Bits: Four Seasons walks away from the Wharf, latest Amex offers, Tesco NOW TV offer

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• harry says:

  14 Jan14 January 10:31

  bits noob Q
  My wife is on a Germanwings /Eurowings flight with 750 Miles & More points EW – I can see Accorhotels is a partner – how can she credit the points to Accor? Does she have to open a M&M a/c or is there a more direct way to earn the points @ Accor?

  • Brian says:

    14 Jan14 January 10:33

    You can’t earn Accor points on M&M flights – you can only earn M&M points on Accor stays. Just like you can earn Avios on hotel stays. The partnership doesn’t work both ways.

    • harry says:

      14 Jan14 January 10:46

      Oh right, thanks. Better find out which hotel my wife is staying in, then – she might get something out of it I guess, she doesn’t like these loyalty programs, unfortunately.

• Kane says:

  14 Jan14 January 11:47

  Better yet try out a Roku stick instead, you get access to NowTV, Netflix and Amazon Prime plus all the free to air catch services like BBC IPlayer, All 4, ITV and 5oD etc

  Tesco were doing them for about £30 around Christmas time from memory.

• Rob says:

  14 Jan14 January 12:32

  There is an issue over whether this is targetted or not. If anyone tries this who was not targetted and gets approved OK then I am happy to write it up. Bit risky otherwise.

• harry says:

  14 Jan14 January 13:23

  There are some good prices on hotel + parking included for the duration of your holiday – on the MSE link. Don’t forget you’ll get another 15% off these prices if you manage to double dip on Amex link above.

  Eg 1 Double room (2 adults) on ‎Thu‎, ‎December‎ ‎15‎, ‎2016 with parking until ‎Mon‎, ‎January‎ ‎2‎, ‎2017 (17 days parking)
  Mystery 4-star hotel with parking £123 (=£105) [Crown Plaza or Sheraton?]
  easyHotel with parking at the hotel £104 (=£88)
  Crowne Plaza with parking at the hotel £150 (=£128)

  Bearing in mind parking is going to set you back £80-100 if you buy it separately, the rooms are cheap.

• Ian says:

  14 Jan14 January 13:43

  Shame the airport parking at heathrow is all third party. or it is on my 5 week booking request.

  I would not leave my keys with purple parking for any discount!

  • harry says:

    14 Jan14 January 13:46

    Why not? can I innocently ask? I’ve used PP maybe 30-40 times, faultless, I’m impressed by their service & security systems.

    Bad experience in the past?

    • Ian says:

      14 Jan14 January 14:57

      I would rather keep my own car keys than risk a third party driving my car anywhere.

      I drove past a group of cars the other day near gatwick that had clearly been parked by a company. These were all parked on a road nose to tail. Not how the average car owner would park. I bet these owners thought their cars were secure!

      Would rather park in a hotel car park or long stay. At least I know where my car is!

      Sadly none of these car parks are at Heathrow on the site referenced.

      • harry says:

        14 Jan14 January 15:11

        Purple Parking Business is a top notch secure executive car park just 5 mins from airport. We tend to use Purple Parking Long Stay + ‘Greet’ ie chauffeur returns car to Terminal carpark ready for when you clear Immigration. Their car parks are 100% secure, much more secure than leaving your car in one of the official Heathrow terminal car parks.

        3rd party driving it? Well, they’re insured. I daresay many cars get driven by 3rd parties at MOTs or services.

        • Tom says:

          14 Jan14 January 23:30

          I had the front wing of my car destroyed while parked at the Heathrow official long stay car park at T5 by one of their buses. Took months to get repaired too..

• Kay says:

  14 Jan14 January 13:54

  Pop into my local Tesco and they were selling NowTV with 3 months entertainment pass for £7 and 6 months for £15. It also states that you get additional 100 Tesco points. This is cheaper than what is currently showing on TescoDirect.

• David says:

  14 Jan14 January 14:19

  Two rather O/T comments however:

  1) Don’t forget that Marriott points will start expiring, beginning soon. I have some points I need to somehow keep from expiring (with no plans to stay anytime soon); others may be similar.

  2) Are Propeller still recommended by HfP for hotel bookings? I am aware of the recent Flyertalk thread, however the bookings link appears to have been removed from the top bar and you have not run an article for a while. Neither does there appear to be any mention on the “Hotel promos” page.

  • Rob says:

    14 Jan14 January 14:33

    Yes, they can still do them – they a Virtuoso relationship now as well for increased choice. We have jointly agreed to hold back promotion until they can do BA tickets however. You can get a quote via their website and Daniel or Sofi will get back to you.

  • Chris says:

    14 Jan14 January 14:40

    I extended my mums Marriott points just last week by buying 1,000 points. The charge hit my card at £8.85. I felt it was as easy just to buy a small amount that buying or redeeming. The points take 24hrs to appear in the account.

• Simmo says:

  14 Jan14 January 16:31

  O/T Again.

  Did the reviews of the T3 Lounges ever get posted? Interested in the OneWorld options!

  • Rob says:

    14 Jan14 January 17:47

    Yes, all there! AA, BA, No 1 Traveller, Swissport (Cathay is now closed for refurb). Quick search will find them.

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