Bits: World Travel Market is coming, bonus PartnerPlusBenefit points to Japan

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• Mike says:

  14 Oct14 October 05:42

  I’m going on the Tues or Weds (the days you can blag easily)
  Just downloaded my free pass now.

• Nadir says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:06

  Another OT post…

  Any suggestions for a quick way to generate activity on my Iberia account? It’s more than 90 days old but I realised I haven’t had any activity in it so I can’t transfer Avios from my BAEC.

  • Rob says:

    14 Oct14 October 08:10

    Amex MR points transfer? Obviously you could credit a flight etc. There was the wine offer we covered a few days ago. Hotel points transfer also works.

  • xcalx says:

    14 Oct14 October 08:37

    If you have any e-reward points they transfer over to IB within 24 to 36 hours.

    • David says:

      14 Oct14 October 09:58

      How do you add Iberia to an existing e-rewards account (which traditionally transfers to Avios)?

      • xcalx says:

        14 Oct14 October 11:33

        Some e-reward accounts have multi transfer partners. If the only partner is Avios then e-rewards can only be deposited with that partner. Another point worth noting is that the name on the e-rewards account can be changed at any time, then avios etc can be deposited into that named persons accounts. In some of my accounts there are 26 partners.

        • David says:

          14 Oct14 October 14:15

          21 partners on mine, though appears to have reduced recently. Still got Iberia, BAEC and Avios so still getting the 5k avios/month without much hassle.

        • Russell says:

          14 Oct14 October 15:17

          I have always had access to Iberia, BA and Avios accounts from e-rewards over the years, plus Virgin, KLM and others.

          But only thanks to HfP have I realised that I should always transfer to Iberia, as I get 50% more avios (750 rather than 500, for example) for 2 000 e-Rewards points to Iberia.

          I find that only one hotel partner is offered, but all the airlines, as well as other organisations.

  • Nadir says:

    14 Oct14 October 18:11

    Thanks everyone. Will probably go with e-rewards.

    I wasn’t aware that Iberia gave you more Avios for e-rewards points! Good to know!

• idrive says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:10

  Morning, yes it is worth nudging them. Just yesterday they processed some stays from March on my account

  • Fenny says:

    14 Oct14 October 19:14

    They processed two of my claims from March. One is now actually showing at the 18% advertised, the other at 12%. Both were booked on the same day for stays in the same week. Of course, it’s the higher amount that has only tracked at 12%.

• Coli JE says:

  14 Oct14 October 14:02

  For On Business being VAT registered is not enough. You need to be Limittd Co status too. I got chucked out because I was a sole trader, even though I was VAT registered.
  Unless this has changed?

• Lady London says:

  14 Oct14 October 14:07

  Is there any sign of BA On Business even admitting in their t’s and c’s that they did a silent switch to requiring VAT and will block anyone earning who’s not VAT registered. I still didn’t see it in the t’s and c’s last time I looked although they are enforcing this new condition. We are not VAT registered for perfectly valid reasons. AA, for example, is not enforcing such a requirement in their scheme.

  Meanwhile it’s seriously annoying that we did some high-earning international flights that we could have done with other airlines, and then found out we wouldn’t get the On Business points because BA is sneakily operating an unfair rule.

• Russell says:

  14 Oct14 October 15:20

  Ah, WTM. I remember well the first time I went in the early 1990s, when my tour operation business was still getting off the ground. Endless enthusiasm for the place.

  I also remember well the lasst time I went in 2013, and was absolutely delighted never to have to go again!

  • Rob says:

    14 Oct14 October 16:35

    I agree. It is not very relevant for us – the Business Travel Show is 10x more useful for HFP, especially as the key people are also there but are more accessible. Churlish not to go, though, given that I only have to hop on the DLR for a few minutes whilst most of the attendees will have flown in from all corners of the world!

    • Russell says:

      14 Oct14 October 20:09

      Sure, if you live only a few stops away from Excel you are free to get out and go home for an hour, then go back again. My early years it was still at Earls Court, which was far more convenient having overnighted with family a few stops to the west of there.

      DLR do seem to have got their act together these days, but I think it was 8 years ago, and on the Monday morning, that people had to be stopped from pouring onto the DLR platforms at Canning Town, as they were arriving far faster than the occasional two-car unit could move them to Excel. I went back downstairs and found a completely empty bus to take me to Excel. It was very strange seeing all the exhibitors in place, but hardly any buyers!

      TBH, I did not know that they let journalists in on the Monday these days!
      🙂

      But much les uncivilised than the Wednesday or Thursday, certainly.

• xcalx says:

  15 Oct15 October 10:05

  “Don’t worry that the page only shows 1,500 points, your account will be manually credited with 3,000 points by PPB.”

  Raffles did PPB indicate when the account will be credited the extra 1500. Mine is only showing the normal sign up offer of 1500 points.

  • xcalx says:

    20 Oct20 October 18:02

    Raffles. I see you have updated the Information in the article to reflect the somewhat downgraded version of this offer. It now looks very similar to one of the previous versions from PPB as in getting the extra points after a flight booking. I saw in a story today that one reader did get the extra points.

    • Rob says:

      20 Oct20 October 18:14

      Yes, changed it. This was a genuine mistake between PPB and me, hopefully we will get it fixed for anyone who applied from that article on the day. Longer piece on this special deal coming soon.

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