Bits: two good Avios / Tesco toy deals, Opodo discounts, HfP Dubai competition winner

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• Mycity says:

  26 Jun26 June 16:00

  O/T, BA Exec Club offering 50% bonus on buying Avios, ends 30th June.

  • the real harry1 says:

    26 Jun26 June 17:10

    100K + 50K bonus = £1615

    I think that’s pretty good if you want a quick boost to your bank balance without any hassle

    Smaller amounts also seem priced fairly

    Of most use to people short of what they need for (say) a decent LH 241 opp

    But you could immediately show a good saving on the newly released flights such as Salzburg etc where the cash tickets are already £300 in economy & there are plenty of redemption opps

    • Genghis says:

      26 Jun26 June 17:55

      Goes to show how good the Tesco printer ink deal was though…

      • the real harry1 says:

        26 Jun26 June 18:13

        Mine will work out below 0.3p, as per normal if you don’t want to spend too much time on monetising them

        But my strong advice to anybody starting out on Avios & points is to grab this opp: you & your partner could so easily have 300K in the Avios bank (& I bet it’s evens that avios.com will run something similar) @ under 1.1p

        Add in all the free points, the cheap points, the bonus points etc & your average will improve quite easily

        Plus it leaves you free to take advantage of whatever comes up next or cheap 241s

        Compared to earning next to nothing in most savings a/cs, you might as well give yourself an opportunity cost advantage by parking your money here (and we’re not talking megabucks)

        • Doug M says:

          26 Jun26 June 19:57

          So long as there’s no Avios devaluation.

    • Anna says:

      26 Jun26 June 18:42

      Quite – 4 flights to Nice for May half term next year, which coincides with the Monaco Grand Prix, are nearly £1300. Very happy to have paid 60,000 avios plus £140 fees.

      • David says:

        26 Jun26 June 21:11

        We’re heading to Monza this year with flights via avios and hotels paid on LeClub Accor. Hurray! Last year’s Budapest Grand Prix was similarly covered by points. If only the F1 tickets were point-based!

    • JamesB says:

      26 Jun26 June 20:03

      As usual all depends on how and where used. Works for your peak date RFS uses but not my zone 7 CW which cost 150000 avios return plus about £700 taxes etc. I can buy miles-earning business class seats on AY or KL exUK for less than the cost of the avios alone under this promotion. It would not even work with a 241 because the overall cost would be ca£3000 plus the amex fee so it still exceeds the cost of two miles-earning exUK revenue flights. Not to mention one can probably feel a lot less concerned about a downgrade on those revenue flights than on a popular BA route using a 241.

• Anna says:

  26 Jun26 June 21:06

  Did we ever find out what the compensation for the 2 4 1 downgrade turned out to be?

  • Rob says:

    26 Jun26 June 23:14

    Still ongoing ….

• Pid says:

  26 Jun26 June 22:49

  OT- Plan to book a hilton stay for two people but have noticed the price is slightly more expensive for the same room for one person. As Hilton Gold I believe you are supposed to get the 2nd person at no additional cost. Therefore should I book the room for one person and will it cause issues if two people turn up?

  • Yan says:

    26 Jun26 June 22:54

    No problem, this is in their T&C

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