Bits: 25% off Priority Pass, Flight Experience London simulator discounts, AddLee deal

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• Luke says:

  13 Nov13 November 03:24

  I bought prestige priority pass last week using old marriot link (been around for ages), which give you 15 months membership for 233£.

  • Lady London says:

    13 Nov13 November 07:25

    Can you provide the link please Luke… or is it easy to find

    • Lady London says:

      13 Nov13 November 07:36

      Tx

• the real harry1 says:

  13 Nov13 November 06:37

  my eldest son is nearly 17

  do you reckon I can get the Plat with him as my wing man – then we could guest in the other 2 kids?

  cost-wise, it stacks up OK – I call 30K points £300, so it’s net £150 sub

  we currently fly 8 legs pa, so it’s be 8x 4 lounge visits or £4.69/ visit

  I could time it to cover Xmas, Easter, May/June half term, summer hols out before cancelling = sub £262.50 (7/12x £450) = net free or free/ visit

  • Mike says:

    13 Nov13 November 12:31

    I would think it’s minimum 18 on any credit card (supplementary or otherwise). I know I couldn’t get finance in my son’s name last year for his car until he turned 18.

    • Nick says:

      13 Nov13 November 19:15

      It is not and never has been 18 for a (supplementary) card, only main accounts – they can go to anyone you want. Kids of posho families have long held credit cards linked to daddy’s account.

  • Polly says:

    13 Nov13 November 16:51

    You know l think you would wing it literally! We have friends whose daughter was in boarding school here from 16, and lm sure she was instructed to put every single coffee on her family BA credit card. After all it’s still your card, your account, you are just adding him. They may call you up to ask why he needs it, but it might be worth a go. It’s not a CC in His name only.

• Roger says:

  13 Nov13 November 06:38

  OT

  Any offers floating around for Tesco Bank new account Sign up?
  Particularly looking it to pay HMRC from next year but more immediately have a car purchase coming up and hoping that I can use Debit card and get some CC points.

  • Zoe says:

    13 Nov13 November 07:42

    You can often do part of a car purchase using a credit card. I think the Land Rover dealer allowed the first 5K on a (non Amex) card at no extra cost last time my husband bought one.

    • the real harry1 says:

      13 Nov13 November 07:57

      you only need to put £1 on a credit card to get S75 protection when buying a car (little known fact!)

      [yes, I do understand the purpose was to earn max points…]

      • Tom says:

        13 Nov13 November 18:55

        Will be interesting to see how this changes when credit card/PayPal/etc fees are scrapped next year.
        Will all prices suddenly jump by 1-2% to cover for the cc fee ?

        I once bought a car on my Switch Card – long before I realised the opportunity of collecting points.

      • the real harry1 says:

        13 Nov13 November 19:01

        console yourself – many dealers wouldn’t let you pay on credit card in any case, due to the fees – they’ll all let you pay something, as they know about S75 – I think I put through a token amount on my last car – can’t recommend these people highly enough if you are in the South West http://www.carbase.co.uk/

        they specialise in 3YO ex-fleet cars that have had an easy motorway life for the most part & been properly serviced; the big depreciation has been done

• Bach says:

  13 Nov13 November 09:05

  OT – Amex offer 20£ back 60£ spend on eurostar
  Anyone experience buying e-voucher with previous amex offers? T&C explicitly states it’s not eligible but tempted to try…

  • KevMc says:

    13 Nov13 November 16:04

    According to the Ts and Cs of the website, the voucher is issued by Voucher Express, and that is what would appear on your card statement, so I don’t think it would work.

    However, if the Eurostar counters in St Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Ashford train stations sell physical vouchers (which I don’t think they do?), then you could do probably do it there.

• DownTheBack says:

  13 Nov13 November 09:23

  OT: Just back from IC Berlin last week using Ambassador certificate, incidentally they did let us keep the same room for the 3rd night which was booked on points. They were going to charge 88 Euro for access to the Club Lounge for the 3rd day but after waiting 1 hour for room to be ready when we arrived, they told us they would waive 88 Euro for keeping us waiting.
  My query is should the first night I paid for on the Ambassador stay count towards the elite status and Accelerate promo ? It has shown on my IHG account as 1 stay of 2 nights non qualifying and another stay of 1 night also non qualifying ??

  Thanks DTB

  • Rob says:

    13 Nov13 November 09:25

    Yes it should. AMB cert weekends should post as 1 qualifying night.

  • Kathy says:

    13 Nov13 November 11:50

    Did you email ahead and ask to keep the same room or just ask when you checked in? I have a 5-night stay at IC Sydney with a mix of Amb cert, cash room, and points redemption so am wondering if I should ask in advance if I can keep the same room.

    • Rob says:

      13 Nov13 November 12:45

      Does no harm to email but usually not necessary.

    • DownTheBack says:

      13 Nov13 November 20:31

      Hi Kathy,

      We didn’t email ahead asking about the room but I did email to let them know it was our anniversary. They put a bottle of Prosecco and a nice bouquet of flowers in our room on our anniversary. First time in an IC and very happy with how we were treated.
      Although I am Spire elite with IHG I had never heard of the Ambassador card and the best way to use it, so a very big thank you to Rob again.

• Mikeact says:

  13 Nov13 November 09:45

  I’m trying the simulator tomorrow in Putney. I thought I’d give the old Hong Kong, Kai Tak airport ago….as it was always an interesting approach to see the washing hung out.

  • the real harry1 says:

    13 Nov13 November 10:31

    yep that was fun!

    apparently Madeira can be a bit hairy as well

  • David says:

    13 Nov13 November 14:37

    It’s well worth doing. Try the flight from Chep Lap Kok to Kai Tak, which goes over the Kowloon peninsula, with HK Island on the starboard side on approach.

    • the real harry1 says:

      13 Nov13 November 21:16

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Ccs5tKfw

      spin to 3.00 🙂

      • the real harry1 says:

        13 Nov13 November 21:18

        better! 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqO6gdJIz8

      • the real harry1 says:

        13 Nov13 November 21:21

        Concorde! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7Q-Z2PGQw

• Wally1976 says:

  13 Nov13 November 12:14

  OT – transferring points from Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Flying Club – does anyone know which (if any) details they match up? Or do they just use the VFC number you give. Thanks.

  • TripRep says:

    13 Nov13 November 18:41

    did this recently from my TCC to my wife’s VS FC a/c, I suspect its also surname + address.

    • Wally1976 says:

      14 Nov14 November 08:30

      Thanks TripRep. I was hoping to transfer from an account with a different address (just same name). Might try it with a £2.50 transfer as a test. It does work for the 1000 miles auto-conversion bonus each quarter!

• Jovanna says:

  13 Nov13 November 13:53

  Does anyone have any advice on whether the £15 upsell is worth it for the Clubrooms in the No.1 Lounge at Gatwick South?

  I tried to get in the No.1 Lounge last Friday with my PP. It was full, so needed a reservation. Offered the Clubrooms for £15. I declined.

  20 minutes later there was space in the No.1 Lounge, so entered that. You’re given a menu these days to choose your food from. You have to exchange the menu at the bar when you order. No menu = no food – so restricted to one food order. Portions haven’t improved.

  Meanwhile, over at the Grain Store, is it possible to order 2 x £15 worth of food / drink items from the deli counter, if you have a guest with you but just one PP card? How does that work?

  • Rob says:

    13 Nov13 November 14:33

    Grain Store charges your PP card for you and 1 guest. If you get a free guest with your PP then that is the end of the matter, if you don’t get a free guest (ie your PP is not from Amex) then PP bills you £15.

    • New Card says:

      13 Nov13 November 14:38

      You’ll be asked by the waiter to sign an electronic thing when you use PP at Grain Store. Watch out for the number of guests showing on the electronic thing when you sign, as they processed mine wrong and charged me for an extra guest. (PP were very good at refunding it once they saw my number of entries to the lounge on the same afternoon didn’t match up with the number of people reported by the Grain Store…)

  • Leo says:

    13 Nov13 November 21:29

    I used the Clubrooms with PP last month at LGW North. It was £20 each plus the £15 1x guest fee. Would I bother again? Erm…I had 3 good cocktails and they were serving fizz. Booze isn’t limited. The cooked breakfast was good….in my defence regarding the early boozing I felt “forced” to make my money back. Nice enough – quiet with table service – but I’d probably stick with Number 1 in the future.

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