What we know about the new Clubcard conversion offers for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic

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• Alex W says:

  5 Feb5 February 05:26

  With the current 20% bonus that would be 3000 virgin miles for £10 vouchers, therefore 1.0p per virgin mile. I tend to value miles slightly above 1p so I’m happy with that.

  • Lumma says:

    5 Feb5 February 06:28

    The other thing with comparing taking miles with taking the Uber credit, is that you can save money by not getting a car by walking/using public transport. It’s like the good deal on using nectar points at Cafe Nero, you don’t need an overpriced hot drink.

    • Genghis says:

      5 Feb5 February 07:10

      Equally you don’t need to fly J etc. I don’t use Uber more paying with clubcard points than cash so to me it’s a good deal.

    • Mr dee says:

      5 Feb5 February 07:21

      Yes but when you start comparing in the way you mention you have to factor in the cost of your time lost by using a method which maybe more time consuming where you could be using that time to work. Example outside of most cities public transport can easily be 3 times longer than using a taxi/car.

      The uber comparion Rob makes is valid if you are going to be spending the money on uber anyway it wouldn’t be if it was speculative and you may use the credit just because of the transfer.

      Yes the site is about points but when there is a cash saving to be had instead of points that will put a value on what you are paying.

    • Crafty says:

      5 Feb5 February 08:07

      Most people are capable of deciding for themselves the product they want, and will then follow this by choosing the most suitable way of getting it, which may or may not be value driven.

      By your token, nobody “needs” to do long haul leisure flights and we should all hand back our Avios as a gesture of goodwill!

      • Yuff says:

        5 Feb5 February 08:32

        I’m reading this in Caffè Nero 😉

      • JamesB says:

        5 Feb5 February 10:52

        Yes, “want” not “need” is the key, and let’s face it, the reason most people read HFP is because they want to fly premium class. However, that “want” does not always equate with everybody “choosing” the right thing for themselves. Poor choices are often made, whether they be by psyche, ignorance, misunderstanding or just bad luck in timing.

    • John says:

      5 Feb5 February 08:43

      When Nero had the 50 points for a drink that was a good deal. Even so I only used it twice as I rarely feel the need for a hot (or cold) drink. I certainly wouldn’t pay £1.75 so the normal offer is not for me.

• paulm says:

  5 Feb5 February 06:33

  OT as bits – for Lounge Club, any recommendations for Geneva ? I note the site lists four lounges

  • Lumma says:

    5 Feb5 February 06:59

    I went in the Swiss business lounge about 18 months ago with lounge club. Was ok, nothing special, self service alcohol, hot buffet, haribo sweets. Don’t recall there being any other alternatives at the time though.

    • paulm says:

      5 Feb5 February 09:38

      Thanks

• Peter Taysum says:

  5 Feb5 February 06:47

  OT

  As I lie by the pool in Goa, I’m trying to work out My Flights coming up. I have one trip to Mexico listed but can’t add any of the others to My Flights since the change.

  Has anyone found a good alternative? I think Rob mentioned another app, but my gin addled mind can’t find the reference…

  Please help…

  • Crafty says:

    5 Feb5 February 08:08

    Out of interest (as we are in Goa in 4 weeks) any recommendations for days out with a 2 year old? Apologies if this is considered too off topic to be posted (do delete if so).

    • razvan says:

      5 Feb5 February 10:11

      CheckMyTrip is a good alternative.

    • Peter Taysum says:

      5 Feb5 February 13:28

      Sorry I’m not much help. We were a group of twelve, and as we’d come straight from working didn’t get out and about too much. Trip Advisor does have a lot of listings; so that might be a starting point. I hope you have a lovely time.

  • Rob says:

    5 Feb5 February 08:51

    I am trialling FlightLogger but all it really does it lists your flights (on the day it will give gate info etc too). Nothing can do what MyFlights did, checking for changes, due to nee privacy rules.

    • Peter Taysum says:

      5 Feb5 February 13:26

      I know it’s a first world problem, but I really miss it. I have a lovely birthday trip to Mexico listed on it, but all other flights I can’t add. Will try FlightLogger. But I *need it* ;-p

  • Lewis King says:

    5 Feb5 February 09:05

    Peter, how are you finding Goa? Looking at going next year.

    • Peter Taysum says:

      5 Feb5 February 13:24

      This is my second time. I do a Medical Mission this time each year, and have taken a bit of holiday after. Last year I went to North Goa and this year I’ve come with a group to South Goa. I find it quite lovely, and I think you can find something to all tastes from sedate sandy beaches to all out partying (these days I’m the former rather than the latter!)

      • Lewis King says:

        5 Feb5 February 17:03

        Yeah, I’m definitely the former and I’m fairly “young” still, hah! Thanks 😀

  • Cate says:

    5 Feb5 February 12:21

    Oh Peter your breaking our hearts 🙂 Have a G&T for all of us back in cold downcast blighty.

    • Peter Taysum says:

      5 Feb5 February 13:21

      I’m drinking gin for all of you… 🙂

• Nick M says:

  5 Feb5 February 07:12

  Is there a way to see your detailed past activity with Clubcard? – My “change” from part-using vouchers last quarter is about £20 less than I was expecting

  • Liz says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:26

    You can view your transactions for the current quarter and past 2 parters in your Clubcard account.

    • Nick M says:

      6 Feb6 February 10:22

      Thanks Liz – was able to check the dates and I can see that I received my “change” for the quarter before making another purchase (about 2 weeks before the cut off date) – so should be refunded next time…. I mistakenly assumed that the “change” would be added on the last day of the collection period

  • Chris says:

    6 Feb6 February 00:18

    I have this funny feeling I’ve also lost out this way recently. Problem is that I didn’t keep a record of the Avios purchase I used to generate the ‘change’.

    • Nick M says:

      6 Feb6 February 10:24

      You can see the value of the voucher you used and the date via Clubcard, and you should be able to search Avios transactions within a few days and tie the two up? As I found, the date the “change” is issued is earlier than I was expecting, so it may be that it is carried forward for you

• TripRep says:

  5 Feb5 February 07:16

  Great news on the Tesco –> Virgin Bonus.

  Kicking myself on Saturday as git email from Tesco and realised I’d forgot to turn off the autoconvert in advance, such a noob mistake.

  Read HFP tiday, goes checks balance, sees it’s now hit with 20% bonus, success.

  And yes I have now turned off autoconvert.

  #HappyMonday 😀

  • Liz says:

    5 Feb5 February 07:47

    Ouch! Hope you didn’t have a lot of points! Our two accounts have a few hundred £££ so I diaried to change in back in Dec. Didn’t get any auto convert bonus last time.

    • JP says:

      5 Feb5 February 08:47

      The multiple virgin conversion bonus stopped working on the same account ages ago. The first 3 or 4 paid out every time. Up until about 2 years ago.

      • JP says:

        5 Feb5 February 08:48

        By multiple conversion bonus, I mean the points for switching on the auto convert and not the 20% type bonus (which is fine to have multiple times).

      • Genghis says:

        5 Feb5 February 17:58

        I’ve had it the last few quarters (though not this)

• Rob MC says:

  5 Feb5 February 07:18

  OT,
  I’m sure this is correct. If I book a trip i.e lon- LAS 5th July returning YYZ – LON 3rd September is there any reason I can’t book journeys in between say LAX to LON and LON to YYZ in august?

  • Rob says:

    5 Feb5 February 08:50

    It is called nesting and, beyond a certain point, BA will come for you because you are exploiting price differentials between two departure points. As a one off, though, you’re fine.

    • Rob MC says:

      5 Feb5 February 09:06

      Thanks Rob. I’m basically hoping to do

      1. Dub- Lax via LHR cash BA
      2. Sea-ams -miles virgin
      3 AMS – LON cash BA
      3. LON -ams cash BA
      2 Ams-mco miles virgin
      1. Yyz-lon BA cash

      So 1, 2 and 3 are return bookings.. is this itinerary going to cause issues? I’m not too fussed on the minimum miles I would earn

      • Rob says:

        5 Feb5 February 11:05

        As a one-off, nothing causes trouble. Do it every week for work and it may cause issues.

    • Andrew says:

      5 Feb5 February 09:58

      Ah “banking” and “nesting” of domestic flights – In the past BA have had the occasional strop at me and other Scottish colleagues for that.

      If I’m going to Perth, it doesn’t really matter if I fly into Edinburgh or Glasgow. So sometimes buying a return ticket LHR-EDI (returning 11 months hence) and a GLA-LHR (returning 11 months hence) makes absolute sense. Chuck a few return trips on the Highland Chieftain into the mix – not forgetting the actual work red-eye trips to Edinburgh too and things look messy.

    • Lady London says:

      5 Feb5 February 17:00

      I have always wondered what the legal basis is for airlines potentially trying to stop someone do this if that’s their desired travel pattern.

      • HAM76 says:

        5 Feb5 February 23:01

        They‘ll go after your travel agent and your Executive Club account first. Those are covered by contracts and not protected by consumer laws in the same way.

• Dave Barron says:

  5 Feb5 February 08:08

  Just to confirm I had 20% bonus applied to Virgin transfers with an Auto Convert – it shows as “Award Feb Bonus” and although dated 1st Feb appeared a couple of days after the normal conversion.

• Tom1 says:

  5 Feb5 February 08:13

  1500 freeMarriott Rewards points – I know it was mentioned in yesterday’s comments but worth reminding this morning.

  the Superbowl free Marriott points is open until 11am GMT today for 1500 free points.

  Find the Marriott twitter account and reply to the three tweets for 500 points each.

  • wally1976 says:

    5 Feb5 February 08:23

    Thanks Tom, I would’ve missed this without your post. Hopefully the answers I just gave (1992, 1, 14) are correct!

    • Tom1 says:

      5 Feb5 February 08:25

      Same as me, so fingers crossed!

  • Leo says:

    5 Feb5 February 08:42

    Many thanks – had missed this.

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