Revolut is offering free airport lounge access if your flight is delayed

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• KBuffett says:

  1 Feb1 February 08:22

  Does anyone have any updates on the Revolut loading situation? Are we back to normal or are last weeks changes permanent?

  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    1 Feb1 February 09:34

    Spend a tenner and take one for the team!

    • Ian says:

      1 Feb1 February 09:59

      Yep, I tried that on Thursday and there’s a cash advance fee applied.

      • Big Ernie McCracken says:

        1 Feb1 February 10:05

        What levels are the fees at? I seem to recall 1.5%. Is this the case?

        • Grant says:

          1 Feb1 February 10:17

          Depends on your card issuer since it is they who are applying the charge. Virgin is 5%, for example.

  • Doog1000 says:

    1 Feb1 February 18:29

    What I find odd is that there is zero clarity from Revolut – if they made the change themselves which I suspect they should just say so – if it as the Virgin emailed implied is a result of a decision by MasterCard and visa then they should clarify this

    • Lady London says:

      1 Feb1 February 22:09

      Weasel words from Revolut it’s clear they made the decision themselves. Effectively withdrawing their published term stating no extra charge would be made. Their wording tries to hint Mastercard them do it but clear Revolut themselves have made the decision to add charges.

      it appears Revolut have implemented this significant change without notice and they seem to be trying to obfuscate this. I don’t think they’ve got a leg to stand on and I’d be demanding proper notice and removal of all such charges accruing during the notice period.

      • Shoestring says:

        1 Feb1 February 22:24

        I can’t see that Revolut were ever in a good position to say these charges wouldn’t apply, they seem to be secondary in the process, not primary

      • jc says:

        1 Feb1 February 23:19

        – @Shoestring is right that they should never have promised it as it’s outside their control. Even if they could choose their MCC, they can’t choose that every cc company treats that MCC as a purchase

        – But no @LL, Revolut didn’t themselves choose to change the MCC

• Sandra says:

  1 Feb1 February 08:36

  Hilton Amex offer appeared on both our cards late Thursday with £75 cash back.

• Clare Gibb says:

  1 Feb1 February 10:02

  You need to be careful with the Europcar deal – I got stuffed back in September with the 6000 for 8 days deal. Moved my booking across to Europcar – more expensive, but fine in context of 6000 avios. Picked up the car late at night – really tired, walked to the car and it was smaller than the one I had booked, but too tired at that point to complain and I had a two hour drive. Then got back to the UK and they had whacked fifty quid on for insurance I didn’t need and didn’t ask for. Then they claimed that my smaller car was BETTER than the one I booked, then they refused the 6000 miles because they had given me was in too low a class. The response from the complaints department was rude and dismissive and they just chose not to respond to my last email. Lost the will to live at that point.

  • Doug M says:

    1 Feb1 February 12:22

    Everyone has car hire horror stories. I stick firmly to Avis and Hertz, not saying they’re better, but I’ve been OK with them for a few years, albeit mostly USA rentals.

    • Aston100 says:

      1 Feb1 February 14:22

      Pretty dire experience with Avis / Budget in Turkey.

      • Sina says:

        1 Feb1 February 17:15

        Had to wait is Istanbul airport 4+ hours to get the car I booked with Avis! Their customer services didn’t care and no one ever followed up on my complaint and calls!

  • Lady London says:

    1 Feb1 February 13:21

    Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Mine was GVA late night, same thing. Wasn’t 6000 miles at stake though!

    Car rentals is a very corrupt business IMV. I get very nervous renting cars even from the big names if I’ve not got a big corporate behind me.

    My strategy is the same as Doug M’s – lower frequency of issues with those and in the US -but every 4 or 5 rentals or so quite likely they pull something so caution esp if late arrival/tired.

    • Aston100 says:

      1 Feb1 February 14:23

      So true.
      Regardless of size / reputation of the firm, I always inspect the vehicle and point out any scratches, no matter how small, and I take photos where relevant.

• Oz says:

  1 Feb1 February 10:18

  Does anyone know if the $10 Dragon Pass lounge entry via Red Dufry is currently working please?

  • BJ says:

    1 Feb1 February 10:52

    Comments within the last 48h suggest it is working again so give it a shot.

    • Oz says:

      1 Feb1 February 13:17

      Ditto – applied with promo code and (new) account only shows Silver. Logged out and in, deleted app and tried again – same 😟

      Rob can you ask Dufry if they are still happy and if they are going to (re)activate this promo.

      • Rob says:

        1 Feb1 February 14:41

        As soon as a reader with an upcoming birthday gets a code, I’m sure we’ll hear.

  • Rich says:

    1 Feb1 February 13:12

    Just tried with HAPPYBIRTHDAY2020 as the code, but it didn’t upgrade me to Platinum. (Unless I’m doing something wrong.)

• Munch says:

  1 Feb1 February 10:43

  OT Can you still pay into NSI if you upgrade to Curve Metal?

  • BJ says:

    1 Feb1 February 10:55

    You can pay in with your existing card without fees unless something has changed today. At some point the fee is probably coming though.

    • fivebobbill says:

      1 Feb1 February 11:21

      Hope so, I bought another £3k worth yesterday! 🙄

• d4ve says:

  1 Feb1 February 12:52

  OT – Please does anyone know whether purchasing LNER vouchers from their website would trigger the 5% cash back offer I have on my Amex GoldCC?

  • Brighton Belle says:

    1 Feb1 February 14:41

    I have £200 of vouchers bought at different times and cards and they all triggered 5% back. But the 12 month expiry is strict so be sure you’ll use them

    • d4ve says:

      1 Feb1 February 17:07

      Thanks. Will bear the expiry in mind.

  • lgflyer says:

    1 Feb1 February 14:52

    And what about buying non-LNER tickets on the LNER website?

    • BJ says:

      1 Feb1 February 18:35

      The ones purchased via necrar can only be used on LNER Advance tickets so it may be the same for all of them.

    • Nick_C says:

      1 Feb1 February 18:41

      You can buy any tickets at the LNER website. They will all trigger the Amex offer. But only LNER services trigger Nectar points as well.

      • Harry T says:

        1 Feb1 February 21:36

        Nick is right.

• Rob says:

  1 Feb1 February 12:53

  In advance is fine.

• Roger says:

  1 Feb1 February 14:53

  Is Hilton offer likely to work on two separate prepaid hotels in different countries in two different stays with combined value exceeding £250?

  • PaulW says:

    1 Feb1 February 17:38

    I have managed this in past with pre m]paik UK plus Spain

  • Crafty says:

    1 Feb1 February 23:28

    If on the list, likely to, yes. Not guaranteed.

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