Exclusive: Get 100% bonus using Heathrow Rewards for shopping vouchers

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• Roger says:

  23 May23 May 05:47

  Flying out on Friday evening. Would the points post on Sunday or Monday early morning allowing this conversion on Monday?

  • Stu_N says:

    23 May23 May 06:24

    Depends on the store – Dixons Travel and World Duty Free usually post within 24 hours. Others (Boots and some of the food outlets) take a few days in my experience.

    • Roger says:

      23 May23 May 06:40

      Assume buying Curry’s GC at Dixons Travel would work and will accept HEATHROW REWARDS card for earnings points.

      • Stephen Coulter says:

        24 May24 May 07:40

        Do they sell Currys gift cards? Took a quick look on the way past yesterday and didn’t see any on display at least. Presumably if you buy something in Dixons and return it to Currys they’ll give you a gift card though, anybody tried it?

• the real harry1 says:

  23 May23 May 06:34

  can you get vouchers for the pubs?

• Graham Walsh says:

  23 May23 May 07:28

  OT After chasing IHG via Twitter for the Q1 points (credit card spend) which then triggered the bonus points, finally posted last night. So if you are missing them worth chasing now.

  • roger rogers says:

    23 May23 May 19:48

    Good shout about Twitter.
    They managed to credit points on my account for Q1 Accelerate, which I email a couple of times.
    On Twitter they resolved it within an hour and had my points.
    Super impressive.

  • Leo says:

    24 May24 May 07:49

    Mine posted too – after opening card in March so maybe it was a batch thing.

• Tim says:

  23 May23 May 07:33

  How long do the vouchers last for? Can I use then for food and drink in the terminal?

  • Geordie says:

    23 May23 May 08:03

    Exactly 12 months from issue – the date is printed on the paper voucher. And yes. The vouchers can even be used for a pint of beer – making it a half-price dose of London water. Also: if you sign up to Heathrow Rewards you will more than likely receive a £5 voucher for spending more than £150 – as long as you can wait for the card and welcome letter to arrive – which typically takes a few days. Although to activate the Avios double points offer, spend would need to be £155+

• Andrew says:

  23 May23 May 07:36

  Great option on the skyward miles- I have 30k sitting around and would happily take a £200 spending voucher. What is the validity on the voucher when skywards –> heathrow points –> spending voucher?

  • EwanG says:

    23 May23 May 09:45

    Short answer is 12 months…

    If you move your points from EK to Heathrow Rewards the points will expire 3 years after the last transaction however if you convert the HR points into paper vouchers now these will be valid for 12 months from date of issue as mentioned above.

    On another point if you sign up for a new Heathrow Rewards account you don’t need to wait for the physical card to arrive. Just log into your account or use the Passbook card on iOS or even hold onto your receipts and send them in to get your points added.

    • Rob says:

      23 May23 May 10:26

      They also email you a welcome email containing a barcode, so even if you don’t have a smartphone you can print the barcode and show that. Or just give a shop your number manually, given that the cards don’t swipe much of the time anyway!

• roger says:

  23 May23 May 08:02

  EK MBNA free card has increased sign up bonus from 10K to 12K miles, if anyone is keen for that.
  Assume converting to HR one would get £80 worth of parking (12k -> 4k heathrow rewards points -> £80 in heathrow shopping/ parking vouchers)

  • Rob says:

    23 May23 May 08:32

    Yes, would work

  • craigs1973 says:

    23 May23 May 09:36

    however you would need to apply for the card, receive the card and spend £1000 for the 12k EK points, the HR bonus is only available until 29 May

• Rob says:

  23 May23 May 08:33

  I was under the impression it is vouchers only.

  • Riad says:

    23 May23 May 13:33

    Yep, you’re right, I received the following reply from Heathrow Rewards Customer Service: “We’d like to confirm that this promotion involves only prebooked vouchers, instant rewards exchange rate remains untouched.”

• DS says:

  23 May23 May 08:45

  There’s also this offer
  Earn double points on whisky: Offer valid from 1 May 2017 – 15 June 2017.

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