Bits: 1200 Avios via Tesco PayQwiq, Emirates launches Athens to NYC, HfP on the radio

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• Wally1976 says:

  24 Jan24 January 10:08

  Grrr PayQwick won’t work on my phone as it says it’s rooted. It isn’t but it’s a Wileyfox which uses a modified version of the Android operating system (Cyanogen). Would be interested if anyone knows any workarounds for this. Thanks.

  • Alex W says:

    24 Jan24 January 22:46

    Flash some different firmware etc then un root your phone? Try searching XDA developers.

• Tony says:

  24 Jan24 January 10:27

  At the risk of upsetting BrianDT… another OT
  Has anyone experienced any issues with Bon Vivant that Rob promoted last week? I used the HfP form on 16th with an enquiry and then chased again on 20th but still no reply. In my chaser I did ask if they were unable to assist to let me know.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:49

    Will give Emyr a nudge. He was swamped last week with around 150 enquiries, so if you assume 30 minutes for research per enquiry (and that is before dealing with people who want to book post enquiry …..). It should have settled down now. Private feedback to me so far from readers has been positive.

  • Emyr Thomas says:

    24 Jan24 January 10:56

    Hi Tony,

    I’m afraid I did not receive either of your messages – I’ve just sent you an email now so please reply to that and I’ll look into it ASAP.

    Many thanks,
    Emyr

    • Tony says:

      24 Jan24 January 11:56

      Many thanks – have replied to your email. Appreciate the quick response from both Rob and Emyr

• Nick_C says:

  24 Jan24 January 10:40

  Has anyone tried using Payqwiq in Tesco petrol stations? The Express reports you can but there is nothing on the website about it.

  • Mike Sedgwick says:

    24 Jan24 January 12:04

    I’ve used it successfully to buy Tesco fuel. Very handy for paying by Amex whilst also getting Clubcard points.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    24 Jan24 January 20:40

    Works at the Kiosk but not pay at the pumps from what I can tell

    • Alan says:

      24 Jan24 January 21:01

      Yep, pay at pump is card only.

    • Mike Sedgwick says:

      25 Jan25 January 09:25

      +1

• Liz says:

  24 Jan24 January 11:15

  OT sorry about off topic but is anyone else having problems seeing their recent activity on the IHG website – I can see it in the app but on the website it says there is a problem processing your request – try again later or call customer service – it’s been like that for a couple of days now – no activity showing at all but points are correct.

  • Alan says:

    24 Jan24 January 11:26

    All showing up fine for me, Liz (my latest credit card points just posted too, love how efficient they are with this aspect!). Accelerate taking weeks as always to update but no problem with main points. Perhaps worth trying in private browsing to see if some cookie/cache issue?

    • Liz says:

      24 Jan24 January 11:45

      Thanks Alan – I don’t know how to do private browsing – not much of a techie – my pts from the weekend have posted today and showing in the app but no activity at all is showing on the website – I’ll have a clear out of cookies – I’ve sent them an email so will see what happens. They posted my 1000 birthday bonus a couple of days ago and today I have a new app message saying there was an error with my bonus and they are posting me another 1000 pts! Then hopefully my bumper 125102 pts Birthday stay pts will post too. My credit card ones should post hopefully tomorrow. Loving all these points ATM!

      • Alan says:

        24 Jan24 January 11:49

        Wish they would offer me these sort of birthday bonuses!!

        In either Firefox (private browsing) or Chrome (incognito mode) it should just be an option in the menu to open a new window in that mode 🙂

        I’m off to St Andrews now for a wee beach walk, not the best day for it but at least a break from the screen for a while!

        • Liz says:

          24 Jan24 January 12:03

          Enjoy – we walked our feet off at the weekend around Edinburgh – we don’t normally stay over in Edinburgh and enjoyed doing stuff we don’t normally do on day trips there! Climbed the Scott Monument which we have never done before!

  • h1tvd says:

    24 Jan24 January 13:35

    Showing for me too, credit card spend just posted today too

    • Alan says:

      24 Jan24 January 13:56

      Yeah I’ve been pretty impressed with Creation – points post to IHG a day or so before the statement is even generated, Plat status was showing within a couple of days of successful card application and foreign spend multiplier correctly applied. Waiting to see if IHG spend also correctly boosted but overall have found it to all work nicely (I appreciate this hasn’t been the experience for everyone though).

      • What's the Point says:

        24 Jan24 January 16:34

        Really Alan!
        I’ve had nothing but grief since getting the Creation IHG card in August. I’ve only had one lump of points get transferred, and that is after hounding them repeatedly. They had to do it manually as well.
        Terrible customer service.
        Chances of me seeing my free stay voucher automatically…..zero….

        • Alan says:

          24 Jan24 January 16:39

          I know, WtP – my experience has definitely been at odds to some I’ve seen reported here, but there really hasn’t been a single issue so far. First IHG stay was this past month though, so will see what statement says for that.

        • Steve-B says:

          24 Jan24 January 18:38

          My experience with Creation has been positive so far. Points post very promptly. The only downside was when I needed a replacement card and was told that my current card would be deactivated at midnight and I’d have to wait a few days before the next one arrives which unfortunately coincided with wanting to use it to pay for a recent stay at an IHG property.

      • Genghis says:

        24 Jan24 January 18:42

        IHG spend calculates correctly on my statements

• Phill says:

  24 Jan24 January 12:33

  Just tried using PayQwiq at one of the Manchester stores which has just introduced this and the the self service till wouldnt scan the barcode even though the PayQwiq option was on screen. I was told that some of the tills arent fully working with PayQwiq yet. Will try again tomorrow on a different till!

  • Graeme says:

    24 Jan24 January 14:04

    You have to use the vertical scanner, don’t you?

  • Alex W says:

    24 Jan24 January 22:49

    Try turning up your screen brightness to max.

• rams1981 says:

  24 Jan24 January 14:25

  I used a self checkout at lunch time for £1.20 spend using the app. all went smoothly though receipt doesn’t mention the bonus points. Is that the case so you need to track it later?

  • Alan says:

    24 Jan24 January 14:34

    Yep, they’re never mentioned on the receipt for PayQwiq. Can take weeks for them to get added. If any issues though the customer support team can see the transactions took place and can add them manually if necessary.

    • rams1981 says:

      24 Jan24 January 14:51

      thanks Alan

• Julie says:

  24 Jan24 January 14:49

  I used PAYQWIQ out near Oxford and all seemed to work ok. Really easy to set up and use . Just hope it’s not like BINK which hasn’t worked for me at all.

  • Rob says:

    24 Jan24 January 15:10

    Our Pizza Express Avios have been turning up OK!

    • sedgie says:

      24 Jan24 January 15:26

      +1

    • David says:

      24 Jan24 January 17:56

      Mine haven’t! 🙁

    • Julie says:

      24 Jan24 January 18:57

      I signed up and had a pizza on the afternoon of the HFP Xmas party. Nothing happened in the way of points so Anika gave me an email address. Emailed before Xmas. Firstly I got an automatic reply. A couple of days later I received a reply asking to send a copy of the receipt. I did this at the very start of January. I’ve heard nothing, not even an automatic reply. I sent it to two email addresses. the person who replied to me and the original one Anika gave me.

      • Rob says:

        24 Jan24 January 20:03

        I got 284 Avios today from a family lunch last Saturday, which is roughly the same time frame as the last time I used it.

• Yisroel says:

  24 Jan24 January 15:56

  Anyone else having issues logging in to payqwiq? My username and password from tesco.com don’t work on the payqwiq app.

  • Julie says:

    24 Jan24 January 19:00

    I did find that although my Tesco password starts with a capital it didn’t like it when I set the PayQwiq a/c up. When I tried with all lower case it was ok. See if that works.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    24 Jan24 January 20:45

    You need to register separately don’t you?

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