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

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Two quick things …..

Shangri-La Golden Circle game

I promised that I would keep readers reminded about the ‘3rd Anniversary’ game running each week for six weeks on the Shangri-La Golden Circle website.

Week 6 is now available to play on the Shangri-La website.

My original article on the game is here.  If you play their online game for 5 of the 6 weeks it runs, you will have enough points for a $100 per person food and drink voucher valid at any Shangri-La property – which is exciting, given that they are soon to open at The Shard in London. Unfortunately, if you are not already signed up to play, there is not much point now.

The link to the website to enter the code is http://www.goldencircle-3rd-anniversary.com/mobile/en/Bonus if you don’t want to run the mobile app.

I still only have the points from week 1 in my account, no sign of weeks 2, 3, 4 or 5 yet ….

Avios Suitcase

If you have been playing the Avios Suitcase game on Facebook, another ‘sticker’ is now available to collect. This is promoting a Tesco competition.

It will earn you a grand total of 20 Avios points.  At least they post overnight ……

If you haven’t played this before, the good news is that there are 400 Avios points to be earned very quickly. Full details are in this article.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

Comments (56)

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  • H K says:

    1st week was run in October, points showed up first week of November. Hoping this month’s will show up when December rolls around.

  • ian says:

    I don’t get the big fuss about the points not posting.

    It clearly states that points will post 3-4 weeks after the promotion ends, so let’s wait until January before even worrying about it.

    Some week 1 points have posted sure, but that doesn’t change the fact that we’ve been told when the points will post.

  • Another Steve says:

    Bugger – I missed week 5, is there any point in doing Week 6 now?
    I also missed week 1 so only have 4 weeks.

    Also, my account is still showing nil points – is everyone else’s the same?

    • Rob says:

      3 weeks would be 600 points, so $50 voucher …

      • The Other Steve says:

        Ah, ok – I might be able to manage 4 weeks total then, after missing week 1 and week 5, so that could be handy.
        We’ll have 1,600 points between the two of us when they all post.

  • Maria S says:

    Wonder when the points will actually post from these, hope we even all remember to keep checking in the new year.

  • Jason says:

    How does this one work? When I click on the link I can’t see a game at all – just the standard website telling me how great the game is!

    • Rob says:

      Game is now over, unfortunately. It ran for 6 weeks and Week 6 would have ended last week.

  • Iain says:

    I started in Gameweek 2. But no points showing. Anyone else in the same position? Thanks.

  • Dee says:

    Do you think they will post the points at all? I am loosing hope… Can they do it legally? Or are they bound to give us these points?

    • Rob says:

      The rules said points would post 3-4 weeks after the end of the promotion, we are not there yet!

  • Trevor says:

    Good news – I’ve had more points post! Not great news though, only a further 200, so presumably from the 2nd week. Odd that the 1st lot posted within a week and the rest are so slow – at this rate we’ll only get the last around the 9th Jan. But no big rush if not open for business yet in the Shard anyway, just as long as they all post eventualyl.

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