British Airways and Nectar launch a new competition

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• Paul says:

  9 Sep9 September 04:47

  I don’t believe you need to be a new linker, I was already linked and got invited to enter via email.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    9 Sep9 September 05:03

    Thanks for mentioning. I wouldn’t have read the Nectar email otherwise. I have the chance to win a trip to NYC or 25k Avios.

    To enter I think you need to click the “I’m interested” button on the offer page linked in the email and then just transfer 400 points to BA by 27 September.

  • Rob says:

    9 Sep9 September 07:57

    I assumed that too but the rules are clear.

    • HECTOR says:

      9 Sep9 September 09:38

      My email states “Already linked? Great, just convert to enter.”.

• Indy500 says:

  9 Sep9 September 05:23

  I specifically asked Nectar via Twitter whether, if you were already auto converting, would you be entered or was it only for ‘new’ converters and this was the reply:
  “As long as you convert at least 400 points by 27/09/2023, you’ll be entered. Hope that helps! Kelly”

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    9 Sep9 September 06:00

    For these competitions autoconvert tends to work. Although now the Avios->Nectar rate isn’t equal any more you’d lose points if you wanted to convert them back to Nectar for any reason so it’s probably best to do manual conversion when needed (switching on autoconvert temporarily when there’s the occasional promotion for enabling it)

    • Andrew. says:

      9 Sep9 September 07:31

      It’s not hard to earn 400 Nectar points though and to just pop them over.

      • Philondon says:

        9 Sep9 September 09:46

        They are offering me 120 points to buy some kitchen towels, 50 points for Popcorn, 40 for various spices.

• Philondon says:

  9 Sep9 September 09:47

  Agh clicked submit too soon….

  So that’s an easy 250 points for me!

• Andrew. says:

  9 Sep9 September 15:08

  Any reviews of Marriot H&V?

  I’ve no desire to spend the last day of my holiday cleaning, bagging and putting sheets in the washing machine like a typical AirBnB.

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    9 Sep9 September 16:07

    My parents did 2 stays this spring in Lanzarote. MH&V is just a marketing brand; the underlying rentals are usually run by local rental companies. In the case of the Canary Islands, Rock Rentals control significant swathes of rentals. Both their properties were pretty pants; much in need of maintenance and refurbishment. So I’d say don’t book a MH&V expecting brand standards. Instead you get an email from the underlying rental company setting out the terms of engagement.

  • Rich says:

    9 Sep9 September 18:38

    It entirely depends on the listing – and, in our case, the local agency managing the property. I don’t think it’s any different from booking through Airbnb or Booking.com i that sense. The pictures are one thing, but it’s luck of the draw how easy your experience on the ground will be!

• polly says:

  10 Sep10 September 05:43

  We had a very good experience in Ragusa in Sicily in June, on the 40k promo. Had a gorgeous terrace facing the mountains. Very spacious part of a grand old home. Yes, surprised to get emails and instructions from a local property manger, very helpful. You can just imagine driving through a maze of tiny Italian streets trying to find an apartment. But, they met us and brought us there. Point’s posted very soon after.
  Definitely equals a decent Airbnb standard. No complaints at all.

  In fact, now looking at booking a private villa with pool in Bali in November on this promo. Not much more than our usual hotel there. But in Seminyak. 40k would have been better than 20k, tho.

• David Mc says:

  10 Sep10 September 11:59

  Not for the first time with BA website seems to be borked this morning for me, and I linking BA and Nectar accounts seems glitchy – on the BA/Nectar page I can see my linked accounts but get a pop-up saying “Combine Avios is currently unavailable. We are sorry, moving Avios from BA Exec Club to Nectar is currently unavailable. You can still move your points from Nectar to BA Exec Club as normal.” However, on the page itself exactly the opposite appears to be true – to test (expecting it to fail) I’ve just transferred out Avios into Nectar (though they’ve not yet appeared in my Nectar account). But any attempts to switch direction fail or to set up auto convert results in that same pop-up. Sigh.

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