Bits: No1 Traveller lounge deal, more sales and Luxury Travel Diary auctions

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• James67 says:

  28 Dec28 December 06:01

  There are sales on AY and TK I believe,. I recently priced EDI-BKK return business class at about £1400 and £1200 respectively so anybody looking for a bargain might want to try their exEU fares.

  • tony says:

    28 Dec28 December 06:57

    Yep – blinding AY sale at the moment. £1280 LHR to HKG leaving after April 1st I think.

  • Leo says:

    28 Dec28 December 09:44

    AY is always about £1433 LHR-BKK, is it dearer from EDI?

    • James67 says:

      28 Dec28 December 10:28

      I don’t know Leo because I just checked my specific dates as I’m mostly fixed up for 2016 already. That may well be the regular fare from EDI too, perhaps my dates just fell outside the sale. Checking AY homepage there does seem to be a sale on though as Tony notes. Considering even the exidting products, let alone the new a350, AY offers amazing exUK premium cabin value. For comparison, my partners last BA CW redemption EDI-BKK return cost jusg over £1070 plus 111000 avios (one way was UuA) puts this value and the current shortcomings of avios in a stark context. If you are wondering why I did the BA redemption, it was because my partner, for reasons I cannot understand, still has a softspot for BA and its PE-like CW.

• Mud Island Mlungu says:

  28 Dec28 December 06:39

  Just finishing off a couple nights in the Crowne Plaza in Bruges. Brilliant deal and the check in clerk couldn’t believe the rate we got for the room.

  • Kipto says:

    28 Dec28 December 09:24

    Well. What rate did you get ?

• Nick M says:

  28 Dec28 December 08:54

  OT – re SPG increased signup offer

  The usual “spend xx before xx” countdown wasn’t showing on my account, so I called amex and it turns out my promo didn’t track..they can do it manually but involved uploading a pdf of the email. Might be worth checking for others.. (I applied on the day I received the email & there was also a technical issue with the application not accepting SPG number)

  • Leo says:

    28 Dec28 December 09:50

    This is my first Amex – I can’t see “spend xx before xx” on my account page. Whereabouts should I be looking? Otherwise should I phone Amex – I do have the email etc.The SPG number was accepted straight away.

    • James67 says:

      28 Dec28 December 10:36

      Usually centre right on the main card landing page once you are signed in to your card online account. Can be a little higher or lower depending what else they are showing or promoting but it’s mostly somewhere on the right nowadays. If it’s there you cannot miss it, it’s quite prominent in large heavy text.

      • Leo says:

        28 Dec28 December 11:05

        Cheers James nothing on my account screen of that ilk -just says how many points I’ve earned so far. Phoned Amex – couldn’t help because the Accounts dept isn’t open today. Fair enough it’s a bank hol I suppose. Nice enough woman but didn’t really have a clue what I was talking about. Will call tomorrow I suppose….

      • John says:

        28 Dec28 December 11:07

        You are correct, but this text doesn’t appear at all on some older browsers (including some phone browsers).

• xcalx says:

  28 Dec28 December 09:36

  Will be at Gatwick North on the 29th flying BA to TFS is the number 1 traveller lounge the best lounge option, have OW Sapphire and PP. Not used LGW for years. Thanks

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    28 Dec28 December 10:19

    29th December? BA Lounge is closing on the 6th. Until then not much in it between No1 and BA in my opinion, BA has Champagne No1 has better catering in the afternoon.

    NB also that trains to Gatwick are hugely disrupted at the moment.

    • xcalx says:

      28 Dec28 December 10:24

      Sorry, yes 29th December. will be at Gatwick between 11.30 and 13.30 . Using a meet and greet service for the car. Thanks.

• Jason says:

  28 Dec28 December 09:38

  It will work with the £20 gift card but you need to spend the discounted rate it 3 x17 to get the bonus 150 cc points 🙂

  • Jason says:

    28 Dec28 December 09:40

    Ps do any tesco gift cards work with Marstons pubs?

• James says:

  28 Dec28 December 11:23

  OT – Has anyone had their Groupon Avios posted to Iberia Plus yet?

  • Leo says:

    28 Dec28 December 11:39

    No I had an email saying it can take up to 40 days.

    • Danny says:

      28 Dec28 December 12:33

      The 40-days refer to the bonus Avios for going through their shopping portal. This is pretty standard for all airline/hotel-related shopping portals. In my ‘Groupon Avios’ emails, it stated 15 days, but like most things with Iberia, patience is required and they will turn up eventually 🙂

    • Chris says:

      28 Dec28 December 12:42

      Just checked and not received avios yet BUT I did get a reply back from groupon.es in regard to not being able to validate 2 vouchers.
      Seems that I got carried away 😉 and bought over 60k avios and got caught out by groupon system.
      Going to try to divert them to my wifes IB plus account, if not I might be in a fight as they specifically highlighted to T&Cs 60k maximum per IB account.
      Fingers crossed.

• Paul says:

  28 Dec28 December 12:11

  I’m flying AUH-LHR on EY then to EDI on BA. Are there any lounge options? Am I right in thinking No1 don’t have a lounge in T5? Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    28 Dec28 December 14:43

    There is the Aspire lounge (Priority Pass) in T5 but it is very small and you are likely to be refused entry. And it’s rubbish.

    • Paul says:

      28 Dec28 December 14:48

      I’ll take that as a no then!

    • Leo says:

      28 Dec28 December 15:36

      Is that still happening – the refusals I mean?

      • Rob says:

        28 Dec28 December 17:08

        To be honest, I haven’t had any direct feedback for a couple of months.

        Oddly, the last Flyertalk comment about it was back in September. It seems to have dropped off the radar of most people – perhaps everyone tried it once and then realised they were better off out in the terminal?

        The whole thing is a mess. Huge % of space (in a teeny tiny lounge anyway) wasted on a handful of sleep pods. Badly designed seating which basically forces you to share a table with someone. Minimal food on the one time I went in. No self service booze which is a worry when you are in fear for your seat if you leave it for more than 30 seconds!

• TGLoyalty says:

  28 Dec28 December 12:27

  Havent managed to get hold of one of these magazines for a voucher anywhere in Coventry. Gutted missed out on so many bonus points

  • Liz says:

    28 Dec28 December 12:39

    I’ve used hundreds of the vouchers and stocked up on my gift cards for next year. We have about 5 Tesco’s in my local area. I’ve grabbed handfuls of books and buying the gift cards in small batches every few days. This will be my biggest ever Tesco points haul.

    My SPG card doesn’t show the “spend xx before xx” either. Just hit my £2000 target from buying more gift cards in Tesco. Will give them a call tomorrow to see about the bonus.

    • Leo says:

      28 Dec28 December 12:43

      I think I’ll let you take this one then if you promise to report back!

    • Danny says:

      28 Dec28 December 12:48

      I think Tesco has now removed any remaining copies from circulation.

      Did you spread them out over different Clubcard accounts as Tesco has been known to remove points above the 30,000 (£300) limit?

      • Liz says:

        28 Dec28 December 13:50

        Yes I split them between 2 accounts. Think I’ve got around 20000 points just on gift cards and I bought the Dyson hoover for 5000 pts. I like shopping in M&S and so does my mother-in-law so we will work through the £££’s throughout the year.

    • Liz says:

      30 Dec30 December 09:13

      Just phoned Amex re my points and they confirmed I am definitely on the 20000 bonus code – last couple of transactions which take me over the £2000 haven’t posted yet so need to wait a day or two for it to kick in.

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