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• jason says:

  5 Oct5 October 14:05

  Hi
  Is there any way of moving Iberia plus to to BA without an avios account

  thanks

  • Luthar says:

    5 Oct5 October 14:31

    I’ve never had any trouble moving points back and forth between Iberian and BA.

  • Rob says:

    5 Oct5 October 15:38

    Yes, with an Aer Lingus AerClub or Vueling Club account, operated via avios.com

  • Shoestring says:

    5 Oct5 October 16:15

    yes – normally easy if the BAEC a/c is not in a household a/c

• Bach says:

  5 Oct5 October 16:15

  OT – can’t put my hands on Rob’s Radisson points valuation, think it was 0.3p, can someone confirm?
  Looking at redemptions in Berlin in November… but the prices are so low I think it makes no sense!

  • Rob says:

    5 Oct5 October 18:43

    Yes, I’d tend to say 0.33p-ish, although I’ve found it harder to find that sort of value recently.

    • BJ says:

      5 Oct5 October 20:44

      How about Hilton, are you revising down in light of points hike at lower end? I used to think your valuation was a little bit low but now I think it’s about right.

• jean says:

  5 Oct5 October 19:35

  Have not received the BA email re Tesco points although have transferred points to Avios in the past any idea how I can get this email.

• Tilly says:

  5 Oct5 October 20:08

  O/T – just wanted to say thanks Rob and Anika! If it wasn’t for HFP I wouldn’t be sitting in the O2 SPG suite now waiting to see Michael McIntyre. THANK YOU!

  • BJ says:

    5 Oct5 October 20:48

    Tilly, did you find your way to HFP via SP? I seem to recall you be a regular there before finding your way here. Enjoy the show.

    • Tilly says:

      6 Oct6 October 00:02

      Sorry BJ don’t think it was me. Found HFP on a google search when I was trying to decide whether or not to get my first BAPP card.

• Fenny says:

  5 Oct5 October 20:46

  I haven’t earned more than a couple of quid per quarter in Tesco vouchers for at least 12 months. I used to get all my wine from Tesco Wine by the Case, but it seems I haven’t had any in 2 years. I suppose that not drinking much for the last 6 months was somewhat of a factor, but I would have stocked up for Christmas. These days, I find Tesco to be mostly irrelevant.

  • BJ says:

    5 Oct5 October 20:54

    Did a grocery shop in Tesco today for the first time in ages. I wasn’t impressed, it seems that they have cut back their range of products substantially. I also remain convinced that Sainsbury’s is cheaper, at least in my area.

    • Shoestring says:

      5 Oct5 October 21:02

      Don’t spurn Lidl & Aldi just because you (possibly) think they are infra dig discounters.

      At their best, they offer excellent European deli quality food at very good value for money prices. @my local Lidl: fresh bakery, meats, fruit & veg, charcuterie, dips & humous etc is FAR better quality than the big 4 – at a cheaper price.

      • BJ says:

        5 Oct5 October 21:56

        I like Aldi, especially the larger new stores. Agree on the comments about some of the food. Also get the impression a lot of people rate the wines in Aldi although I’m not a wine drinker my choice. The chocolate section is more my thing., used t like the Ritter sport variety packs they sold there. Not quite sure why but my impression of Lidl is not so good as Aldi. I’ve always tended to shop at my nearest supermarket whatever it was and now mostly shop groceries online as I dislike shopping. Just went to Tesco today to ground up the numbers on our clubcard before 18th. Also had a good look around to see what was left of Direct in-store. Mostly all small stuff but I did see some large tv’s but no garden sheds or washing machines.

      • Lady London says:

        6 Oct6 October 18:28

        I think Tesco pulling out of Direct is going to mean prices in places like Amazon will rise as key low-price competitor that was Tesco in so many categories, is now gone.

        I certainly noticed the effect on a couple of exceptional things I had thought about buying from Tesco, as soon as Tesco closed Direct the prices of everyone else on those things seemed to go up.

      • Lady London says:

        6 Oct6 October 18:31

        + 1 I’m a big fan of both.
        I wouldn’t put them much behind quite a lot of things you would only be able to find in Waitrose otherwise. It depends on the branch and also the time of year, of course.
        I gave up on the 3 of the big 4 except for exceptions, some years ago now.
        Feedback I’ve seen from a couple of surveys said the emergence of the so-called “discounter” shopper that also shops at the other end of the market and not in between, is increasing in other categories not just groceries.

      • Shoestring says:

        6 Oct6 October 18:34

        True enough. TD prices were often sharp enough to challenge anycomers, they apparently didn’t make any money overall. OK I don’t know much about their costs (though headcount was pretty low). Price & margin must have been a big part of it. I don’t think the HfP (& other) pointmeisters made that much difference to business viability in the grand scheme of things.

        Easy enough to google cheaper prices than Amazon, though.

• Shoestring says:

  5 Oct5 October 21:25

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  • BJ says:

    5 Oct5 October 21:58

    Thanks, soon be time to hit the chocolate shops again 🙂

    • Shoestring says:

      5 Oct5 October 22:05

      Not a big fan of chocolate – but horses for courses

• Peter K says:

  5 Oct5 October 21:30

  I find Tesco the best for gluten free products (though I cannot vouch for Waitrose as there are none near me) so that sways it for me to go there.

  Locally, Sainsburys is definitely more expensive than Tescos but I’ve found the quality of their products has gone down.

  Lidl and Aldi are okay for certain things but I don’t find myself raving about them.

  • BJ says:

    5 Oct5 October 22:07

    I’ve found in-store bakery, fishmonger etc in Sainsbury’s are poor, Morrisons a bit better but none of them anything to get excited about. With both clubcard and nectar going down the drain I think I might explore the small independent bakers, grocers etc that are in plentiful supply just down the road from me. Might be a more pleasant shopping experience and better food too.

  • Peter K says:

    5 Oct5 October 23:31

    Ah, Harry. It seems, from your remark, that you feel I am avoiding gluten as a fad diet. Perhaps you should re-read the article again yourself.

    • Shoestring says:

      6 Oct6 October 19:30

      Gluten been around 70,000 years – time enough for humans to adapt.

  • Lady London says:

    6 Oct6 October 19:02

    FWIW Lidl in Shepherd’s Bush has a gluten-free section, not sure how many others they will roll it out to.

• shd says:

  6 Oct6 October 20:45

  Can you book the IHG flash sale rates through the IHG app, if so, how?

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