Bits: win with The Times and The Telegraph travel awards, no more Nectar points on easyJet

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• Save EC Rewards says:

  30 Jul30 July 04:50

  Could this mean easyJet are thinking of introducing a proper frequent traveller scheme? I know they have Flight Club but they have nothing where you can redeem points for flights.

  This is a loss of a relatively minor partner for Nectar. easyJet don’t actively promote Nectar (presumably because it’s meaningless to non-UK residents), so it’s just an extra bonus for dedicated Nectar collectors (is there such a thing?) to get a few points. I can’t see it affecting anyone’s choice of airline.

  No one seems to have noticed that Hull Trains is no longer a Nectar partner! It does seem odd that Hull Trains drops out but other FirstGroup companies remain in the scheme, will they follow?

• JamesB says:

  30 Jul30 July 06:27

  OT: Rob, you’ve mentioned a few times that one of your favourite uses of MR points are rooms at Park Plaza for visiting family and friends. How are you finding points or points and cash availability? Of all the hotel chains I find ClubCarlson the most difficult to use with premium brands in major European cities rarely ever having rooms available for Points.

  • Rob says:

    30 Jul30 July 09:10

    Never had a problem but I tend to only look at specific times (weekends, summer).

    • JamesB says:

      30 Jul30 July 10:37

      Thanks, I’ll havs a more detailed look but so far little joy.

    • JamesB says:

      30 Jul30 July 16:40

      It seems I was trying to book too far in advance. Good availability next few months,

• mark2 says:

  30 Jul30 July 08:58

  re competitions.
  They always say that you have to take the prize as described. Has anyone ever managed to negotiate a change with the travel company which is actually organising it?

  • Rob says:

    30 Jul30 July 09:06

    These things are rarely set in stone but it depends how each company is structured. When we do a comp we are dealing directly with the decision maker at the sponsor and it is easy to discuss any tweaks. The bigger the company and the more agencies etc in the mix the harder it gets.

• The Original Nick. says:

  30 Jul30 July 09:11

  Slightly O:T, I’ve just received the September Times Travel Magazine from the 4500 Avios promo from last year. I cancelled my DD a few months ago. Will this be the last issue did anyone know?

  • Genghis says:

    30 Jul30 July 09:16

    If you ordered same time as me then yes. I diarised that this would be the last one

    • The Original Nick says:

      30 Jul30 July 10:08

      Thanks. No final call note for me though.

  • james says:

    30 Jul30 July 09:53

    When I received the September issue, right above the address, there was a very clear message saying Final Call, this is the last copy of your current subscription. I was quite impressed with that.

  • JamesB says:

    30 Jul30 July 10:44

    September final issue for me, I informed them by email I did not want to renew and got an explicitly clear email in response confirming this and which issue would be the last. No hassle at all from them.

• Mark LLL says:

  30 Jul30 July 11:41

  Times travel competition, there may be multiple votes but there is only a single draw entry.

  Sorry Best Country, I lost my chance of voting in other categories by submitting the entry form straight after Best Airline.

  I should’ve exhausted all the voting options before submitting the form, oops.

• Yuff says:

  30 Jul30 July 12:12

  OT: my 40k HSBC points, for elite MasterCard, posted this month. Annual fee got taken from my last statement 😉

• zsalya says:

  30 Jul30 July 12:14

  Most of the Times prizes exclude flights from the UK.

• Barnaby100 says:

  30 Jul30 July 15:47

  Spend £30k ish a year between us on east coast but never received anything. As people seat hop not sure how this would work anyway

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