Buy cheap Avios points via Groupon Ireland from 1.05p

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• Rui N. says:

  26 Nov26 November 11:34

  Another OT (sorry!).
  For Disneyland Paris (and just Disneyland; arriving by Eurostar, if relevant), where to stay? I’ve heard about Val d’europe… Is that a good area to stay?
  Also, any points opportunities for hotels? Hilton and IHG don’t seem to have anything nearby.

  • marcw says:

    26 Nov26 November 11:58

    Accor has plenty of options.

    • EwanG says:

      26 Nov26 November 15:46

      Agree with Marcw, lots of Accor options pretty well onsite.
      We stayed at the HI Marne La Vallee in 2018 – it was perfectly acceptable (clean, spacious room, breakfast options OK). Close to an RER A station to head E to Disney (~20 minutes) or W to go back into Paris, both direct. If you are *only* at Disney you’d eliminate a small amount of travel time each day by staying at one of the Accor properties.

  • Nick M says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:54

    There’s a Radisson Blu & a Marriott property (although I think they are houses) – I haven’t been for a longtime, but planning to at some point in the next year or 2

    • David D says:

      26 Nov26 November 15:25

      The Marriott is one of their timeshare club properties. The Radisson Blu is a good looking property if you have the points. The RER A goes from La Défense to Euro Disney which opens up a few more hotels in that area with Hilton, Sofitel, Mercure and Melia for points using or earning opportunities. I think there is a Novotel and an Ibis too. Though it is around 60 minutes each way, though check for works on the line.

  • Murray says:

    26 Nov26 November 23:26

    Val d’Europe is very close to Disneyland Paris and the hotels are OK there. Most are fairly basic. The Marriott Île de France property is very nice as is Relais Spa.

    Honestly it is IMO best to stay in a Disney hotel if money allows. You are much closer and really immersed in the experience. There are often free dining promotions if you stay onsite which make it good value.

    If the main purpose of your trip is Disneyland, I wouldn’t stay any further than the local area, and certainly not in central Paris. It’s just more inconvenient and unreliable and after a day at the parks, you’ll be exhausted!

• Eppleby says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:06

  Why would you buy groupon.ie or groupon.es avios when BAEC will give you 15000 for C$208.00 (about £120.00) plus a free digital Economist subscription?

  • BJ says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:24

    Sometimes peopld need smaller amounts so they go to Groupon because the bands/discounts may be better than a 50% bonus avios sale. Some just want as many avios as they can get around 1p or less, and some of those then go off and do arithmetic circus tricks to convince themselves they got a good deal when in reality they would have been better buying cash tickets in many cases.

  • Cocobay71 says:

    26 Nov26 November 18:32

    Has everyone taking out the Telegraph sub home based in Canada received the 15k avios?

    • BJ says:

      26 Nov26 November 18:46

      I think you’ll be waiting forever for those particular avios 🙂

    • BJ says:

      26 Nov26 November 18:49

      On the other hand people who took out the economist subscription have reported getting their avios about 3-4 weeks later.

      • Cocobay71 says:

        26 Nov26 November 21:01

        I’ll wait until someone living in Canada has received the 15k before jumping in then! 😂

• Adam says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:17

  OT as bits: Looks like there is a 30% Marriott Flash sale going on for Europe. Just got Renaissance Heathrow Runway View room for 59.

  • Russ says:

    26 Nov26 November 16:45

    Thank you Adam, booked. They were asking nearly £40 earlier for these rooms. Looks like there wasn’t many takers 🙂

    • TGLoyalty says:

      26 Nov26 November 18:39

      only issue is the headline price on the search isn’t the lowest 30% off rate so it takes some digging. unless there’s something I’m missing

• Bob says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:21

  O/T sorry

  My bonvoy balance is just 60 points short of a round figure (500s/1000s). Minimum purchase is 1000 points so as an alternative are you able to earn points on F&B spend at any bonvoy property even if you aren’t a guest?

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:01

    Yes, off a specific list.

    But if you are about to redeem, ring to book and they will comp you the 60. I advised another reader to do this recently with Marriott and it worked fine.

    • Bob says:

      26 Nov26 November 13:02

      Thanks Rob!

• sedgie252 says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:45

  OT as Bits: on my BA flight to Nice last week I was told by cabin crew that they no longer accept Revolut or Monzo for in-flight purchases. Apparently some transactions weren’t processing and the lost commission(?) was being taken from the cabin crew’s wages, “because they’re mean to us”.

  • Bob says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:49

    Had a similar experience on another airline using Starling, it wouldn’t be accepted.

  • Nick M says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:56

    I tried (and failed) to use Revolut and Curve on Air Malta a couple of weeks ago… no explanation, but I assume their internet isn’t good enough to do real time verification with multiple steps? Other car payments went through ok, and I’m sure I’ve used Revolut mid flight before

    • fivebobbill says:

      26 Nov26 November 14:10

      No problem with Revolut on Air Baltic last month…

  • ankomonkey says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:45

    “the lost commission(?) was being taken from the cabin crew’s wages”. If true then that’s probably the lowest yet by BA. Shocking!

    • Doug M says:

      26 Nov26 November 13:53

      Surely that doesn’t sit right with employment law. Up there with stealing waitstaffs tip and making them pay for food when customers do a runner.

      • Callum says:

        26 Nov26 November 19:23

        What company would ever pay commission when they don’t receive the actual money from the sale?

    • Rob says:

      26 Nov26 November 14:22

      I was under the impression that they can’t validate transactions anyway, given that there is no connection to the ground?

  • Andrew says:

    26 Nov26 November 14:55

    If a sale isn’t settled, there can’t be any commission.

    If, on the other hand, the lost complete unsettled sale is being deducted from commission earned – that’s very wrong indeed.

  • Alex W says:

    26 Nov26 November 20:58

    Making any buy on board purchase is very wrong indeed! Fill your pockets in the lounge before boarding the flight!

• Spaghetti Town says:

  26 Nov26 November 12:47

  Whats the Double tree stratford upon avon like? Any thoughts on things to do? Good sale on on hilton UK properties currently.

  • BJ says:

    26 Nov26 November 12:58

    My guess is that a better flash sale is coming soon.

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      26 Nov26 November 15:35

      @ BJ – Below the £54 a night it currently is for my Jan date. Can’t see it going below that?

      • BJ says:

        26 Nov26 November 18:56

        No idea about that specific hotel. Going on previous patterns I am hoping for a flash sale with lower rates across most hotels. It’s early days for the winter sale so I’m happy to risk waiting a few weeks.

  • ankomonkey says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:50

    It was a Q Hotel until a year or two ago. SUA (making my own airport code-style abbreviation) is great for Shakespeare-stuff, going to the theatre or hanging around on the river. When it’s cold or wet, it ain’t much fun.

    • Spaghetti Town says:

      26 Nov26 November 15:36

      Thanks. This will be the last weekend of Jan. pretty cold but will give me and the girlfriend something to look forward too in the cold dark months!

  • The Original Nick says:

    26 Nov26 November 13:53

    Butterfly Farm? Shakys house? Some nice pubs for lunch too

    • EwanG says:

      26 Nov26 November 15:27

      Is that the house with the green door? 😉

      • BJ says:

        26 Nov26 November 19:09

        House With the Green Shutters from George Douglas Brown is still there in Ochiltree if you want to see that Ewan. A good fish and chip shop just down the road on the corner too. Nearby is Burn’s monument and other related stuff in Mauchline, and the Barony A-frane and Dumfries House in Auchinleck…just sone trivia ifnyou’re looking fir sonething different to see some lazy Sunday.

      • Anna says:

        26 Nov26 November 19:49

        I got you Ewan, but I think it’s more like This Ole House…

• Secret Squirrel says:

  26 Nov26 November 14:11

  OT:
  100 IB Avios for recent compo now in.

  • maccymac says:

    26 Nov26 November 14:20

    +1 Thanks… in for me too

    • The Original Nick says:

      26 Nov26 November 17:06

      Got mine too.

  • Lyn says:

    26 Nov26 November 17:37

    Thank you, ours too. It is still open for anyone that needs to extend the life of their Iberia points.

    • Shoestring says:

      26 Nov26 November 17:43

      or just earn their first Iberia point (well, 100 points) – necessary to activate the account
      https://headforpoints.com/2019/11/10/get-100-free-avios-in-iberia-plus-for-30-seconds-work/

• Peter K says:

  26 Nov26 November 16:15

  That’s an amazing price, but from experience I know it’s also a killer in economy.

  • Shoestring says:

    26 Nov26 November 16:19

    and that’s why I think Rhys should go again, end of an ANZ era & he doesn’t feel the pain yet

  • BJ says:

    26 Nov26 November 18:39

    £4 up on last year I think, inflation’s awful.

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