Bits: Radisson sale, Park Inn sale, £15 Amazon voucher with Azimo currency transfer

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• Nigel says:

  20 Dec20 December 08:41

  Park Inn link is not working for me.

  • Rob says:

    20 Dec20 December 12:12

    Thanks, will check when get back from playground 🙂

• harry1 says:

  20 Dec20 December 09:09

  If SWIFT is excluded on the Azimo deal, how else can I send money from UK to my foreign bank account? (ie with Azimo, GBP to non-GBP currency)

  • Alan says:

    20 Dec20 December 09:13

    You should still be able to transfer using IBAN. SWIFT is the quicker (more expensive) payment option.

    • harry1 says:

      20 Dec20 December 09:19

      O that makes s3ense, we usually provide both details to HIFX

      • Alan says:

        20 Dec20 December 09:23

        They require SWIFT for USD transfers it appears, but EUR can be done via direct transfer (using IBAN) or via SWIFT.

    • David says:

      20 Dec20 December 12:50

      IBAN is simply a standardised number format, not a payment routing method. While people are commonly aware of SWIFT BIC codes for institutions, SWIFT is more than that as it is an actual messaging system. Many payments using IBANs are carried in SWIFT massages.
      Their distinction (and exclusion of SWIFT) could actually just mean that they are excluding payments only specified with the SWIFT BIC and account number, as there is more manual work to do in formatting. With the IBAN, a lot more can be automated more reliably, even if carried in swift messages.

      • Alan says:

        20 Dec20 December 12:59

        Thanks, David – that makes sense – in particular that they’d be looked to exclude methods requiring greater manual intervention to keep their costs down.

  • harry1 says:

    20 Dec20 December 09:18

    Well, all is probably OK. They don’t seem to think bank-to-bank transfer is the same as SWIFT (odd, that), so I guess my wife & I will both give it a go later when we have more time, got the rellies coming round later & guess who’s cooking? 🙂

    Raffles, with your bank background, if they’re not using SWIFT, wjhat method of UK—> foreign bank a/c do you think they might be using?

    • Rob says:

      20 Dec20 December 12:11

      No idea, that was never my specialised subject!

    • David says:

      20 Dec20 December 12:52

      I wonder if what they actually mean is payments where the recipient is given with only a SWIFT BIC and local account number, given that will easily have the potential for more manual work / repairs, than someone giving an IBAN.
      Even if the payments do actually get carried as a swift messages.

      Regarding bank to bank, it could be where they have local points of presence or other capability to insert into domestic payments systems.

• Liz says:

  20 Dec20 December 12:02

  OT: I’ve received my SPG credit card and spending to hit the £2000 target for the bonus. How does the conversion work if you go over the £2000 spend by a few pounds. Can you only convert is round 1000 pts eg if I spend £2050 would I be able to transfer the 20000 pts plus the 5000 bonus plus the 2050 pts for the credit card spend?

  • Rob says:

    20 Dec20 December 12:05

    Amex converts everything to SPG and SPG lets you convert odd amounts to Avios IIRC so nothing is lost.

    • Liz says:

      20 Dec20 December 12:14

      OK thanks Rob!

      • Lawro says:

        20 Dec20 December 13:16

        OT sorry: With the IHG Premium Visa, how long does it take for your IHG status to be upgraded to Platinum? Secondly, are barclaycard similar to Amex in that points that you earn post (to Barclaycard account) shortly after spend hits the account?

        • Rob says:

          20 Dec20 December 14:05

          They are a bit slow but I have never heard of anyone failing to get their status upgraded.

          You should be hoping it doesn’t happen until January as there is a chance it will last until the end of 2017 in the case (eg all of current year and rest of following year).

        • Liz says:

          20 Dec20 December 14:13

          The IHG points go into your IHG account about 3 weeks after your statement. At least mine do. Statement date 6th – appear in my account about 23rd.

        • Lawro says:

          20 Dec20 December 14:32

          Thanks. Liz, what I meant actually was the section that says points earned…does that update through the month and then pass across to IHG or do you only see how many you have once they arrive at IHG?
          Sorry if the question isn’t clear.

        • Leo says:

          20 Dec20 December 15:08

          Same here Liz exactly. @Lawro it’s pretty much guess work till they go over to your account in my experience. Liz asked a similar question asking about how points are calculated a while back.

        • Liz says:

          20 Dec20 December 16:22

          I’ve finally got my IHG pts sussed! You need to wait till they post to your IHG account to work out what is classed as x4 spend and what is x2 spend. Mine is all correct. Just hit my first £10000 target and redeemed my first free night. Decided to keep this card at renewal in March. I like the IHG scheme.

        • Rob says:

          20 Dec20 December 18:29

          As a package it works well, I agree. If you spend £10k you get 20k points, which offset the fee. Plat status and the free night are a generous bonus on top and worth at least 2.5 per cent of your spend.

        • KevL says:

          20 Dec20 December 16:24

          The 23rd might be a fixed day for them. My statement date is the 16th and my points hit the account around the 23rd.

        • Simon says:

          20 Dec20 December 17:07

          23rd here as well both for IHG and Hilton points from BarclayCard.

• zapasowe1 says:

  20 Dec20 December 22:21

  Do we know when the Azimo £15 Amazon credit promo expires?

  • Rob says:

    20 Dec20 December 22:49

    31st January

• @mkcol says:

  21 Dec21 December 15:39

  Well that’s the niece & nephew in Oslo’s Xmas cash taken care of. Exchange rate seemed perfectly fair to me & only a £1 fee….which with the above offer code was wiped out, however no mention anywhere of an Amazon gift card.

• SoloFlyer says:

  21 Dec21 December 18:16

  Not sure if been covered in other topics but couldn’t see it! With Azimo it lets you use a credit card would this come off as a cash advance on the credit card? If not it could be a good way to manufacture spend on your credit card!

  • @mkcol says:

    21 Dec21 December 20:31

    I would expect your credit card to treat it as a cash advance. Even if not Azimo themselves charge 2.99%

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