Get 35% off Hertz bookings …. plus earn Marriott or SPG points

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• Delbert says:

  15 May15 May 05:10

  OT – but I recently received my new Amex Gold charge card, just days before Amex scrapped it. Can I refer my wife for the Gold charge card? I doubt it but worth asking. Thanks.

  • Matt B says:

    15 May15 May 06:03

    They charge card doesnt exist for new customers as such; which is what your wife would be. I have the gold charge card, and the referral from that is for the gold credit card now. Essentially, you can still refer her and you’ll still get the 9000 MR but she’ll have credit and you charge 😀

    • Delbert says:

      15 May15 May 06:06

      Thanks, Matt. Will refer the better half once I’ve hit the spend, which shouldn’t be too far off.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        15 May15 May 06:26

        Upgrade to platinum first and get 18k for the referral as well as 20k for £1k spend

        Link is in 1 of yesterday’s article comments

      • Delbert says:

        15 May15 May 06:32

        Thanks, TGLoyalty.

    • Simon says:

      15 May15 May 06:38

      My wife had the free BA card which she closed over six months ago. But as it had a small credit on it which was only refunded to her in March, does anyone know when the six months will be up for a referral for an Amex PRG card?. Thanks.

      • Sparkzilla says:

        15 May15 May 06:50

        I have tbis situation most times I churn, as the card pro rata fee puts me in credit (plat and spg card) . The first time it happened, I contacted AMEX through web chat (so I could keep a record of the conversation) and the agent confirmed the card was classed as cancelled on the day I requested the cancellation. I applied 6 months and 2 days from the day I cancelled (this was about 5 months from the date my account was at £0) and received the bonus as normal. Best bet, web chat them and ask for the date you cancelled.

      • Simon says:

        15 May15 May 06:55

        Can’t reply directly below but many thanks Sparkzilla

      • Wally1976 says:

        15 May15 May 07:27

        You should receive a letter in the post confirming the cancellation date. Sparkzilla is correct though.

      • Genghis says:

        15 May15 May 18:10

        I try to leave an amount on the card which contras the prorate refund, but I guess this is not always possible.

• shd says:

  15 May15 May 06:00

  The Hertz offer is another great one to rack up points if you’re spending someone else’s money. If you’re spending your *own* money, remember to shop around/try other well-known discount codes.

  An ex-LGW 3 day rental for my dates, mid June, group B car, unlimited miles:

  vanilla booking: £113 pay at location, £98 pre-pay online

  with this “35% off Hertz bookings” code: £102 pay at location, no pre-pay option. so much for 35% 🙂

  CDP 1450721: £91 pay at location, £79 pre-pay online

  • Rash says:

    15 May15 May 07:09

    Thanks, but CDP 211762 (Amex Plat) seems to reduce it more than the 1450721 code

  • Alex W says:

    15 May15 May 07:48

    Never had any success crediting company rentals to Hertz. Even with my own rentals it takes weeks or months to get any points to post.

  • April says:

    15 May15 May 15:43

    Tried to use this and the price for a 3 day rental ay LHR mysteriously jumped by £50 after pressing the book now button. Just as well cancellation is free!

• Bach says:

  15 May15 May 06:55

  There is also 3000 IHG pts with Hertz, might be ok for 1 day rental

  • Alex W says:

    15 May15 May 07:49

    Are they elite qualifying for IHG?

    • Rob says:

      15 May15 May 08:01

      Comments to this article https://headforpoints.com/2017/05/20/how-can-you-earn-75000-base-points-for-the-new-ihg-rewards-club-spire-elite-tier/ suggest yes.

    • Bach says:

      15 May15 May 11:05

      Sorry I did not try… on the avis 6000 virgin miles deal at the moment!

• rams1981 says:

  15 May15 May 11:05

  OT Harrods gift card does trigger the £30 off. Well I received an email so assume it will follow through.

  • Rob says:

    15 May15 May 11:25

    Is this instore or via the website? Website orders definitely work, instore was a mess for me last time.

    • rams1981 says:

      15 May15 May 12:03

      Instore in Apple department

    • nick says:

      16 May16 May 11:00

      worked for me in store too. Only got it on 2 cards this time. A couple years ago, I got it across 8 cards and splashed out on a Bugaboo set (£240 saving)!

  • JamesB says:

    15 May15 May 20:59

    I had been hoping for such confirmation for a few days as I was planing on £90 off an ipad. Didn’t want to risk it myself and lefh London today 15 minutes before your comnent lol. At least I can fall back on 3000+ HR points, hopefully with a 100% bonus at some stage.

• Optimus Prime says:

  15 May15 May 12:05

  OT – have just seen on Michele’s blog that Malaysia Airlines have pretty good fares for 2 people ex-London to Australia, Singapore and few more places.

  https://www.turningleftforless.com/news-offers-business-class-offers-for-2-australia-from-2100-on-5-airline-ritz-carlton-business-class-offer-more/

  • Rob says:

    15 May15 May 12:28

    Wouldn’t call £2,200 pretty good, to be honest, in the context of what else is around – albeit the Avios / tier points makes an impact here. You’re paying £700 more than you’d expect to pay Qatar, albeit you need to knock off positioning costs, for an inferior product.

    • Optimus Prime says:

      15 May15 May 12:50

      I know… but the ex-EU positioning plus the overnight stopover in Qatar puts me off so much that don’t think I’ll ever try their product.

    • Michele says:

      15 May15 May 13:37

      I agree that you can get much better deals ex EU but you are not comparing like with like. I totally understand not wanting to do positioning flights having just done AKL from Stockholm -doing the journey in one go on the way back nearly finished me off!! I did a QR to Vietnam from LHR recently and yes I could have got it a bit cheaper going ex EU but it was lovely not to have the hassle for once and it was still reasonable at about £1575.
      If you get the A350/A330 with new seats I think Malaysian is a good business class product. I have always had good food and service plus there is the new lounge in KUL too.

• john says:

  15 May15 May 12:16

  When cancelling amex platinum, do I need to transfer the MR points out first or do I have a period of time to do that after cancelling?

  • Rob says:

    15 May15 May 12:38

    30 days IIRC

• Tracy says:

  15 May15 May 14:38

  O/T after a little bit of advice for my first 241 ba booking. I will be trying to book gla/edi out to Lima with return from cancun on a 241. I vaguely remember reading once upon a time that it can cost more avios for an off peak reward fare than a peak reward or am I imagining this? I want to begin travel sometime from end of june to mid july and stay for 2 weeks. Is it better avios wise to book my outbound for june /first week in july or wait until peak time in july? My return will be peak july anyway. Anyone have any idea how many avios & how much taxes should be with this itinerary?

  • Anna says:

    15 May15 May 14:48

    Have you checked that BA metal goes to Lima? If it’s an Iberia codeshare you won’t be able to use the 2 4 1.

    • Anna says:

      15 May15 May 14:50

      You should be able to find out avios & rough tax/fee costs by doing dummy bookings.

      • Tracy says:

        15 May15 May 23:49

        Will give it a go….

  • David says:

    15 May15 May 14:57

    If you’re not sensitive to EDI or GLA, then why not look at INV as an option too – the savings on Air Passenger Duty can be significant (£300+ for the two of you). You can always do an open jaw from INV but back to your local airport, if you don’t want to drive the A9 on the way home.

    • Tracy says:

      15 May15 May 23:45

      Thats a good idea, will give Inverness some thought.

  • JamesB says:

    15 May15 May 20:48

    Peak is only cheaper than off peak when you upgrade a WTP cash ticket to CW using avios. This is not relevant to your 241 plans. Flights to Lima are from LGW therefore were you to depart from INV you would need to overnught in London or airport and transfer from LHR to LGW. Despite the hassle you would stilk save on the APD as transit would be under 24h.

    • Tracy says:

      15 May15 May 23:47

      Thanks for info, couldn’t remember what I had read re. peak & off peak lol. Will give inverness some thought.

• wally1976 says:

  15 May15 May 15:23

  OT – Lloyds Avios credit cards – does anyone know when the year starts for spending the £7k for the upgrade voucher? I applied for the card on 31/3/17, my 12 month interest free period expired on 31/3/18 and my annual fee was applied on 25/4/18 which was my last statement date. So when does the year start for spending the £7k? Thanks.

  • Anna says:

    15 May15 May 20:34

    It’s on the card anniversary date – they will tell you what this is if you don’t know exactly, there is not much info on the statements.

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