SriLankan Airlines to increase London Heathrow services

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• Sh83 says:

  1 Mar1 March 12:36

  OT.
  Using Curve to pay HMRC still working without incurring fees or breaching t&c’s?

  • Mr Dee says:

    2 Mar2 March 14:46

    its no breach as its not a financial institution

• Nori says:

  1 Mar1 March 12:39

  OT: IHG Reward nights faster promotion (prev. Accelerate).
  One of my flash sale stays did not qualify because it was less than USD30 per night. I can’t see the USD30 threshold mentioned anywhere is the T&C. I spoke to CS and they said there is nothing they can do (read: would do) as it’s system generated.
  Is there an effective way to resolve it or shall I just write it off as a personal loss?

  • Rob says:

    1 Mar1 March 12:54

    It’s not $30, it’s about it being discounted by more than 30%. However the Flash Sale was only for Rewards Club members, wasn’t it, so I would imagine such stays should qualify. To be honest, since IHG started restricting certain sale deals to Rewards Club members I thought this rule was suspended.

    • Nori says:

      1 Mar1 March 13:16

      Thanks Rob, so it’s the 30% discount issue. I also thought that flash sale stays should qualify for the Accelerate promotion. The stay qualified for all the base points, which I have been credited with as expected.
      No worries. I learned something new today. Need to be more wary about their promotional rates and how this may affect other of their promotions, i.e. the stay is likely to qualify for one promotion only.

      • Rob says:

        1 Mar1 March 13:42

        Go back and tell IHG that this was booked under the IHG Rewards Club flash sale and all rates booked under that sale are meant to be qualifying.

    • Mr Dee says:

      1 Mar1 March 21:06

      Booked through the sale and the stay credited fine so strange. Was your stay less than 30USD?

      • Nori says:

        2 Mar2 March 08:08

        Yes, the stay was $26.
        I’ve already spent 1/2 hr on the telephone and spoke to three different people until I was cut off. Will email them but I won’t hold my breath.

      • Mr Dee says:

        2 Mar2 March 14:46

        Defo not the 30% sale, I wouldn’t put it past them to make up this 30USD by being vague with the terms like they did with the Ambassador renewal 10% rebate terms that were not clear…..

• BlueHorizonuk says:

  1 Mar1 March 12:54

  OT: Does anyone know when Bonvoy year resets (I thought it was the end of Feb) as I was expecting to drop down (I was on a fast track that I never completed) but have stayed as Titanium.

  Thanks

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Mar1 March 14:12

    probably takes a few days to process.

    Look forward to my impending downgrade then

• Neil says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:04

  OT: Does anyone know how much BA charge to change date on an outbound flight – booking made with Avios on Flybe flight, through BA. Exec account won’t let me make any changes online in MMB so will need to phone them. Thanks

  • Neil says:

    1 Mar1 March 17:41

    Answer to my own question – just managed to get through BA CS (quite quickly actually).
    Standard charge of £35 per flight/person to change date/time.
    Additional ‘by phone’ charge of £15 per flight/person waived as not able to complete online!

• KevMc says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:08

  OT received an app update from Shell today saying that they will be launching a new rewards scheme soon. ‘Shell Go+’ will replace Shell Drivers Club.

  Avios redemptions ARE NOT listed as something you’ll be able to do with the brand new rewards program, so this could well be coming to an end?

  • Russ says:

    1 Mar1 March 13:09

    Ouch! Hope that’s not so.

    • Liamc says:

      1 Mar1 March 13:11

      I’m sure this was reported on here or the sister site a while back. Esso will also be losing Clubcard soon. BP is losing nectar as well I think, not sure in the last one though.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        1 Mar1 March 13:29

        Yep BP losing Nectar and Esso are picking it up when they lose clubcard

  • Navara says:

    1 Mar1 March 16:17

    Manager at local Shell fuel station mentioned this earlier in the week. Looks like my Costa addiction could be curbed, I never buy fuel at those prices. Having had the message and emails it looks like it will be discounts via the app.
    Money of fuel every 10 visits.
    £3 off V Power after 300 litres.
    Surprise freebies.
    to name a few

• Russ says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:08

  Another OT, I received a mail yesterday from NH hotels saying they are now part of the Minor Hotel’s group. Anyone any experience with them?

  • the_real_a says:

    1 Mar1 March 14:08

    Unless i’m mistaken they were bookable with Marriot points. I stayed quite a few times in Spain at 10k rates. Solid low cost hotels in “B” locations. Very useful if you have a rental car. I would not hesitate to stay again, but not luxury.

  • RussellH says:

    1 Mar1 March 17:23

    Are you asking about nH, or Minor Hotels?

    I have only ever stayed in one nH hotel, in Erfurt, but I used to book their Bruxelles hotels frequently for customers. Room rates at weekends and July / August there were so low it was a very easy sell. I also booked Dresden and one or two other places – cannot remember now where, exactly.
    Never had any bad customer feedback.

    From my personal experience in Erfurt, I would say a basic 4*, but perfectly adequate. Roughly similar to a lower range Mercure…

    • Russ says:

      1 Mar1 March 20:28

      RussellH, the NH hotels which is now part of Minor hotels according to the email. I’ve stayed at the Vienna one a couple of times as it’s just across the road from the terminal. You’re right nothing to write home about but locations are handy.

      the_real_a. You think they could be booked with Marriott points? Interesting. So many hotel chains it’s easy to lose track of which chain owns and does what.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        1 Mar1 March 21:11

        Thought NH hotels were bigger in mainland Europe especially Spain.

        Minor hotels owns Anantara hotels which always seem to be well regarded so maybe they will expanded into some better quality hotels?

      • the_real_a says:

        3 Mar3 March 16:47

        I was mistaken – it is AC hotels for Marriot points.

• Cuchlainn says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:11

  OT Bits :
  BAEC account showing 30% bonus for conversion from selected hotel partners to Avios for the month of March.

  • Rob says:

    1 Mar1 March 13:42

    Oooh. About time that came back.

    • Hugh says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:48

      Presumably it’s still better to transfer MR points from Amex direct to Avios rather than transferring from Amex to a hotel and then to Avios. (I ask as I am planning to empty my MR points on my gold card over the weekend prior to churning)

      • Genghis says:

        1 Mar1 March 15:03

        Yes.
        Direct 40k MRs = 40k avios
        Indirect 40k MRs = 60k Marriotts = 32.5k avios.

    • Alan says:

      10 Mar10 March 15:03

      Here’s hoping Tesco to VS/BA bonus comes back soon…

  • BJ says:

    1 Mar1 March 14:05

    Any info on transfers from Marriott or are they sticking to the usual 5k extra on 20k?

    • Metopes says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:38

      Marriott is on the list, looks as though 30% is added at BAs end so assume you would get 30% on top of 25k

      • BJ says:

        1 Mar1 March 16:10

        Great, thanks

      • Alex W says:

        1 Mar1 March 17:15

        Do we know if travel packages are excluded from the bonus? Not that I can afford one, since they effectively doubled the price.

        • Rob says:

          1 Mar1 March 21:47

          Should be included.

      • Shoestring says:

        1 Mar1 March 20:41

        All will presumably get explained tomorrow

• Jean says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:53

  OT: made a payment by debit card to Amex BAPP yesterday – The amex app/ statement reflect the payment immediately. But today the balance has gone back up by the payment amount, even though the credit available is unaffected – any reason for this? Bounced payment?

  • Grant says:

    1 Mar1 March 14:33

    It will likely be something to do with the timing of the payment vs the statement date. Your debit card payment may not have cleared before the statement was generated. Once the payment clears you should find your account is +ve that amount.

  • Roberto says:

    1 Mar1 March 15:49

    I had this a few days back.. sorted itself out over the next 48 hours.

  • Mr Dee says:

    1 Mar1 March 21:03

    Sometimes happens usually resolves within 3-5 days which is what they say

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