Avios confirms that you can keep your 2nd Lloyds credit card upgrade voucher sent in error

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• John2 says:

  7 Oct7 October 12:19

  OT
  Points earned on SPG Amex. How do you convert them to Avios?

  • Genghis says:

    7 Oct7 October 14:08

    Wait for them to land in your Marriott account (you might be waiting a while), then transfer out (ideally in batches of 60k Marriott-> 25k avios). But the points are worth more as Marriott points if you stay at their hotels

  • Rob says:

    7 Oct7 October 15:27

    Wait until they land in Marriott Rewards and then transfer out via their website, although note Ghengis’s points which are correct.

• Boo says:

  7 Oct7 October 13:04

  OT: IHG reward availability – If the availability calendar shows available (white) on several dates but on clicking through to book one those dates there is “No rewards night available”, is this just an IT glitch and the availability is a phantom, or is it worth phoning IHG to book?

  (I’m asking here because I can’t get through to IHG on the phone. And because there’s probably a regular here who knows more about it than IHG do!)

  • BJ says:

    7 Oct7 October 15:26

    I’ve seen this in both the way you describe and also the opposite. I have tried calling with no joy. However, I have also found that messing around with arrival and departure dates to cover a multiday stay with two or more shorter stays can sometimes, but not always, yield a result.

• A270 says:

  7 Oct7 October 13:34

  OT: I have the Amex Travel £200 off £600 offer. Do the flights need to be within the dates specified? Also, the flights are MUCH more expensive then the ones I can see on Google Flights. How do people get around this?

  • Boo says:

    7 Oct7 October 13:40

    Flights can be any time, but the payment on your card must be within the offer period.

    Regarding cost: there is no “get around”. Pick dates/carrier/class according to price. Check that what you see on google flights is actually bookable at that price.

  • Rob says:

    7 Oct7 October 15:26

    No, just the payment going through.

    Don’t overpay vs Google Flights but a) don’t assume those fares are bookable and b) don’t assume if they are bookable that they are from a reputable travel agent.

    • BJ says:

      7 Oct7 October 15:31

      “paymeng going through”

      Is pending during the offer period sufficient or does the payment have to be completed?

      • Paul says:

        7 Oct7 October 17:24

        Is there anyway to book refundable flights?

      • BJ says:

        7 Oct7 October 18:07

        @Paul, they have a button for more ticket options. You can read the fare rules for each akthough they are not always clear.

• Alan says:

  7 Oct7 October 13:45

  So did anyone eventually work out the pattern of who did or didn’t get the voucher in the end?

• Boi says:

  7 Oct7 October 14:28

  OT: I just tried to top up my xmas saver account and was told it finished yesterday. Is this true or should I try a different tesco another day?

  • Shoestring says:

    7 Oct7 October 14:55

    It doesn’t end (for top ups) until 16th Oct

    • Boi says:

      7 Oct7 October 17:20

      thats what website say but staff in tesco say it ended yesterday

      • Cat says:

        7 Oct7 October 19:04

        Harry – is this the refund trick that you mentioned a while back?

• Shoestring says:

  7 Oct7 October 14:54

  Seems I am the only one to think Des should have kept his pretty little Twitter mouth shut.

  Probably fouled it up for the rest of you who didn’t yet get the extra upgrade voucher.

  Could easily have got Lloyds to reverse the mistaken vouchers.

  • Ness says:

    7 Oct7 October 15:05

    Did you get one Harry?

    • Shoestring says:

      7 Oct7 October 15:27

      No, I am no longer a Lloyds cardholder. Got a free flight in Europe from them some time ago – from memory it was Manchester – Madrid with a gf jn about 1993 – we had a weekend in Salamanca – but not bothered with them since. Plan was to meet at airport – gf didn’t show up until about 10 mins before flight closed. Always did like keeping me hanging on.

      • Shoestring says:

        7 Oct7 October 15:49

        Yeah, thanks Emma for the stress. Pretty blonde Swedish girl.

  • BJ says:

    7 Oct7 October 15:05

    There’s always somebody. I was hoping it was something to do with card anniversary and I might have got one in three weeks time. No harm done though, I have enough avios through 2021 barring a serious devaluation.

    • Shoestring says:

      7 Oct7 October 17:33

      Not sure where you get this idea of ‘enough’ Avios, BJ.

      ISTR you were very happy not to get the IB 90K Avios for £250 because you had ‘enough’ Avios already?

      • BJ says:

        7 Oct7 October 18:03

        Well, I need 150-300k/y for the BA flights we take. Next years flight is already booked and we have 329k left in the HHA and now doing BAPP. So, saving as an insurance policy against devaluation, Would like to think I’ll still be around in 2041 (I have no cats to worry about) but will not get ahead of myself and will look 3 years ahead at the moment 🙂 Not obsessing about it as long as I can get exEDI miles-earning business class trips for £1500 and PE for £900. Collect the miles for fun mostly, and to provide cheap flexibility. We are cutting our overseas travels back and taking opportunity to discover all of the UK.

  • Mr dee says:

    8 Oct8 October 00:04

    Missed what Des did on Twitter, but doesn’t sound good.

    Don’t particularly need another voucher but for some people it may have been useful. As people all have to pay the annual fees it would be fair for all to have extra.

    • mr dee says:

      8 Oct8 October 08:28

      Missed it was part of the article ha

  • Des says:

    8 Oct8 October 00:07

    Really?
    Clear that they already knew this was on issue given the wording of their reply to Des.
    #LayOff Des 🙂

  • Derek Broughton says:

    8 Oct8 October 10:24

    Well, I’m a cardholder, and didn’t get a voucher, so I’m pretty sorry this was brought to their attention. Was really hoping I’d get one last voucher.

    • Lynx says:

      8 Oct8 October 11:19

      As has already been mentioned, in the response from LBG they stated that they were already aware that some vouchers had been issued in error. It seems likely that the error was a one-off, so if you hadn’t already got a “mistake” voucher you wouldn’t have received one anyway.
      I didn’t receive one, but if I had, I would have been wary of redeeming it before being relatively sure it wasn’t going to be taken away again. After all, if £1m gets transferred into your bank account “by mistake” and you spend it, there is a good chance that the bank is going to want it back…

• Tom says:

  7 Oct7 October 17:20

  I’ve got one sitting there valid until October 2019. I’m still confused at what’s happening with Avios.com – will this voucher still be redeemable in, say, March 2019 and will you still be able to do so via the website?

  • Info says:

    7 Oct7 October 17:52

    Yes (March 2019)
    No – telephone only

• xcalx says:

  7 Oct7 October 19:16

  OT just booked MAN-MAD business using Avios IB express 15000 x 2 looks like the only benefit is choice of any economy meal for free.
  1 can I cancel within 24 hours for full refund of avios and cash.
  2 anyone done this flight and is business booking a waste.

  • Info says:

    7 Oct7 October 19:27

    is lounge access needed via J?

    if not, I’d suggest a waste on such a short EU flight

    • xcalx says:

      7 Oct7 October 19:34

      No, got Plat
      Need to know if can cancel free BA closed

  • Rob says:

    7 Oct7 October 21:43

    IBE J review – https://headforpoints.com/2017/10/01/review-iberia-express-business-class/

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