How to see England v Ireland with your Marriott Bonvoy hotel points

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• Lee says:

  4 Jan4 January 05:37

  OT – has anyone received their bonus points for transferring MR points to Marriott? It’s been 8 weeks and no sign of it.

  • Denis says:

    4 Jan4 January 05:55

    Haven’t received it yet and it’s very annoying as I need 1600 extra points to book The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove by Jan 6.

    • Grant says:

      4 Jan4 January 09:22

      I am also waiting for the bonus to land on mine and my wife’s accounts for a redemption stay at the St Regis in Rome. I’ve got until middle of Feb though so slighlty more breathing space!

  • Sussex bantam says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:08

    Nope,,,

  • Pangolin says:

    4 Jan4 January 09:22

    Still waiting.

  • Kirsty says:

    4 Jan4 January 14:37

    I thought it was up to eight weeks from the end of the promo (ie 31 December) before the bonus points will be credited, but I might be wrong!

    • stevenhp1987 says:

      4 Jan4 January 15:08

      That’s correct. 8 weeks from 31st December, so we should have them by end of February.

• Alex M says:

  4 Jan4 January 05:45

  Speaking of Marriott: any advice on what to do with 850 Marriott points due to expire in March? Ta!

  • Chrisasaurus says:

    4 Jan4 January 05:58

    They’re worth £4.50 and even then only if you redeem them ‘wisely- – I would save the time and let them go

  • Rob says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:48

    They’re only worth about £4 …. wouldn’t go to too much trouble!

  • Vit says:

    4 Jan4 January 10:10

    Sam here, I have about 1400 but so far found no way of making use of them. 🙁

  • TGLoyalty says:

    4 Jan4 January 10:59

    It’s only a few £ of points but there could be others with larger balances looking for a way.

    Easiest way it to go for a drink at an exSPG hotel, hopefully you are passing one soon, and ask for the points to be added to your account, this should count to extend.

    They should give you a little receipt, keep your bill too so if they don’t post you can claim.

• M Todd says:

  4 Jan4 January 05:58

  The Amex offer seems to be on supplemetary cards to, so if you book a FHR rate you could have a night for £ 300 if you spend £ 600. We have a few cards between us so figure a 2 night weekend stay for a total of £ 600 isnt to bad at The Connaught, may even use a 5th card and have a £300 meal for £150! Not a cheap weekend but a good value on in other ways!

  • Polly says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:30

    And with Emyr’s deal, another £75 off a night, if you do two separate bookings, helps towards that pricey meal you plan!

  • George K says:

    5 Jan5 January 02:19

    pardon my ignorance, but how can you split the payment over two cards via either booking direct, or FHR?

    • Rob says:

      5 Jan5 January 09:19

      FHR is pay on departure so no problem. You can’t do it with a direct booking unless you book two nights in separate transactions.

• Steve S says:

  4 Jan4 January 06:46

  Tesco to Avios 40% bonus seems to have posted overnight for October and November conversions

  • Mike Bickle says:

    4 Jan4 January 11:40

    I have been waiting for Tesco to Avios bonus. Did I completely miss a 2 month window!!!??? 😭

    • Lady London says:

      4 Jan4 January 13:47

      Tesco seems to be deliberately winding down most of the benefits of Clubcard for some time now and no IIRC nothing decent on transfers except targeted Shell has been offered for a long while now.

      Remembering that Shell closed their longstanding scheme and opened a new one that’s not worth the electrons for them to email about it. So I would bet even the Shell-out bonus had Shell pushing it not Tesco.

      • Mr(s) Entitled says:

        4 Jan4 January 15:49

        Tesco is our supermarket of choice but it is noticeable how Club Card has been devalued over recent years. Lower multiples, fewer partners, no offers.

        We can’t spend the points we accumulate anymore. I’ve no real need for Avois (unless BA start serving MAN or at least link to LGW) so I think my exit if a item X3 from Goldsmiths to be resold.

        • Shoestring says:

          4 Jan4 January 15:57

          you could always go Virgin and take the long view – that’s what we’ve done, got a fair few in the Virgin Miles bank now and might not redeem for another 5 years (will = 25 years since I stuck 100K in there for the first time, had to put expiring MR points *somewhere* or lose them!)

          yep you can laugh at me if there is a major devaluation/ Virgin goes bad along with its loyalty prog

• Alex W says:

  4 Jan4 January 07:49

  OT. Loungebuddy app seems to have disappeared from the android Google play store – is this an error or has it gone for good?

  • Rob says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:38

    Amex bought it – not sure if it will only be part of the Amex app in future?

    • Sean says:

      4 Jan4 January 14:49

      Ebookers used to be partner with Loungebuddy, this seems to have changed over the past week (I requested a loungebuddy link and used it last week). They now use dragonpass. This seems to be better as it might have a wider coverage for my local airports.

      • Lady London says:

        4 Jan4 January 17:26

        Hum. Would be interesting if ebookers/loungebuddy(now owned by Amex)are both in the deal with Dragonpass. Could Amex be using Loungepass to feed business to Dragonpass, as a way of playing off Priority Pass?

        Since Priority Pass holders are so consistently being turned away from lounges at major airports in the UK, and particularly since Priority Pass has been unable to secure access to the better lounge at the home terminal of the biggest UK airline at the biggest UK airport, I suppose such a move by Amex towards another lounge access firm would make sense.

  • Roy says:

    4 Jan4 January 12:15

    AFAIK the Loungebuddy app is iPhone only. It’s been that way for as long as I can remember (including pre–Amex acquisition).

    I gather they might have had an Android app in the very early days, but if so it was dropped a long time ago.

• LewisB says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:26

  OT – How well does the IHG Premium card work with Curve? Thinking of picking up the card. Does it treat cash withdrawals and purchases? And the rest…

  • Rob says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:37

    Works fine but, personally, I always had trouble putting substantial sums through it for HMRC purchases. Other people didn’t, to be fair, and the HMRC window is now closed anyway.

    • Dave B says:

      4 Jan4 January 09:30

      Thought it was until 20 Jan.?

      • BLT says:

        4 Jan4 January 10:42

        My Curve email says until 24 January for the HMRC charge to kick in

  • Grant says:

    4 Jan4 January 09:29

    £700 / week of ‘cash like’ transactions works, but no more, and split over three separate transactions not on consecutive days. Always posted as purchases for me.

    • Anup says:

      4 Jan4 January 10:47

      Any similar views with regard to Virgin reward+ card?

      • Grant says:

        4 Jan4 January 11:28

        No such restrictions for me – works fine. Some have recently reported Revolut top-ups being treated as cash advance, but this appears limited and isolated to a few cases.

      • Mark M says:

        4 Jan4 January 13:32

        I’ve had no probs with Virgin.
        And untl today (!) I have put through CRV -> IHG payments for HMRC suceessfully up to my CRV or IHG limits – i.e: several £1000’s.
        But today my Creation / IHG account shows:
        Balance =£x
        Credit limit = £6000+ more than this.
        Available = zero.
        Does anyone have ay sggestions as to why ?

        • Dave B says:

          5 Jan5 January 11:31

          I’ve just put through a few 1000s through curve IHG to HMRC no problem.

        • Crafty says:

          5 Jan5 January 12:12

          Takes ages to update.

• Anna says:

  4 Jan4 January 08:44

  Lol, I think that device in the High Life sale is for massaging your facial muscles!
  I ordered some things to be delivered to my seat on a flight last year and it was very convenient indeed. My only gripe is that they don’t seem to stock rum, which would save me a trip to the duty free shop!

  • Anna says:

    4 Jan4 January 08:48

    Except they now seem to stock one brand, so thanks for nudging me to check the site again!

  • TokyoFan says:

    4 Jan4 January 09:30

    There are some very good savings actually on some fragrances etc. Especially if you get the 10% off intro deal via their website.

    • Anna says:

      4 Jan4 January 10:34

      I got that last time, need to sign the OH up!

      • Mike Bickle says:

        4 Jan4 January 11:41

        I have been waiting for Tesco to Avios bonus. Did I completely miss a 2 month window!!!??? 😭

        • Shoestring says:

          4 Jan4 January 12:39

          you only missed the 40% bonus window if you were a Shell points customer in the last 3 years

          it wasn’t a bonus opp for all & I for one was excluded

• Shoestring says:

  4 Jan4 January 13:58

  it’s not new though few here use it from what I can gather – I think Andrew does

  since Lidl is not on the list, there’s nothing much in it for me 🙂

  • John says:

    4 Jan4 January 15:40

    Picked up 250 bonus avios for 1st instore transaction in Oliver Bonas. No minimum spend, so bought earbuds £1.99.

    Still sore that caffe nero instore switched from.avios to Virgin flying club.

  • Chas says:

    4 Jan4 January 17:49

    It never worked for me when I registered my cards there a couple of years ago. So I removed them and registered them on the Virgin equivalent site, and it works perfectly every time. I even buy my lottery tickets at Waitrose now in order to get the extra few miles.

    • Fenny says:

      5 Jan5 January 00:50

      I buy lunch in Waitrose every day for the free coffee. I pick up a few Virgin miles with every transaction. Keeps the account current.

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