Emirates removing free chauffeur cars on Emirates Skywards reward flight bookings

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• Bagoly says:

  8 Jan8 January 09:56

  Hmm, this is the second link to something in the BoardingArea stable recently.
  If HfP were quoted, I’d be buying on expectation of an imminent bid!

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:18

    I know Ajay, wouldn’t want to annoy him.

• Rob Walker says:

  8 Jan8 January 10:13

  Yep,I went fairly mad too. JL had Macbooks reduced from £1250 to £799 just before Christmas as the colour was no longer a current model (the spec was still identical.) So a nice additional £80 saving. I was going to kepp it but ended up selling it on ebay for £900 instead.

  Lots of vouchers to pay my Wife’s Next account bill, Currys to buy myself a Google Home Max, etc etc etc!

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:39

    Hope you had one of those max £1 selling fees offers from eBay too – I saved £60 in selling old DSLR kit with that.

    • Liz says:

      8 Jan8 January 11:14

      We had decided to splash out and buy a new Sony 55” Tv with OLED and thought about buying all the John Lewis vouchers but decided in the end to buy it from a local company that does free delivery and installation and put it on my IHG card. Hubby not happy he couldn’t have it before Xmas because I had already hit Spire Elite with my IHG card – I wanted the spend for qualifying pts in 2019 – by waiting they reduced the price by £200 so a win win. Now all installed and both enjoying it!

      • Alan says:

        8 Jan8 January 11:25

        Haha great result – hoped he coped with some extra drinks from Morrison’s to make up with the TV over Xmas 🙂

• Gavin says:

  8 Jan8 January 10:14

  OT: Regarding Amex Platinum travel insurance. Does anyone know exactly what it means to have “booked the trip with your card” regarding the requirement for all insurances apart from the core medical and car hire benefits? I have an upcoming trip that’s been partially paid for by a different Amex card (main flights and some hotels), partially paid for by my Halifax clarity (other flights and some hotels) and partially paid for by bank transfer via Transferwise!

  Typically on any trip I do there are lots of different payments required and I tend to use a variety of different payment methods, including Amex. I’m not sure if I have to pay for everything on an Amex to be eligible for the additional insurance benefits from Platinum.

  • Robman says:

    8 Jan8 January 13:55

    I asked a similar question yesterday and the advice I received was that as long as the trip was paid for with an Amex card, it didn’t matter that it was not an Amex Platinum.

• BSI1978 says:

  8 Jan8 January 10:31

  Does Qatar offer a similar tool to BA where one can see how many tier points will be gained by a certain journey or trip? I can’t see to find it if they do.

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 10:41

    Not sure but given recent chat about their programme on here I’d be crediting to BAEC rather than QR’s scheme!

    • Polly says:

      8 Jan8 January 14:22

      Totally, why we jumped ship years ago from qr to baec…

    • BSI1978 says:

      8 Jan8 January 15:22

      There’s absolutely no danger of me not crediting to BAEC. Enquired about Qatar as their flight earns me more tier points for the same journey, albeit with short stop in Doha.

      • Alan says:

        8 Jan8 January 15:26

        Ah cool – just wanted to make sure, some folk don’t realise you’ve the option of crediting them to any Oneworld programme. The amount earned is always dependent on the programme being credited though so the mention of QR website made me double-check 😛

  • BSI1978 says:

    8 Jan8 January 11:05

    Thanks Genghis – hadn’t used this for a while and forgot one could simply input another airline here…..!

• Pangolin says:

  8 Jan8 January 11:16

  OT The 10,000 miles bonus for my Miles and More Diners Club card came through today.

  As I didn’t receive the card until Dec 28 and managed just a single transaction on it before Dec 31 I felt relieved to sneak in just in time!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:18

    Didn’t you only have to apply for the card before the 31st?

    Not heard a peep about my application. successful or not.

    • David says:

      8 Jan8 January 13:23

      Same here.

  • Rob says:

    8 Jan8 January 16:29

    Got mine today and I applied back in November!

• Polly says:

  8 Jan8 January 11:38

  We did too, plenty of paper vouchers too for future use, can be used for anything, petrol, GCs etc etc..

• The Lord says:

  8 Jan8 January 12:05

  OT: AmEx Platinum referrals – Currently hold the Plat, BA free and SPG. Am I correct in assuming I can self refer for the Nectar and bag the 18k? Thanks

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:07

    Yep, just make sure to refer from your Amex Plat a/c!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:19

    Would consider cancelling one first. report that 2 co-branded credit cards is the max and also a number of failed applications

    • Alan says:

      8 Jan8 January 12:32

      I thought the feeling was that this limit was more a historical one? Have often had initial decline but then subsequent card. Agree though it lots of credit limit across existing cards may be worth closing some to free up available credit w/Amex.

  • Norman says:

    8 Jan8 January 20:55

    How can you refer from Platinum to Nectar? When I refer from Platinum to my partner, they are only offered Platinum and Gold cards to apply for?

    • Alan says:

      8 Jan8 January 21:00

      Need to click other cards. If doesn’t work try a different browser.

    • Norman says:

      8 Jan8 January 21:12

      Great, thanks.

• Alan says:

  8 Jan8 January 12:38

  I didn’t even think of buying Gift Cards. We just bought stuff for Christmas. Rookie mistake.

  • Alan says:

    8 Jan8 January 12:40

    Ahh yeah – I did a wee test purchase then when it went OK I kinda went for it 😛 If I hadn’t found the self-scan/no-scales option I probably wouldn’t have managed quite as much though! Didn’t get any paper vouchers though, sounds like they would have been a good option.

    Morrison’s related – beware the new app-based system doesn’t activate your fivers immediately, can take a few hours (even overnight). On the upside they seem to work like cash and are fine for paying for GCs.

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