Win 75,000 Lufthansa Miles & More miles

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• Andrew says:

  3 Oct3 October 09:37

  BITS – Sainsbury’s

  Halifax, BoS and Lloyds account holders may be targetted with a 5%-10% offer at Sazbo’s with their “Everyday Offers”.

• Anna says:

  3 Oct3 October 10:33

  There are some decent deals but beware – e.g. my flexible booking at MAN Hilton was £15 cheaper in the sale so I’ve re-booked that, but my hotel in Vienna had actually gone up by 30 euros!

• Nadeshka says:

  3 Oct3 October 10:57

  OT: many thanks to whoever recommended the Virgin Red app for prize draws – we’ve won a £2000 holiday voucher! Now just got to figure out how to use it with all our holidays for the next year already booked to areas it seems they don’t cover (calendar is always planned 355 days out with a 2-4-1!).

  • Rob says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:08

    Wow, result!

  • Tilly71 says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:52

    Congrats!

  • TripRep says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:59

    Awesome result!

  • Peter K says:

    3 Oct3 October 12:00

    Congratulations!

    If you can’t use it I’ll helpfully take it off your hands 😁

    • Nadeshka says:

      3 Oct3 October 15:17

      Thanks for the offer but apparently it’s not transferable, otherwise I probably would be giving it to someone in the family 😉
      As exciting as it is, having a 5 month old means most of their holiday packages are not best suited.
      We will absolutely be trying our hardest to make it work, even if it’s just a weekend across the pond!

  • Gringo says:

    3 Oct3 October 14:13

    That was me – you’re welcome!

    • Nadeshka says:

      3 Oct3 October 15:17

      Ahah, well thanks again! And hopefully this is reminder to people to keep entering!

  • Nick Burch says:

    4 Oct4 October 11:12

    Nice one!

    I’ve had a couple of bottles of wine, a few books, and a lunch thingy with Richard Branson where he was so late we didn’t actually get to talk to him… Prizes seem harder to come by these days, apparently lots of other people have twigged and started using the app too!

• Benilyn says:

  3 Oct3 October 11:11

  OT: Send paypal gift to someone, via Curve backed by IHG, will that be seen as cash advance or ok?

  • John says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:18

    Ok but don’t use your real details

  • guesswho2000 says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:41

    OK, but why waste your Curve limit doing that? Just use the card directly with PayPal, that’s also a purchase.

    • John says:

      4 Oct4 October 07:31

      They want to withdraw the money to a bank account without paying the paypal fees

      • guesswho2000 says:

        6 Oct6 October 13:15

        Using Curve isn’t going to avoid them

• Ben says:

  3 Oct3 October 11:32

  OT. Looking for advice. I had a flight booked with AA in Jan from San Jose (Costa Rica) to Dallas booked for 1am getting in at 5am. They have just sent me an email with new flight details saying the flight is now 8am stopping at Miami and getting in to Dallas at 3.40pm. I then have my return flight back to LHR from Dallas at 22.15. Where do I stand? Can I get them to book me on a different flight? (there is only one direct AA flight that would got me 18.30pm) thats a little tight. Unless they would check my bags through (doubtful)
  Any thoughts would be welcome.

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    3 Oct3 October 11:58

    Is your flight to London on a separate ticket?

    • Ben says:

      3 Oct3 October 12:04

      Hi,
      Yes its on a seperate BA ticket.

  • Shoestring says:

    3 Oct3 October 12:08

    you can change your flight for no charge or even switch to a partner flight

    so time to do some research on better options

  • marcw says:

    3 Oct3 October 14:00

    I believe AA still does check your bag through to final destination in different tickets. You should do some research in the AA website…

    • Ben says:

      3 Oct3 October 14:33

      I called AA and they said there is no possible way to check the baggage through, even if it was AA to AA they still said they wouldnt do it. Also that there are no other flights so in summary, I have no choice but to lose the day travelling through to MIA then Dallas.

      • Shoestring says:

        3 Oct3 October 15:13

        the usual recommendation is to check out alternative routes for yourself & not rely on what an agent tells you, then when you speak to them, tell them your preferred re-routing

        • Ben says:

          3 Oct3 October 15:16

          Hi Harry, I did that but there are no other flights from San Jose to Dallas unless I take the afternoon flight and cut my connection very tight.

      • John says:

        4 Oct4 October 07:32

        People on the phone rarely tell you the real situation, unless you are calling the top tier level help centre. AA certainly checks bags through on all oneworld itineraries.

  • Spaghetti Town says:

    3 Oct3 October 15:34

    I’d Play it safe and take the long wait, if things go wrong it will cause you a lot of stress… You’ll have to clear US immigration too which can be a pain.

    Are you in J to london too? Can take a kip in a lounge chair on the layover

    • Scallder says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:54

      I’d also take the longer layover to be honest.

      Also coming in from Costa Rica you would need to collect your baggage at the US airport you first arrive at to clear customs. So going through Miami, you would need to possibly check you luggage 3 times, at San Juan, Miami and Dallas, however you would definitely need to collect it and re-check in Dallas if doing the later flight, which might make the connection even tighter.

• Ian M says:

  3 Oct3 October 11:59

  OT – St Regis New York..

  Checked in last night for a 6 night redemption booking. There was no mention of the $50 resort/destination fee. After reading Rob’s award winning article I was looking forward to trying to maximise the value of it!

  • FlyingChris says:

    3 Oct3 October 13:10

    They waive it (or give you the option to) on stays of 5 or more nights I believe.

    • Ian M says:

      3 Oct3 October 14:02

      Ah ok thanks, well they didn’t even give me the option, they didn’t mention it at all.

    • Rob says:

      3 Oct3 October 17:27

      Correct.

      • Clive says:

        3 Oct3 October 23:37

        I thought redemptions do not incur Resort or Destination fees.

• Voltron says:

  3 Oct3 October 12:09

  OT – Does anybody else only see a maximum of 50 offers saved on the AMEX app / website, even though they have more saved? I have about 60ish saved but can only see the first 50.

  • Benilyn says:

    3 Oct3 October 14:00

    lol why do you save so many?

    • Russ says:

      3 Oct3 October 16:58

      May as well if they’re available and may use. I click everything remotely likely i.e. food outlets, coffee, hotels etc.

      • Charlieface says:

        3 Oct3 October 19:33

        I also click everything remotely likely but that’s only about 3!

• Jon says:

  3 Oct3 October 13:36

  OT- If I cancel my Amex BAPP, how soon can I reapply to get another 2-4-1 voucher. Spend on work trips plus personal is so high now that am spending 5-10k a month.

  • Shoestring says:

    3 Oct3 October 13:47

    next day

    does rely on Amex accepting your application, though

  • SimonW says:

    3 Oct3 October 13:47

    My wife hit the spend, cancelled, then reapplied about 6 weeks later. Earned 2 vouchers in about 3 months…. Have left it a while now. Dont want to take the pi55. Obvious workaround is get your partner a BAPP with u as supp card. Then maybe get 2 vouchers each a year….

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