Exceptional World of Hyatt hotel points redemption in Budapest – but ending soon

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• Jo says:

  23 Jul23 July 04:32

  OT: if anyone could give me a airportr referral code to try out that would be great!

  • Jo says:

    23 Jul23 July 08:59

    Ooh this one says 25% off do u hv the £20 off linj

• Annabel says:

  23 Jul23 July 06:12

  Morning! Will purchase of gift cards trigger the Selfridges spend?

  • david says:

    23 Jul23 July 06:28

    Not too sure. I am aware that the current 10% Morrisons allows to purchase Amazon gift cards though.

  • SM says:

    23 Jul23 July 06:41

    Gift cards won’t trigger the offer, it’s stated in the small print!

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      23 Jul23 July 07:07

      Gift cards shouldn’t trigger the offer, it’s stated in the small print!

      Fixed that for you!

    • Genghis says:

      23 Jul23 July 08:49

      There’s often a difference between what the T&Cs say and what happens in reality. Only a problem if it’s not to your advantage.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    23 Jul23 July 07:09

    Never had a problem when bought instore

    • Matt says:

      23 Jul23 July 07:56

      Gift card purchased in store triggers fine for me last year

      • Lee says:

        23 Jul23 July 09:13

        +1

        • Polly says:

          23 Jul23 July 14:18

          Add a few groceries after the GC is scanned…

• FS says:

  23 Jul23 July 06:35

  The free connecting flights to London, for long haul flights, do they have to be on BA to qualify?
  This would limit the regions that this free connection applies to.
  We have booked flights to Canada but have to make our own way to London as BA doesn’t seem to offer flights from Cornwall to London.

  • Stu_N says:

    23 Jul23 July 07:32

    The domestic connection would have to be bookable with Avios so in practice, yes, if you’re starting in GB.

    I wonder if it would let you book Aer Lingus flights from Belfast though?

    • sam says:

      23 Jul23 July 08:46

      unsure if it has changed since may 2019. we had to start our flight with BA to use the 241 voucher/avios. poss different if not 241.

    • Stephen C says:

      23 Jul23 July 09:57

      From memory: booking Aer Lingus from Belfast was a no go via BA. Booking them through Aer Club is more often than no a higher cost in taxes/charges than the price of a cash ticket

  • Anna says:

    23 Jul23 July 08:06

    It’s only “free” in terms of avios. You still have to pay the RFS fees for a connecting flight.

    • Genghis says:

      23 Jul23 July 08:50

      I thought the fees are >RFS?

      • Yorkieflyer says:

        23 Jul23 July 08:56

        Yes the fees and charges are not capped unlike RFS on domestic connections

        • Colin MacKinnon says:

          23 Jul23 July 09:58

          Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy a cash ticket!

          And if just hand-baggage on the long-haul, it is better to have a flex ticket for the domestic. Then when your flight arrives early, you can change to an earlier domestic – which you can’t do with an avios ticket .

          (changes have to be made 24 hours in advance, sir. Changes can’t be made once you have started your journey, sir. Enjoy the extra few hours in the CCR, sir!)

        • Stu N says:

          23 Jul23 July 10:08

          I though it added about £80-£100 on a return but the pricing isn’t always correct until you click through to the final booking screen.

          I’ve just run a dummy booking and looks like the charges are nil – EDI-LHR-JFK out 11/12 back 14/12 in business 110k Avios and £871, dropping to £669 on final screen.

          LHR-JFK on same dates, 110k and £669.

          Interesting….

        • the_real_a says:

          23 Jul23 July 14:36

          Fees for me are generally an increase of £40 to £50 each way plus avios. I find it often makes more sense to take the train to London than public transport to Manchester or Leeds.

• JohnT says:

  23 Jul23 July 07:11

  Got shop small on Starwood but not BA. New Avios for booking cruise offer on BA though! Just closed OH gold to start 2 year clock, drat.

• Mike says:

  23 Jul23 July 07:19

  It was annoying when they got rid of the free regional connecting flight on short haul AVIOS flights

  • BJ says:

    23 Jul23 July 08:41

    That’s a very polite mild-mannered way of putting it 🙂

• Nick says:

  23 Jul23 July 07:42

  On the virgin 2-4-1 voucher – do I need to be one of the passengers? Or can I book for 2 family members?

  • Neil Donoghue says:

    23 Jul23 July 07:49

    You need to fly unfortunately

    • Munch says:

      23 Jul23 July 18:14

      I managed to book the wife and daughter using my 2 for 1 voucher. It was an upgrade on one leg from economy to premium. I was surprised but the call centre was okay. I was needed on the phone at the same time.

• Nick says:

  23 Jul23 July 07:43

  Any way to force an Amex offer , eg selfridges on other cards

  I only have it on ba on ba supp

  Want to get it on the plat and supp family

  • Jonathan says:

    23 Jul23 July 08:56

    No. Used to be able to call up & ask CS to add but those days are long gone. Also used to be sneaky ways of altering URL’s to add but that’s a recipe for ending your relationship with AmEx.

    • Jonathan says:

      23 Jul23 July 09:47

      Rob recently implied in a comment the url method was possible still for those in the techie know

      • RedEyeDonkey says:

        23 Jul23 July 10:51

        With the aggressive clawbacks and other things going on in the US and rumours of shutdowns I don’t think it’s likely worth it for one little offer these days though possible or not I’d recommend staying on the good side of AMEX as while they’re not the only game in town in the UK it’s close to that situation and you’re probably leaving tens of thousands in free travel and benefits on the table lifetime if they boot you and you have to ‘make do with the alternatives’.

• Ada says:

  23 Jul23 July 08:12

  Is this a trial run for limiting the Shop Small promotion in December?

  • Crafty says:

    23 Jul23 July 10:01

    Bet it won’t happen. Not big bang anyway.

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