British Airways drops plastic cards for Executive Club status members

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• AJA says:

  13 Mar13 March 17:09

  Thanks Shoestring 🙂

• Shoestring says:

  13 Mar13 March 17:59

  odd – my 8 Virgin miles/ £ offer disappeared from VA a/c (mine & my wife’s a/c) but I either sneaked in or else it was there all the time, hidden – transaction from 9/3, points posted fine to pending

  I ran the miles calculator just now & it’s only awarding 1 mile/£, so I probably just sneaked in

  be aware that they might have removed the old 25/3 deadline from your a/c if you are planning on a Morrisons run 10%+8%+1%+1%=20% discount

  • mvcvz says:

    13 Mar13 March 22:07

    Use English you fool.

    • Crafty says:

      14 Mar14 March 22:59

      I understood it all. What did you struggle with?

• Shoestring says:

  13 Mar13 March 18:51

  (data from China)
  Coronavirus: WHAT IS THE MORTALITY RATE?

  Underlying Conditions
  Heart disease: 10.5%
  Diabetes: 7.3%
  Chronic respiratory disease: 6.3%
  High blood pressure: 6%
  Cancer: 5.6%
  None: 0.9%

  Ages
  0-9 years: N/A
  10-19 years: 0.2%
  20-29 years: 0.2%
  30-39 years: 0.2%
  40-49 years: 0.4%
  50-59 years: 1.3%
  60-69 years: 3.6%
  70-79 years: 8%
  Over 80 years: 14.8%

  • ChrisBCN says:

    13 Mar13 March 20:20

    You are missing the context again.

    1 – this is of those who have been tested, not of general population, so actual population rates for China will be lower.

    2 – you also need to be careful extrapolating these numbers to other countries due to the way the virus has been ‘managed’ in different ways in different countries, as well as behavioural and genetic differences and multiple other factors

    • Shoestring says:

      13 Mar13 March 20:30

      I’m just reporting the Chinese data. I’m the absolute last person who would exaggerate the mortality rate, I’ve long said that since nobody knows the Chinese infection rate, it’s not possible to extract a meaningful mortality rate. My assumption is that unreported mild infections are at least a factor of 10 more (and probably higher) than seen above, so people can safely move the decimal point one place to the left.

      But the data are quite useful in pointing to underlying illnesses and age as being the most significant factors influencing mortality.

      Which is why my unhealthy 80YO dad is locking himself away from next week with no human contact for the foreseeable future.

      Box of groceries at the door, ring the bell, get out of touching distance.

• Justin says:

  13 Mar13 March 19:38

  Has anyone had any experiences cancelling/changing a Lloyds upgrade voucher redemption recently? Are they being any more flexible about getting the voucher back, or extending the cut off date?

  • John says:

    13 Mar13 March 23:14

    Do let us know the outcome, thanks.

• Lady London says:

  13 Mar13 March 20:06

  Hum. Wondering will the exchange rate be weighted then?

• Simon says:

  13 Mar13 March 20:42

  Just identified an expensive new sofa we’d like at John Lewis. Off down Morrisons for a bit of serious triple dipping over the weekend then.

  • Shoestring says:

    13 Mar13 March 20:43

    yes but did you see my comment about the Virgin Miles? – log into Shops awa to check you still got the 8 miles/ £

    • Simon says:

      13 Mar13 March 20:49

      I’ve got 6 miles per £ on my account.

      • Simon says:

        13 Mar13 March 20:54

        Incidentally, has anyone experienced delays in getting their 10% back for Amex spend at Morrisons? £1000+ spent on a new supplementary and no money back and it’s been weeks now. I note you have to wait 90 days before raising it with them.

        • Shoestring says:

          13 Mar13 March 20:56

          prompt payers for me but 1 day late on my most recent Morrisons 10% buy

      • Shoestring says:

        14 Mar14 March 06:50

        it’s there now, dated 12/3 but wasn’t visible yesterday 13/3

  • Showmeyoursofa says:

    13 Mar13 March 23:13

    Go on then, don’t be shy, send us a link for your new sofa. We’re all intrigued!

• tom1 says:

  14 Mar14 March 13:49

  o/t Tesco / virgin auto convert bonus

  Has anyone got the 1,000 (?) bonus points for turning this on yet?

• Roy says:

  14 Mar14 March 14:51

  O/T I presume there’s no reason why the reduction in points requirement for IHG Spire wouldn’t apply to points earned via the credit card, too?

  I suspect that for many this change has made achieving Spire elite status primarily through credit card spend achievable when previously it wasn’t. (For me, it’s changed it from clearly impossible to merely very difficult 🙂

  So, the question is, should we go for it? Should I put all my credit card spend through the IHG card? I’m thinking that 25,000 bonus points on £27,500 spend – less if you get points from IHG stays – seems to make the IHG card significantly more attractive this year.

  Maybe worth an article, Rob? At least once things have calmed down from the current 8-articles-a-day chaos 🙂

  • Rob says:

    14 Mar14 March 15:46

    Article on this is actually already written …. I am saving it for Monday.

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