Have Avios removed The Ivy?

[RonnieS9]

The Ivy have been on the Avios app at 5 points – £1 instore for ages, but it seems to have been removed without any warning.

I take work clients every week and use it as a nice wee earner, but now it looks like its away 🙁

Can someone check to make sure its not just me?

Cheers

[MrWhite]

It still shows the collection of restaurants, but shows an error when you try an click through.

[JDB]

@RonnieS9 – there’s a list of the current in-store and online merchants on the BA eStore app or website which also shows specific branch exclusions. It does seem to change quite often with some drifting in and out.

[The real Swiss Tony]

I see they have added Davy’s wine bars, though…

[Richie]

What about Davy’s wine shop?

[Rob]

We ate at a Patara (small Asian chain) on Sunday and I accidentally triggered 10% cashback via the Amex dining programme and 10 Avios per £1 from the in-store shopping programme. These people are spending a lot of money unnecessarily …..

[JeffDisney]

Same here. Seems Hawksmoor also has gone. They offered 10x – £1 which is great.

I really hope it is just tech and they will be back.

[Optimus Prime]

Another weird thing is that the Gaucho branch at The O2 has been removed whereas the others in London remain in both lists – Amex cashback and Avios.

[The real Swiss Tony]

Interesting one with Gaucho the other week. The amex cashback posted fine, but the Avios didn’t track. Do these two offers still stack? Can’t figure out how to pursue a claim.

[Colin MacKinnon]

Isn’t the Ivy just being sold for crazy sums?

No need to inflate customer numbers now!!

[JDB]

Colin MacKinnon wrote:

Isn’t the Ivy just being sold for crazy sums?

No need to inflate customer numbers now!!

It’s a very strange, seemingly over priced transaction by relative unknowns and at a very strange time, at least for the purchaser given the number of lease renewals and increasingly necessary refurbs. If the deal proceeds I wonder what the future holds for the chain the popularity of which seems at last to be on the wane. Mr Careing is a very smart operator.