Club Eurostar makes it harder to qualify for top tier Carte Blanche status

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• EvilGazebo says:

  15 Aug15 August 06:26

  “Your registration has been unsuccessful, unfortunately you are not eligible for this offer.” 🙄

  • Oz says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:54

    +1

• Claire says:

  15 Aug15 August 07:04

  OT – does Tesco credit card charge you when you use it with Curve? I know they started to charge 3.99% in 2018 but then refunded people but no other info on Google about what is the current situation ….

  Thanks

• ThinkSquare says:

  15 Aug15 August 07:12

  No difficulty registering for the comp, but this puzzles me “To be counted as an Eligible Participant, an entrant to the prize draw must: submit their entry on the form below”. What form below???

• Holger Sell says:

  15 Aug15 August 07:28

  At the moment you cannot get to the Eurostar business lounge with your Amex Platinum charge card as they have a separate path during checking from the usual check in gates. At least this was what my other half experienced last week on her way to Paris. They channel you via a different gate and when she asked the Eurostar staff said that no access to the lounge via that route is possible. I guess they separate business premier from the normal crowds and you can’t use the same barrier. Anyone else has seen this?

  • n_g says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:13

    That’s worrying, has this changed recently?

  • meta says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:26

    I was in Paris lounge on Tuesday. There was no separate channel for the lounge. I admit though, It’s easy to miss it if you don’t know.

    • meta says:

      15 Aug15 August 08:31

      Just realise you were talking about London lounge, sorry. I was there two weekends ago and got in. Maybe they just changed some set up for the day. I can’t imagine they would restrict access for Amex Plat as this is an advertised benefit. Did she flash the card to the staff? I would have insisted.

    • Rob says:

      15 Aug15 August 08:52

      How can there be a separate channel? The steps up to it are on the shopping concourse.

  • Eddie Davies says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:35

    No problems accessing the Eurostar lounge last month when oh and self travelled to Marseille after cashing in AMEX rewards. As we didn’t have Business Premium (Only Standard Premium) we had to use the general ticket barriers rather than Fast Track. Once through we flashed our Platinum cards and had no problem accessing Business Lounge. Advised to use upstairs as slightly less busy even at 0630 am. No lounge at Marseille but expect same procedure in Paris when we travel there in November. Any feedback from users of the Paris lounge?

• jmw says:

  15 Aug15 August 07:40

  Interestingly nothing in the rules says the flight has to be taken, only booked at the time of the draw…

• Waddle says:

  15 Aug15 August 07:49

  OT: Hilton via Amex Travel
  Have never booked a hotel stay via Amex Travel. Will I still get status benefits and points (base, promotional and bonus)? If so what is the booking process? Do I pass my HHonors details to Amex or do I get in touch with the hotel after booking to give them my membership number?

  • Andrew says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:27

    Why are you doing it that way?

    • Waddle says:

      15 Aug15 August 09:55

      There’s no Hilton card at the moment and Gold earns 3x when booking via Amex Travel.

      • John says:

        15 Aug15 August 13:33

        No points or status benefits on Amex travel bookings. Likely to be cheaper direct. If not, hotels.com will have the same price as amex travel but it has 9.1% back.

• Roger says:

  15 Aug15 August 08:06

  Anyone got £250 off £750 spend at U.K. Google store on their Amex Platinum?
  It says Pixel 3 but nothing further specific in detailed terms.

  Wish it was for preorder of Pixel 4

  • Vivian says:

    15 Aug15 August 09:07

    I got that too. A 128GB Pixel 3 is currently priced at £714 so I’m not sure how strictly they’re interpreting the name of the offer.

    • Vivian says:

      15 Aug15 August 09:46

      also my offer is £250 off £725 spend

  • MD says:

    15 Aug15 August 09:42

    Damn, no. Wish I had that.

  • Lady London says:

    15 Aug15 August 11:41

    Pixel 3 seems to have had a raft of extremely generous promotions in quite a few places at launch (like the extremely generous carphone warehouse offer) and others since. IMV at full price it’s just not competitive for what it offers at it’s price point.

    Personally i’d wait for Pixel 4 and evaluate that against alternatives also.

• Definitas says:

  15 Aug15 August 08:22

  Wow, two economy class flights to be won. Is the second prize 3 economy fares? BA not exactly splashing out for their centenary.

  • Andrew says:

    15 Aug15 August 08:26

    It’s not that bad.

    Just a simple return trip to Edinburgh for two in Economy for the bank holiday weekend could set you back £1,200

    • Charlie Whiskey says:

      15 Aug15 August 10:26

      It is not indeed bad, but seems quite typical of BA that they offer the absolute minimum of a prize even in their Centenary Year: economy only, no right to upgrade, seat offering entirely at their discretion so they can insist you go on a flight with low take-up etc. and costs them the minimum possible.

      It would have been so easy (and affordable) of BA to at least offer Premium Economy or even Business Class as so many other airlines do in competition, and make it a special occasion. Or do they really think that most BA Amex cardholders want to go in economy?

      • Rob says:

        15 Aug15 August 10:47

        Can’t argue. Note that little old HFP has got two Business Class tickets from Etihad for our current competition.

        • Russ says:

          15 Aug15 August 13:24

          Lol! It is a bit telling is it not 🙂

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    15 Aug15 August 11:42

    Do you have to pay the taxes on the fares or is that all covered?

    • Rob says:

      15 Aug15 August 12:20

      All covered 🙂

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