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• Harpo says:

  13 May13 May 06:21

  My last use of Dufry card was at LHR in March. I got the 5% off and RED points but no Avios to the Iberia linked account this time. I have had a few Avios post from shopping at Madrid in February- so it works, but in my n=1 experience at maybe not in the UK (unless it was just an unlucky transaction.)

• Anna says:

  13 May13 May 06:54

  OT – I know there have been various discussions on this but what are the best options for spending abroad these days? With the Lloyds cards losing the no fee on FX benefit soon I need to find an alternative!

  • Shoestring says:

    13 May13 May 06:59

    If you want a real card it has to be Halifax Clarity

    • David says:

      13 May13 May 07:22

      Is Barclaycard not “real” enough for you?

      • Shoestring says:

        13 May13 May 07:27

        Barclaycard is a rubbish card for overseas spend, right?

        • David says:

          13 May13 May 07:45

          Platinum Travel? Fee free on purchases and foreign ATM withdrawals, even if you don’t pay until your direct debit is collected after your statement. None of this immediate payment faff that Clarity requires on ATM withdrawals.

          I mean, Barclaycard Plat Travel doesn’t give any rewards, so I use lots of legacy ones for purchases (Lloyds Avios, Horizon, Cap1 Plat), but Barclaycard is the best ATM option after you’ve used up your free Curve limit (or it’s a weekend).

        • Shoestring says:

          13 May13 May 07:51

          are you sure? T&Cs say ‘Non Sterling Transaction Fee: 2.99% of transaction (no minimum)’

        • Andrew says:

          13 May13 May 09:45

          @Shoestring

          No FX fees until 31/8/2022

          https://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal/platinum-travel-summary

  • Mark Lyon says:

    13 May13 May 14:09

    For overseas spend, I have use Santander Zero for several years now. No fees for spending or withdraws when abroad.

• PaulC says:

  13 May13 May 07:33

  O/T I’m after recommendation:
  Flying to Hong Kong from Manchester Business class with my wife in January. Which one of these is best value and which one would you choose?
  Lufthansa £2,000 offer via Frankfurt on 747-8
  Swiss £2,000 offer via Zurich on 777-300ER
  BA £1,280 plus 150,000 Avios (using 2-4-2 Voucher) via Heathrow on A380

  • PaulC says:

    13 May13 May 07:36

    *2-4-1 Voucher even

  • Cam says:

    13 May13 May 07:45

    Depends on your Avios/cash valuation. If you won’t miss the extra £720 and collect *A miles, then LX or LH is a better deal, as you’ll earn a good number of miles. I’ve always found LH J adequate, and my one experience in LX J was also.

    • Shoestring says:

      13 May13 May 07:48

      and TPs

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 May13 May 07:55

      These P class fares earn naff all miles on M&M

      Tbh I’d probably go on the one that has the best timing and shortest connection.

      Considering Avios is getting harder to collect paying would probably be the preference.

  • Memesweeper says:

    13 May13 May 07:52

    Personally I love the A380 and would always prefer that long haul. But £2k is a steal! You really should take one version of that deal.

    Please let me chip in my dufry referral code for the benefit of me and anyone who didn’t sign up yesterday:

    https://sso.dufry.com/register?referralId=2816033

  • Rob says:

    13 May13 May 08:25

    Swiss if solo, less difference with LH when with partner.

  • BJ says:

    13 May13 May 09:13

    They are not comparable, BA is flexible with the £35 fee, the others are not. So, BA if flexibility is important to you. If not, the one that offers the best compromise on flight times and duration. I also think a380 wins by a country mile but would love to fly any variant of a 747 one more time, 777s are horrible.

  • Prins Polo says:

    13 May13 May 10:09

    BA or Swiss. LH biz is not great.

  • Lady London says:

    13 May13 May 10:17

    I’d choose LX out of that lot. Unless the *A miles were useless to me.

    Sooner than the BA option, unless I had a 2-4-1 needing using promptly, I think I’d wait for a cash sale, on a OneWorld airline possibly as well as BA.

• Tom Cook says:

  13 May13 May 07:35

  OT – I had the Harvey Nics offer on my plat but duplicated, and for different amounts, (spend £100 get £30/20 back). I spent £100 yesterday and triggered both emails – has anyone done this and if so can they say which amount credited?

  • Shoestring says:

    13 May13 May 07:40

    it’s stacking

    • MinR says:

      13 May13 May 09:22

      +1. Both offers paid out on one spend.

• krys_k says:

  13 May13 May 07:51

  OT please. I have a pretty huge HMRC bill to pay to a department that doesn’t appear to have a payment portal (and strangely enough, no real way of knowing that I should be making this payment in the first place – certainly an opportunity for the unscrupulous to take advantage of). I have been given the HMRC sort code and account number in Shipley (as far as I can see, the same as for many other payments) to which I need to append the reference number. From experience is there any way to make this payment via a readily available HMRC portal rather than via bank transfer? Or do any credit cards have the ability to make bank transfer like payments? Many thanks.

  • Liz says:

    13 May13 May 07:58

    I paid in a couple of years NI contributions last year which only take bank transfer and not credit or debit cards. I loaded the money into Revolt in smaller chunks and paid via bank transfer that way. Still got my IHG pts.

    • krys_k says:

      13 May13 May 10:22

      That’s very useful. Thanks.

    • Klaus-Peter Dudas says:

      13 May13 May 11:21

      Yep, Revolut is great for this kind of stuff. Makes the Premium / Metal fee worth it on it’s own…

  • The Savage Squirrel says:

    13 May13 May 13:17

    Apologies to possibly state the bleedin’ obvious … have you phoned them up and confirmed there is absolutely no possible way to make this with a debit card?

    • krys_k says:

      13 May13 May 16:54

      This is an outlier subject at HMRC. They don’t have a contact number or email. But that’s not surprising as It’s such a specialist area that I don’t suppose they have many such payments.

• Kevin says:

  13 May13 May 07:54

  I stayed at the Murano hotel two years ago when it was an MGallery. It has a good location with a water bus stop just outside. I wouldn’t think Murano is an obvious choice if this is your first trip to Venice but it’s worth considering if you fancy something a bit different.

• meta says:

  13 May13 May 08:07

  You need 2000 points for Gold membership with Dufry. At least that is what is saying on my app.

  • Rob says:

    13 May13 May 08:20

    My mistake – I think mine was telling me I need another 1600.

    • Shoestring says:

      13 May13 May 08:48

      100 free for filling in some personal details as well

      Everybody with a new Dufry a/c should be able to get 500 free points immediately

      • Trevor says:

        13 May13 May 10:28

        OK, I got the 300 + 100 for personal details. So 400. Where does the extra 100 come from?
        Thanks
        T

        • Shoestring says:

          13 May13 May 15:13

          see yesterday’s Dufry thread & comments

• Anna says:

  13 May13 May 09:22

  OT again! Has anyone stayed at the Martinique on Broadway (Curio collection)? I have a 3 night points booking at the Embassy Suites Manhattan at the end of May but the Martinique is showing at about $250 per night which is quite reasonable for NYC and I could save my points for a 5 night stay at a later date. As gold we’d get breakfast anyway, so that’s not a factor.

  • Lady London says:

    13 May13 May 10:22

    Sounds a great rate Anna I hope you’ve locked it in while you’re asking and involved Mr. Volde as well.

  • paulm says:

    13 May13 May 15:22

    Have stayed there when it was a Radisson and it was nothing special. There is a FlyerTalk thread on it since it became a Hilton and seams positive overall. The location of it is very good IMO

    https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilton-hilton-honors/1930317-martinique-new-york-broadway-curio-collection-hilton-us-ny-2.html

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