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

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• r* says:

  15 Aug15 August 17:54

  Whats the cheapest way currently to buy a smallish number of avios (like 10k ish) with cash?

  • Shoestring says:

    15 Aug15 August 18:18

    https://headforpoints.com/2019/08/08/buy-avios-with-a-10-45-bonus/

• Graham Walsh says:

  15 Aug15 August 17:59

  Typical, booked outbound flights yesterday. Will be ok for return flights in a few days.

  OT – Anyone flown with Iceland Air? Looking at wheretocredit and I could deposit miles into Finnair. Is there a way to move them over to my Avios/Aer Lingus account and to BA?

  • Shoestring says:

    15 Aug15 August 18:16

    no

  • guesswho2000 says:

    17 Aug17 August 02:08

    Deposit to AY and move them over to IHG, I think is an option. I’d personally credit them to AS, but depends whether that’s of any use to you.

• Shoestring says:

  15 Aug15 August 18:16

  I am a Great Uncle.

  Better than being a Grandpa, I guess.

  Celebrations. I suppose.

  • Karen Brown says:

    15 Aug15 August 19:42

    There is worse @Shoestring. Just see how being a “Great Aunt” sounds.

    • Shoestring says:

      15 Aug15 August 20:07

      my nephew’s wife had their kid on the same day (yesterday) as some other cousin had hers, so my wife is all over it, them being her side of the family.

      not only Great Uncle but also something like Great Cousin twice removed

      • The Great Shoestring says:

        15 Aug15 August 20:26

        I shall now be known as The Great Shoestring, for one evening only

• Roy says:

  15 Aug15 August 19:17

  O/T: Atrium Heathrow (at Hatton Cross) seems to be accepting bookings for tonight on its website. Is it finally open?

  • Rob says:

    15 Aug15 August 20:56

    That hotel looks weird, frankly! Might send Rhys out to take a look 🙂

    • Roy says:

      15 Aug15 August 21:34

      (Even) more conveniently located for Hatton Cross tube than the HGI – and pretty attractively priced, at least for now.

      BTW was rather taken aback at the rates HGI T2 is now charging. On the (Sunday) night I was looking at the pricing was comparable to the Sofitel. Maybe not really surprising given the unique location, in hindsight.

      • Roy says:

        15 Aug15 August 21:37

        Ok, on reflection, maybe I’m misremembering 🙂

        Certainly was more expensive than I was expecting, though.

• Shoestring says:

  15 Aug15 August 19:37

  I really need to decide yes/ no about joining one of the class action suits against BA because of the data breaches. I qualify.

  Anybody decided yes/ no and can help me in my decision?

  • Crafty says:

    15 Aug15 August 21:59

    Did so months ago, I’d frankly be a bit annoyed if people who’d sat on the fence this long providing no data are still allowed in.

    • The Original David says:

      15 Aug15 August 22:12

      Why’s it such a difficult decision? I signed up as soon as they started advertising it, and can now forget about it for as many years as it takes to reach a conclusion. If I get a few hundred quid at some point, that’ll be nice, if not then it hasn’t been a big part of my life and I’ll be over it after about 15 minutes. I don’t understand all this “should I, shouldn’t I” hand-wringing that people are doing.

  • Anna says:

    16 Aug16 August 00:12

    I wasn’t going to as didn’t think I’d been affected, however I have had several emails recently from Amex saying someone has tried to use a cancelled Amex (that’ll teach them to try & defraud a churner!) so I also need to make a decision!

    • meta says:

      16 Aug16 August 00:43

      I signed up recently after mulling over it for a few months. I have just signed the agreement a few weeks ago, but haven’t sent all the details yet. Having talked to solicitor friends, I’m not expecting more than maybe £100, but still better than nothing.

• Voltron says:

  15 Aug15 August 21:05

  OT – Have 500 Shangri La points from previous offers. Will never stay in one and dont plan on going to the shard to spend on drinks, is there anyway else to earn Shangri La points as noticed you can transfer to avios, but need minimum of 2500? Website states can only.earn via hotel stays.

• Leigh says:

  15 Aug15 August 21:49

  OT – I cancelled a Hilton reward night booking on Monday but points haven’t been refunded yet. Does anyone know how long it normally takes to get the points back? Thanks

  • Peter K says:

    15 Aug15 August 22:01

    Usually instant. Log out and back in and they are in your account straight away.

    • Leigh says:

      15 Aug15 August 22:12

      Thanks Peter
      Something may have gone wrong with my cancellation. Will give them a call tomorrow.

      • Prune says:

        16 Aug16 August 00:47

        This happened to me about 3 weeks ago. I cancelled a booking and the points never appeared. I gave them a call and they had to raise a complaint.
        The points then appeared about a week later.

        • Leigh says:

          16 Aug16 August 09:50

          Thanks for the info. Just called customer service and was told they are having IT issues. A case is opened for them to investigate. Hopefully the points will return soon.

• vol says:

  17 Aug17 August 06:18

  What I got:

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

  BA showing me no love at all 😳

  • John Benson says:

    17 Aug17 August 13:56

    I got the same message today:

    British Airways offer registration
    Your registration has been unsuccessful, unfortunately you are not eligible for this offer.

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