Save £29 on Virgin Atlantic Economy Classic and Economy Delight flights

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• Ricatti says:

  27 Feb27 February 04:43

  Increasingly, I find that even 100% bonus IHG points are way too expensive.

  Usually one can find cash rate on verge of a good deal for any location, if not striving for “high end” ICs like Amstel, Paris or Estoril.

  • Gerry says:

    27 Feb27 February 04:45

    No great offers on ihg lately

    • Ricatti says:

      27 Feb27 February 04:49

      It’s different. Sweet spots were eliminated, and is Pointsbreak.

      As Rob says, there is no game/roulette element to score a bargain.

      • Crafty says:

        28 Feb28 February 06:46

        If you happen to need to stay in Leeds occasionally, most of the HIX properties are 15,000 points and always have availability. This can be good value as hotel costs in Leeds fluctuate enormously on demand.

  • Ricatti says:

    27 Feb27 February 04:48

    If someone thinks, “this guy is not likely to be a customer”, I am the person who bought up to maximum points allowance each year in each major scheme (IHG, SPG), and then sum for family member accounts.

• Mike says:

  27 Feb27 February 07:17

  “my status is higher than hers” – I keep telling mine the same but all I get is a dirty look !

• A270 says:

  27 Feb27 February 07:25

  OT: I have 4 x economy tickets booked to Abu Dhabi via Swiss Air during Easter holidays. The stay there is through redeeming my Marriott Package which expires in early May. If we voluntarily decide not to go, what is the airline and airline likely to offer? It wasn’t a refundable ticket. Also, if UAE cancels flights from UK, what will be my position? I do have Amex platinum but ticket was booked through some other Amex 6 months ago. If there’s an article I could read to find out my options please do redirect. Just trying to think ahead and follow the recommended course so I don’t find out too late that we should have done something earlier. Many thanks.

  • A270 says:

    27 Feb27 February 07:27

    Sorry, I meant what is the airline and hotel likely to offer. Just trying to find out how to go about it with Swiss and Marriott should the need arise.

    • Ian M says:

      27 Feb27 February 07:32

      Regarding the Marriott stay, you’ll be able to cancel that and get your 7 night certificate back, the cancellation policy is the same as a normal redemption booking. If you call Marriott and ask nicely, they will normally extend a certificate by 12 months, provided it has not already been extended.

      • A270 says:

        28 Feb28 February 20:30

        Thanks, I already got it extended. More concerned about the air tickets.

• Mj says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:01

  OT – logged into my wife’s virgin shop account and the 8 points per £ over £20 spend is now until late March. Haven’t checked mine yet but assume it’s would be the same? The purchase I made on her card hasn’t tracked after over a week, thankfully it was only £50 whereas all mine for much larger amounts have.

  • SteveD says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:36

    I’ve also had an extension to the offer – now expires 25th March.

    • GRIMZ says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:54

      Me too ( :

    • Shoestring says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:58

      same here

      I guess it was always there: [Rewards will not be earned on items purchased within Morrison’s cafes, petrol stations, garden centres, pharmacies, cash offices, gift cards, flower world, seasonal stores or on dry cleaning.]

      anybody got the miles, anyway?

      • SteveD says:

        27 Feb27 February 09:05

        They’ve tracked but still showing as Pending.

        • mark2 says:

          27 Feb27 February 09:08

          Ditto, plus I have got the More points.

      • RussellH says:

        27 Feb27 February 09:34

        Virgin say that it will be 45 days before you get the miles. In my (very limited) experience it is more like 55 – 60 days.

        But at least the instore things like Morrisons do (usually) track – I did two online shops in January, neither of which tracked. Virgin are still “investigating” a month later. I shall not be bothering with Virgin online shopping again.

        I have had one instore purchase that failed to track: after about 7 weeks they finally went “pending”. Two months later I got the miles. Three weeks after that the transaction was “cancelled”, though the miles are still in my a/c a few weeks later. It all seems a massive mess.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    27 Feb27 February 16:33

    Cool can now double dip with my March spend £2900 get 1500 MR – better than nothing

• Mark says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:23

  O/T, just triggered the bonus on the free IHG card but its showing up as 10k points not the higher 20k on my credit card account; is this normal and creation will just send over the additional points to my account separately? Thanks

  • Grant says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:39

    Terms say 90 days for the additional 10k. Lots of us in the same boat

    • Mark says:

      27 Feb27 February 08:40

      great thanks for confirming

      • Alex says:

        27 Feb27 February 10:07

        Yep same for me, had my first statement and still no sign of the extra 10k points (yet).

  • BJ says:

    27 Feb27 February 12:39

    Lucky you and others, I applied about a month ago. Weekly calls, various emsails and I’m still waiting to receive my card. Their CS is worse than Hilton and that’s saying something.

    • Shoestring says:

      27 Feb27 February 17:24

      @BJ – which card are your referring to?

• mark2 says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:25

  OT
  I have just looked at my Amex Bonvoy account and a charge on 25 Feb has only received 2 points per £. I am sure that this will be rectified with a phone call but it shows that existing accounts are subject to the new rules (with possibility of negotiation reportedly).

  • Ed says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:34

    I just saw this on my account. Transactions made well before the change deadline have been awarded only 2 points per £1. What a joke.

  • Lev441 says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:42

    Same here, large transaction for £10k only 2 points per £1 produced on 25/02…

    • rams1981 says:

      27 Feb27 February 10:55

      Amex are clowns. I’ve had the card less than a month and they are saying they wrote to me about the change of earnings rate which is a lie. I’m raising a formal complaint with them.

      • Lady London says:

        27 Feb27 February 11:26

        The onus is on them to prove you received it. Likely they didn;t send to a lot of people. If it’s a detrimental change, after notice is given then the effects of the detrimental change cant start until that notice elapses. Notice required and method of communication will be in the t’s and c’s but has to be reasonable.

      • BJ says:

        27 Feb27 February 12:33

        I’ve had mine 3 weeks, no notice either. Who cares, was a fabulous deal so I’m quite happy as always to let them have about 6 months before I notice the problem or notice arrives. Amex have been good to me, I’ve never made a habit of lining up the ducks and running off with the prizes straight away and I’m not about to start now. Sand eith annual fees, if you can recoup them then what’s the rush to cancel? My green card has been superb value this past year.

    • LST says:

      27 Feb27 February 11:42

      Same here, will be calling them today to complain and, most likely, cancel the card.

      LST

  • Anna says:

    27 Feb27 February 09:21

    My SPG Amex will be used for our next 3 Marriott stays in March and April then it’s going to be cancelled and a pro-rata fee refund requested.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      27 Feb27 February 16:37

      Even better I have received 5x for Marriott transactions I made 2/3 days ago (2x as standard plus 3x as a bonus which should be 4x) – clowns

• TripRep says:

  27 Feb27 February 09:51

  Rob – as this is bits, what’s your thoughts on a possible IAG future takeover bid for Norwegian? Its share price is down 90% since 2016 and still no sign of making an emergency landing.

  The COVID19 effect on pax appetite to fly must also be damaging FlyBE too…..

  • Don says:

    27 Feb27 February 10:32

    The COVID19 impact on flights and tourism is going to hurt a lot I think.
    Walt Disney Company take more Operating Income from Parks & Experiences than they do from their Studio Entertainment and Shanghai & Hong Kong parks have been closed for over a month.

  • Jamie says:

    27 Feb27 February 10:50

    As someone with Norwegian flights in April, is there anything I can do? I’ve got good travel insurance and paid for flights on Amex. Amex have to pay for alternative flights if Norwegian goes under right?

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 12:03

    With Norwegian pulling back from a lot of routes, I don’t think they are as much of a concern to IAG as they were. The value was only in effectively closing down their UK operation.

  • marcw says:

    27 Feb27 February 13:42

    It’s better to wait for collapse and take whatever is left.

• Craig says:

  27 Feb27 February 11:00

  OT: Data point, Mrs S applied for the SPG on Sunday, referral points hit my account today. The decision is whether to spend the old SPG target and see what happens or phone and cancel immediately when she realises the earning is not what she expected?

  • Liz says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:32

    Hubby applied on Monday and my referal pts posted yesterday. We are going to spend the £1000 and hope for the 33K bonus – within 24 mths but used a new email address. Fingers crossed.

    • BJ says:

      27 Feb27 February 12:17

      No new details of any sort are required nor is necessary to leave the existing cardholder field in the application unticked.

      • Phil G says:

        27 Feb27 February 13:22

        I got a new card 4 weeks ago with same details and less than 24 months, I have not had the sign up bonus despite passing the 1K threshold over a week ago and all the transactions have had the points allocated.

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