Get 50% off IHG Rewards Club hotel redemptions in Solihull

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• Pogonation says:

  22 Jun22 June 04:01

  Fantastic news about Lufthansa coming to Newcastle. A shame it’s not FRA though but MUC still opens up some decent long-haul options!

  • TigerTanaka says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:56

    I agree, we currently have no Star Alliance options at NCL, MME or LBA so this is a big boost to get to some of those Lufthansa only airports in Eastern Europe.

  • Harry T says:

    22 Jun22 June 11:17

    I’m very excited too. Newcastle seems fairly badly served in general, except by KLM.

• Dave Barron says:

  22 Jun22 June 04:12

  OT – apologies if already covered recently but I’ve just managed to use the £25 off £40+ spend with Amazon / Amex Membership Rewards (AMEX25OFF)

  I’ve stocked up with Pampers for my youngest son so a genuine cash saving for me and perfect timing before I imminently cancel my Platinum card.

  In other news as a local to Newcastle I’m encouraged to see the addition of Lufthansa and will need to research collection and redemption options with miles and more / stat alliance ( via H4P of course!)

  • John says:

    22 Jun22 June 04:35

    For a real cash saving I find the LIDL nappies to be great.

    • Alan says:

      22 Jun22 June 06:42

      Aldi nappies have won many Best Buy awards also

  • Shoestring says:

    22 Jun22 June 07:21

    nice one

    unfortunately I changed my Gold card (broken magstrip) and the Shop with points page is not allowing new registrations…

    • Shoestring says:

      22 Jun22 June 07:41

      try 2x Auchentoshan American Oak Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70 cl £20 (sold by Amazon)

      use the code AMEX25OFF
      use some Amex points to part pay (1p is enough)
      pay the rest on your Amex card

      you can always do a dummy purchase to see if you are eligible for the £25 saving

      • Olly says:

        22 Jun22 June 10:18

        I’ve tried using the code a few times over the months with no success but just tried it with the 2 bottles of Auchentoshan and it worked. Thanks H 🙂 I think with the website readership they might sell out soon.

        • n_g says:

          22 Jun22 June 15:55

          Thanks for the heads up. Just bought a tefal pressure cooker for £22.

        • Shoestring says:

          23 Jun23 June 14:38

          nice one 🙂

          code working, folks

      • fivebobbill says:

        22 Jun22 June 17:42

        Brilliant Shoestring, great shout!
        I hadn’t been able to get the code to work either so gave up, however just bagged 3 bottles of Absolut for £19.99 there delivered!
        Would never have entered my mind to use it on alcohol 🙂

    • Shoestring says:

      22 Jun22 June 20:08

      thanks but for some reason Amazon (your link) is not ‘seeing’ my new Gold card number or my wife’s green card – both there as payment cards but not as points paying cards

      my old card is there but obvs can’t use it any more

      • Dave Barron says:

        22 Jun22 June 20:16

        Try a dummy purchase adding the appropriate Amex card as a new method of payment to your amazon order. Then try my link to add that card to shopping points. Sounds like Amazon doesn’t recognise you using those Amex cards previously.

        Apologies in advance if doesn’t work but worth a try 🤞

      • Dave Barron says:

        22 Jun22 June 20:17

        You may also have to unenrol the old card first using my link?

      • Shoestring says:

        22 Jun22 June 20:57

        worth a try, I did all that & even bought a packet of seeds on the new Gold card to see if that helps, all no good though

  • Craig says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:17

    New Amex Plat but Shop With Points registration unavailable.

    • the_real_a says:

      22 Jun22 June 21:24

      Same, new gold card. No registration available either…

• Dave Barron says:

  22 Jun22 June 04:14

  Sorry Star not stat!

• John says:

  22 Jun22 June 04:43

  I was attracted by the odd 12500 point pricing and booked a night there taking the train to Birmingham (where I actually needed to be), but it wasn’t worth the savings. Only upside was free parking on the adjacent street.

• Roger says:

  22 Jun22 June 05:30

  OT – BA on business question
  https://headforpoints.com/2019/04/12/review-british-airways-on-business-programme/

  On above page it says you can earn Expedia and still earn OnBusiness points
  How does that work, do I need to supply FF number in addition to names of traveler within On Business?

  The question really is how does BA know on third party booking to allocate on business points?

  • Roger says:

    22 Jun22 June 05:47

    Sorry, found the answer.

    It is via Manage My Booking with an option to add On Business Account number

  • Rob says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:40

    You can do it via Manage My Booking.

• Nigel the Pensioner says:

  22 Jun22 June 06:15

  Before everyone leaps in an Uber and heads to Marylebone to get the (direct) Chiltern train to Solihull to stay at the St John hotel……….don’t bother! Many years ago in the 70’s it was a bit of a grim place and frankly I’m surprised it hasn’t been knocked down and rebuilt. It was simply St John’s Solihull then, before becoming the St John’s Swallow (but nothing to do with the Swallow group, bought by Marriott). The Solihull area has nice houses in parts but you need a car to get to the gastro pubs that are plentiful in the surrounding countryside. Solihull itself has little to excite. Save your points!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    22 Jun22 June 08:58

    It really isn’t that bad. The hotel itself is having a full refurb the old rooms are dire though so stay well away from them.

    Solihull itself has changed a lot since the 70’s but surely this hotel would be a base to travel around the midlands area and not to take in the sights of Solihull (probably about a mornings activities)

    • Mark2 says:

      22 Jun22 June 09:30

      Yes; ideal for Stratford, Warwick etc.

      • Lady London says:

        22 Jun22 June 13:32

        Isn’t Solihull quite near the airport if you are stuck for somewhere to stay there?

        • John says:

          22 Jun22 June 14:35

          Not particularly near. You might as well stay in Brum city centre if you don’t want to stay at the airport.

        • Leo says:

          22 Jun22 June 15:48

          Yes it is reasonably close – much nearer than Birmingham. You might still prefer the city centre – but you’d have to want to be there in my view. I’m not a fan of the city centre.

      • John says:

        22 Jun22 June 14:37

        Umm, hotels in Stratford or Warwick are ideal for those places. Paid £29 for HIX M40 J15 and got 60000 points out of that.

        • Lady London says:

          22 Jun22 June 16:58

          Wow. How on earth did you get 6oK out of that. Was it last one of a decent accelerate target?

    • Rooster says:

      22 Jun22 June 12:11

      The trip advisor reviews beg to differ about the hotel being good in areas apart from the room

• Waddle says:

  22 Jun22 June 07:05

  OT: BAPP
  Can the CS Agent manually transfer outstanding Avios before the statement date? I’m looking to cancel ASAP but have a large bucket of Avios which will not be transferred to my account for a few weeks.

  • Peter K says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:16

    No, it’s a fixed transfer date. It seems some have cancelled and had the points go across anyway but most have not as the link between your card account and BA account is broken when you cancel.

    • Matt says:

      22 Jun22 June 09:24

      I’ve had points transfer after cancellation consistently for quite a few BAPP and Spg cards. I wouldn’t risk it for a large number of points, but for a few hundred I do.

• Anna says:

  22 Jun22 June 08:24

  OT – has anyone else had an email saying that TripAdvisor has been hacked and they need to change their password?! Fortunately I’ve never booked anything via the site so hopefully the only thing any hacker could with my account is leave a review…

  • Kai says:

    22 Jun22 June 09:46

    No, unfortunately you received this email because your password is leaked elsewhere. Tripadvisor is simply doing a match against the leaked database and acting a precaution.

  • ChrisC says:

    22 Jun22 June 13:55

    remember to go direct to the trip advisor website itself and don’t follow any links in the email to change your password!

  • Graham Walsh says:

    22 Jun22 June 19:22

    Yes I had that email too. Deleted it.

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