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Hello. I was trying to work out whether if I had the paid for Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard and claimed the Dragon Passes, would they then become invalid if I were to downgrade to the free Avios Barclaycard. I suspect that would happen. When the dragon passes are issued, do you have to book a specific time and date to then use them? Thank you.
Hello. I was trying to work out whether if I had the paid for Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard and claimed the Dragon Passes, would they then become invalid if I were to downgrade to the free Avios Barclaycard. I suspect that would happen. When the dragon passes are issued, do you have to book a specific time and date to then use them? Thank you.
The terms of the DragonPass that comes with Barclays Dual Rewards state at 3.5 that if you cease to be eligible (which you would by downgrading to the free card) your membership is automatically cancelled and any bookings cancelled and refunded.
I did this (downgraded back to the free Avios Barclaycard I had before the big Avios offer). After about six months, I received an e-mail from Dragonpass explaining that I would no longer receive the free lounge passes but can still get in to Plaza Premium for £18.50. In my opinion, that’s still not bad. At Heathrow Terminal 5, there’s also 15% off at Giraffe, airside, and I’ll suss that out tomorrow. On the Barclays free passes, I never needed to book at Plaza Premium: they just wave you in, but it may be standing space only. Eventually a chair frees up. Nice while it lasted, unlimited chicken Korma and Chilean red. Find a niche for the wine glass and balance the curry till a chair frees up. You do need to book Club Aspire, and I’ve no experience of that.
Thank you both
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