News: 75% bonus buying IHG points, 20 years since Heathrow Junction station closed

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• ahop says:

  22 Jan22 January 15:56

  OT: My 241 voucher expires the day before I want to fly the outbound leg. Could flying from Jersey the week before it expires, layover in London for 7 days and then fly onward to my destination be a work around?

  • Rob says:

    22 Jan22 January 16:28

    In theory no but in practice ba.com might let you do it.

    • ahop says:

      22 Jan22 January 16:46

      I checked with a cash fare and wasn’t given the option but from within my exec account, using points I am. Seems like a useful work around.

      • ahop says:

        22 Jan22 January 16:57

        Although I am skeptical that the entire outward leg has to be flown before the 241 expiry, which would mean such a scenario would not work.

• Ade says:

  22 Jan22 January 16:08

  OT – For you Lego fans (or those who like me, have not amassed many points this month), Tesco have one of their usual 1k points for £60 on Teknik, lots of it seems normally (not inflated) priced

  • Rob says:

    22 Jan22 January 16:27

    Thanks, onto this for SP tomorrow.

• Walty says:

  22 Jan22 January 16:28

  O/T – Anyone still getting an error when trying to set up & send Amex MR points to Nectar? I get an error message when adding my number (full number on card inc spaces) and dob.

  Last time I did this I needed to phone but hoping for a workaround.

  • Paulm says:

    22 Jan22 January 16:37

    Leave off the first 8 digits of the card number and it should work

    • Walty says:

      22 Jan22 January 17:13

      Tried various combinations, including that but nothing is working. Same error. Thanks

• Tom1 says:

  22 Jan22 January 16:41

  O/t – if I book Hilton hotels via the Amex fine hotels scheme, do I still benefit from Hilton Gold privileges and earn points? The resort credit would be handy.

  • Louise says:

    22 Jan22 January 17:01

    No points but you should get privileges if you contact hotel beforehand (in my experience)

    • Rob says:

      22 Jan22 January 17:32

      Fine Hotels & Resorts stays should get points I think – I have never not had points with other chains when booking via FHR. As it happens, I am doing a Waldorf Astoria stay on a FHR rate next week so if you give me 10 days I can confirm.

      • Tom1 says:

        22 Jan22 January 18:07

        ok thanks – will set a reminder to ask you in a couple of week.
        Do you still need to hold the platinum card at the time of the stay, or just to book ?

        • Rob says:

          22 Jan22 January 18:26

          You need to pay with an Amex card. Sometimes the hotel forgets but that is the rule and they are meant to insist. Can be any Amex though.

  • Rob says:

    22 Jan22 January 17:33

    What Gold privilege are you thinking of? You get free breakfast and an upgrade (probably better than a Gold would get) via FHR anyway.

  • Dominic says:

    22 Jan22 January 17:43

    Stayed at the Waldorf Astoria through FHR last year. Points and stay tracked fine with Hilton for me as I added my Hilton number on booking. Pretty good suite upgrade too!

    • Tom1 says:

      22 Jan22 January 18:08

      good news, thanks.

• Lee says:

  22 Jan22 January 16:45

  OT – Rob posted a code for German residents to sign up BA account with 4500 avios in Oct, it finally arrived after 3 months. Thanks!

  • wally1976 says:

    23 Jan23 January 11:43

    +1 just seen this too 🙂

• Nick says:

  22 Jan22 January 19:12

  How do I check the expiry date of my Hilton Gold? And am I right in thinking now is the best time to get Amex Plat (if I need to renew it) in order to maximise the time I get the benefits for?

• Jen says:

  22 Jan22 January 19:26

  I’ve tried to redeem my groupon avois again this evening with no joy. It just says my voucher has already been emailed. I’ve tried IE, safari, firefox and chrome. Beginning to despair now.
  I get to the page where you enter the coupon code, security code and email address but on the odd occasion I get past this, I get a page asking for my email address and then the message saying my voucher has already been sent.
  Can anyone advise me please? Am I doing something wrong?
  Many thanks

  • Jame says:

    23 Jan23 January 04:00

    I got the same page, can not understand, will wait for a few days before charging back the money.

• EOC says:

  22 Jan22 January 21:01

  I got an email response from Groupon asking for my Iberia Plus number. Who knows if that will sort it.

  If points not in in next 24 hrs I am going get Amex to refund the 19 euros. Wasted too much time on a bunch of incompetents for very minor reward.

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