Bits: Luxury Travel Diary auctions, Amex Travel cashback deal

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• Peter says:

  3 Jan3 January 14:38

  Re Hilton
  Think they are calling it.
  It’s a travelution.
  They conducted a survey a while ago,
  Nothing sounded good to me

  • Rob says:

    3 Jan3 January 14:45

    That’s not it, apparently. I spoke to the head of HH about it at the time and he denied it (and it was an incredibly stupid idea). The fact that none of the hashtags or feeds mentioned in that survey actually existed meant I believed him.

    • peter says:

      4 Jan4 January 02:24

      they paid a lot of £75 for taking the survey if they were just going to scrap the changes

• the real harry1 says:

  3 Jan3 January 14:52

  First Utility, meant to say

  • James67 says:

    3 Jan3 January 16:06

    Keep your fingers crossed nothing goes wrong or you’ll end up expending £100s in terms of your time

    • the real harry says:

      3 Jan3 January 22:02

      not sure if you mean FU CS in particular being problematic – or switching in general

      I must have switched about 12 or 14 times in the last 5 years and never had any issues except when once I misread an electricity dial, in itself a very minor issue that got resolved shortly

      took me about 20 mins today to research a few deals then 3 mins to switch, it’s so simple

      • James67 says:

        3 Jan3 January 23:25

        I’ve never had problems switching either, it was when I left first utility I ran into horrendous problems getting a final bill and a refund from them. It took months and endless calls and emails. I settled on decent compensation with them but it didn’t cover the time and hassle involved. I thought I might have been unlucky but since then I’ve seen nunerous reports of poor CS. They like you to submut meter readings monthly but after doing so you have to wait about a week for the bill online. If you miss a reading they generate a bill anyway then cancel it next time you submit a reading with a very messy statement as a result.

• Chris says:

  3 Jan3 January 15:01

  Very OT:

  One of the IHG Credit cards (Barclaycard Visa vs new Creation Mastercard) posts the free night at the end of the membership year, and the other posts in the month you hit £10k

  Question is, which is which!?

  • Alan says:

    3 Jan3 January 15:11

    Ooh that’s an easy one! After £10k send for Barclaycard, at end of 12 months for Creation.

    Do I win anything? If only pub quizzes had these sort of questions!

    • Alan says:

      3 Jan3 January 15:11

      *spend

    • Chris says:

      3 Jan3 January 15:19

      Depends, if you’re someone who can sell something I can liquidate at zero loss, and you take VISA, then you win £10 in turnover…

      Otherwise it’s just a thanks very much 🙂

      • Alan says:

        3 Jan3 January 15:31

        Hehe 😉

    • Johnnycl says:

      3 Jan3 January 17:59

      Double or quits Alan…is my £10k Barclaycard target per calendar year or account year?

      TIA 🙂

      • Alan says:

        3 Jan3 January 18:02

        Account year, just like Lloyds Avios 🙂

        • Johnnycl says:

          3 Jan3 January 21:50

          Many thanks!

• Fenny says:

  3 Jan3 January 15:51

  Ooh, that 3 deal sounds interesting. I’m about due for a renewal of my contract, so will have a look at what else I could get from CPW that compares.

  • Fenny says:

    3 Jan3 January 23:50

    Cheers, I’ll have a look. I don’t really use my phone that much, but the FAH data when abroad is the benefit here. I’m currently paying £10/month including a handset, but am quite happy with the phone, so a SIM only deal is fine. It will save me money and time over the year by not looking for local SIMs when I’m travelling.

    • Alan says:

      4 Jan4 January 00:19

      Yep, I’ve found FAH data rates pretty rubbish but the lack of hassle us good and not having to worry about cost for receiving calls also great. Was in USA then Canada a couple of months ago and found it such a pain when I didn’t have it in Canada!

• Genghis says:

  3 Jan3 January 16:15

  Tidy. I’ll come to you next time I renew!

  • Alan says:

    3 Jan3 January 16:16

    Haha it’s the benefit of an extra bank holiday in Scotland today – tidying up all these household things when the companies are open down South! 😀

• Genghis says:

  3 Jan3 January 16:31

  When I was at LBG I was always jealous of my Scottish colleagues’ extra bank holiday.

  • Alan says:

    3 Jan3 January 16:36

    Haha well I’ve made the most of it, Wed to Fri last week was very busy at work!

• Liz says:

  3 Jan3 January 17:14

  I’ve looked at that too over the Xmas period as I am on the Eon V19 tariff. Also Eons new v21 does not include the rewards – only their standard rate. I have till the end of the month to decide where to go.

  • Mike says:

    3 Jan3 January 23:35

    Ah, someone else that’s getting shafted by Eon. I’m on v19 and it’s just about to expire. The new offer is shocking – £60 a month more. Last year they done the same and I sat it out and they came along with a much better offer. I’ve got 1600 pts sitting on the account at the moment but noticed the new tariff offers don’t come with rewards points. Time to move on I think.

• Sohan says:

  3 Jan3 January 17:22

  By the way last night I got a free drink voucher at a Hilton for the first time since I was told they were gone several months ago. Mistake or u turn?…

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