nov29 November 11:04

          What kind of BA account..?

        • andy l says:

          29 Nov29 November 11:38

          BA executive club found at BA.com

        • Leo says:

          29 Nov29 November 12:50

          What do I gain from having a BA account as well as an Avios account? Only got Avios at the moment.

          Thanks!

        • Rob says:

          29 Nov29 November 14:04

          Flexibility.

          Via avios.com you can redeem for BA, Aurigny, Monarch, Flybe, Air Malta

          Via ba.com you can redeeem for BA, Aer Lingus, Iberia, American plus the other 10 oneworld airlines. You can also benefit from sign-up deals on the BA credit cards and, more importantly, earn Avios by getting American Express Gold or Platinum cards and transferring the big sign-up bonuses into BA.

          The Avios Suitcase game only works into avios.com. If you stay in a hotel and try to earn miles from the stay, in 90% of cases they only go into BA. If you fly with, say, Qatar then the miles can only go into BA.

          With 2 accounts you can do promotions targetted at either scheme and move your Avios about for the best redemption option when the time comes.

          (You may also find an Iberia Plus account useful at some point as well!)

    • Boi says:

      29 Nov29 November 13:24

      Details matching? I have both accounts but nowhere mentioned the other account. Or do you just mean basic details like name and DOB?

      • Rob says:

        29 Nov29 November 14:00

        Yes, I meant names, email address and date of birth, as these are the details they match (2 out of 3) when you try to do Combine My Avios.

    • Matthew says:

      29 Nov29 November 14:20

      I did the Avios suitcase, do you know when it will appear in my Avios account..?

      • Rob says:

        29 Nov29 November 14:44

        24-48 hours

        • Matthew says:

          29 Nov29 November 14:49

          Cheers Raffles. I got 330, did I miss some..?

          Every 330 helps..!

          I’m thinking of signing up to Tescos Credit Card and some other free Credit cards to get some points too.

        • Rob says:

          29 Nov29 November 15:37

          Take a look at the Credit Cards Update page at the top of the site for ideas. If you qualify on income, Amex Gold is your best starter card – 20,000 points (=20,000 Avios) for signing up and no fee for the first year. You will also need a Visa or MasterCard for places who hate Amex, and the Tesco card is a good choice for that.

        • Matthew says:

          29 Nov29 November 15:48

          Cheers I have been looking. But I don’t think I will spend enough to get the 20000 points.

        • Rob says:

          29 Nov29 November 16:18

          OK. Try something simpler, like the Hilton Visa. You get a free night anywhere in the world (even in a Waldorf Astoria or Conrad) once you’ve spend £750, which is a great sign-up deal.

        • Matthew says:

          29 Nov29 November 16:25

          Not sure its really worth it for 1 night in a hotel.

        • Tom h says:

          29 Nov29 November 18:03

          My free night at the Waldorf Astoria with breakfast certainly seemed worth it to me!

        • What's the Point says:

          29 Nov29 November 19:00

          The free Hilton night is one of the best value credit card freebies out there! You can easily get £200 worth of value at a top category Hilton, for just going about your normal day to day spend.

        • Rob says:

          29 Nov29 November 21:30

          In what sense? Even if you only use it for a £100 / night hotel, assuming you did need a hotel that night anyway, it is an amazingly good return on the minimal time required to fill in the application form!

        • Matthew Felgate says:

          30 Nov30 November 16:41

          I don’t need to stay in a hotel.

        • MB3000 says:

          5 Dec5 December 12:53

          Ever?!

• Roger says:

  29 Nov29 November 09:51

  Thanks to you, Raffles, Mrs Roger and I (will) now have $200 of GC vouchers to spend at the Shard restaurants. 🙂

  In times to come, we will need to know:
  – if we can combine them,i.e. use both for the same event;
  – whether we are spared the Shard access fee if we have a restaurant booking.

  Either way, an interesting diversion.

  • Volker says:

    29 Nov29 November 10:04

    In their opening week they will probably have more voucher redemptions than paying guests. Looking forward to seeing you all 😀

• danksy says:

  29 Nov29 November 10:28

  Thanks Raffles! I’m in the same position, no points other than the first week!

• Simon says:

  29 Nov29 November 12:17

  Like an idiot I realised I had put in the wrong number for the GC club (by 1 digit). But I have had the correct email address. Do you think I will have much luck chasing?

  My partner has played all weeks and has the grand total of nil points!

  • pogonation says:

    29 Nov29 November 12:25

    Don’t worry, I have played 6 weeks on my account and 5 on my family’s accounts and only have 200 in mine and 0 in the rest. I assume points will all post sometime after the promotion ends.

  • TimS says:

    29 Nov29 November 12:26

    If I were you I would play the game again this week & enter the correct GC number. Afterall, the worst that could happen is that it won’t let you!

    As far as the website is concerned, your correct GC number hasn’t been used this week…

• Boi says:

  29 Nov29 November 14:11

  Ok. Thanks. I am fine then. But I thought those will always match if signing up under ur name?nobody has 2 DOB for example…

  • Rob says:

    29 Nov29 November 14:44

    Some people make up random DOBs if they don’t think it matters. I recently used a fake mobile phone number for Etihad, and then got screwed when I tried to do a redemption via PointsPay and they insisted on sending a verifiation code to my phone. There was also no facility to change your mobile number online.

    • Hitesh says:

      30 Nov30 November 02:07

      I have a fake (but real) phone number that I use for this sort of thing, which redirects to my actual phone.

• Jamie says:

  29 Nov29 November 14:22

  Ditto, just finished the game for me and the OH. will be worth chasing though. I think we will spend them in Paris when we got to visit my dad who lives there. should be enough for a nice lunch if we put a couple of euros to it aswell!

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