American Express is removing Priority Pass lounge card restaurant access

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• thejudge says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:32

  the priority pass restaurant bonus isn’t great in the Uk there is one restaurant at gatwick

  • Polly says:

    8 Jul8 July 11:47

    Yes maybe, but it is very well used and a valuable asset in LGW, and for PP.

  • Alan says:

    8 Jul8 July 20:22

    Lots when travelling though so still a devaluation for those that used it abroad.

  • S says:

    8 Jul8 July 23:04

    On the other hand, MIA has got only PP restaurants.

• rob says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:34

  Tesco Virgin Bonus – When are folks going to adjust their voucher status to avoid auto converting to virgin? I believe last day is 17th but not sure whether to wait it out still or just abort now?

  • Chelseafi says:

    8 Jul8 July 09:57

    I assume it only auto converts this 1/4 Tesco points and not all that you have in your account from previous? Can anyone confirm thanks

    • Shoestring says:

      8 Jul8 July 10:07

      correct

  • Jay says:

    8 Jul8 July 09:58

    I was thinking about this just yesterday. I believe I saw somewhere (can’t find it now) that the Virgin bonus triggers on 14th July so i was aiming to cancel the auto convert on the 16th.

  • Liz says:

    8 Jul8 July 10:00

    The points normally post within a few days of the promo ending so if you’ve not had them by now it’s unlikely you will get them. I would switch your auto convert back to vouchers now. The last couple of quarters i noticed in the Tesco app a day or two before the cut off date it said “we are processing your statement” so don’t leave it till the last minute to switch back.

    • Alan says:

      8 Jul8 July 20:24

      Did you have any post this quarter, Liz? No sign so far for me. TBH I’m really hoping they’ll finally bring back a VS conversion bonus, seems unlikely though.

      • Liz says:

        8 Jul8 July 23:01

        I forgot to auto convert before we went to the USA and then couldn’t do it from the USA as Tesco knows you are trying to login from outside the UK – even using TunnelBear it wouldn’t let me access my account. Arrived home late on the final day of the promo so didn’t get round to doing it. Will try it again next quarter just in case, A bonus would be good.

• ChrisC says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:41

  Perhaps you could ask the Eurostar rep when they are going to start selling through tickets from the regions to Amsterdam for after 26th August.

  Already been told via live chat two different dates that have since passed.

• Harry T says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:52

  Has anyone withdrawn cash abroad from their Curve card linked to a Halifax Clarity Card? If so, were you charged interest by Halifax?

  @Shoestring may have the answer.

  • Shoestring says:

    8 Jul8 July 10:09

    No Curve for me

  • RussellH says:

    8 Jul8 July 10:26

    Why would you do that when you can withdraw FoC on a Halifax Clarity Card anyway? And avoid the risk of things being declined because of two authorisation request.

    • Shoestring says:

      8 Jul8 July 10:35

      you might want to avoid it looking bad taking out cash on a credit card

      I think this is exaggerated in any case, plenty of people do exactly that on their hols and the credit agencies are used to it

      • Andrew says:

        8 Jul8 July 11:29

        Does that card even appear on your credit reports?

        For historic reasons, I have both BoS and Hfx accounts. None of the “white label” Halifax accounts appear on either Experian or Equifax reports.

        It’s the same with my First Direct accounts and Credit Card. Not reported anywhere.

        • John says:

          8 Jul8 July 15:30

          Of course the card appears on credit reports, with cash withdrawal markers too, but I agree with shoestring that the impact is exaggerated.

          There are two reasons why it might not appear on yours – 1) some issue with the way your name/address is recorded such that experian and equifax think those accounts are held by a different person, 2) you opened the accounts a very very long time ago and reporting to CRAs was not part of your account agreement.

    • BJ says:

      8 Jul8 July 10:45

      Why bother with a Jalifax Clarity card when there are even easier option?

      • Shoestring says:

        8 Jul8 July 10:55

        no fees and it’s hassle free & doesn’t get rejected/ transaction declined

        always good to have a couple of ‘keeper’ credit cards and it might as well be Clarity

    • Harry T says:

      8 Jul8 July 19:28

      Just want to avoid paying the interest on the withdrawals using the Clarity. I’ve had the card for a few years. Got stung by ridiculous ATM fees (not Halifax’s fault) and a fair bit of interest in Thailand earlier this year.

• Craig says:

  8 Jul8 July 09:56

  Typical, I was planning to use the restaurant at Tampa in November because there is no PP lounge. Amex are turning into BA and enhancing away benefits!

• Nic says:

  8 Jul8 July 10:11

  Bits/OT: Barcelona airport (BCN) currently has the Joan Miro lounge in the D/E gate area closed for refurbishment. They have a smaller cafeteria style bar open next to it but are turning away all lounge card members in favour of business tickets when it reaches capacity which, given the size and the season, will mean most of the day.

  This in addition to the ePassport gates being out of service at the D/E gate border check and only one man in his little box checking them by hand. Lots of queues.

• Zoe says:

  8 Jul8 July 10:26

  Probably s good thing I’m not going tonight, the Flybe person most likely didn’t want their evening spoiled by an unhappy customer 😂

  • Rob says:

    8 Jul8 July 10:48

    Oliver is now both head of loyalty and head of customer experience, so I’m sure would have been delighted to chat 🙂

    • Zoe says:

      8 Jul8 July 13:02

      I’m sure he must be aware of the issues then! Just in case he is interested this is the reply from John Lewis chat when asking for a small suitcase to fit the Flybe dimensions “I see, all the suitcases I’ve looked at since are either over the size requirement for width, or over depth. I’ve not been able to find anything to fit those measurements on all dimensions I’m afraid.” They stock 94 cases in the under 56cm category.
      I think I need to focus on enjoying my holiday now and stop trying to bang my head against a brick wall!

      • Chris L says:

        8 Jul8 July 13:49

        My wife and I each have a special ‘Flybe’ case – used exclusively for them. Got them from Amazon I think. I’ve had a bit of a tolerate-hate relationship with Flybe. The number of times things have gone smoothly has been outweighed by the number of issues. A few problems of note in the past few years:
        1. 3 hour delay – filed a compensation claim; Flybe claimed the arrival time was recorded incorrectly and ‘corrected’ their records to show a 2:59hr delay – compensation denied.
        2. Flight delayed 90 mins for starters – once on board, found at the start of the flight they had ‘run out of water’ i.e. could not serve tea, coffee, bottled water, water of any kind. Complained, received a stock response.
        3. Only one checkin desk open to deal with a queue of approx 180 pax. Heavily pregnant wife forced to stand in line for about 40 mins. Then followed by 90 min flight delay.

        I can only hope that the additional investment and benefits of being part of a larger group will help and persuade me to start using them again. As it stands I have not used them since March – and that is by choice.

        • Charlieface says:

          8 Jul8 July 14:24

          Delay compo is based on doors open time, not landing time so you may still be able to claim

        • Lady London says:

          10 Jul10 July 01:08

          And provided as well as doors open, means of exit such as airbridge or stair music be able to passengers to exit. At that point you’ve landed

          Flybe do sound rather fraudulent based on comments recently here…

      • memesweeper says:

        8 Jul8 July 16:58

        gate8 sell suitably sized — and otherwise brilliant — bags for Flybe (eg Garment Mate, which is a full size suit holder that fits their overheads!)

• Andrew-A says:

  8 Jul8 July 10:29

  OT – Can anyone confirm when Shangri-la GC points expire? The website says this which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. “GC Award Points will expire on an annual basis up to three calendar years (1 January to 31 December) after the end of the membership calendar year of accrual. Once expired, the GC Award Points cannot be redeemed for awards or other products/services”
  I have 3000 which were awarded May – June 2018 and I want to use them at The Shard but not until the turn of the year. They haven’t expired yet so I assume its not annually so possibly after 3 years?
  Thanks

  • David says:

    8 Jul8 July 16:41

    I have points expiring this year and as far as I can tell Shangri-la GC points expire on the 31 December of the 3rd year. They will email to remind you.

    • Andrew-A says:

      8 Jul8 July 19:04

      Thanks for the info

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