Bits: lounge passes with O2 Priority Moments, bonus Avis Avios via Iberia

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• Stu R says:

  23 Feb23 February 05:33

  Not wishing to dumb down the Iberia Avis offer, but worthy of mention that BA offers 700 Avios minimum for rentals greater than 2 days, plus 250 bonus Avios if you pay by BA Amex, and 3 Avios per £ spent via your Amex statement – all added together results in a minimal bonus booking via Iberia and having to deal with their customer service if the points don’t credit.

  http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/collecting-avios/car-rental

  • Peter Taysum says:

    23 Feb23 February 11:35

    Plus I think 5x bookings via BA per annum and you get a bonus? plus the additional driver bonus for being BAEC. Mind I’ve not had the Gold benefit of the car waiting at arrivals… (It’s only upstairs and with Avis Plus you queue jump).

    • Radiata says:

      23 Feb23 February 21:04

      AMEX Plat holders benefit from preferential Avis rates as well as comprehensive insurance from AMEX.

      My question thus: should one switch the AMEX Plat card stored on Avis Wizard profile for a BAPP AMEX, would one lose the rate and cover benefits of the Avis:AMEX Plat relationship?

      Secondly, four bookings in 2015 – credited on BAEC statement with requisite Avios – appeared not to have triggered 750 Avios bonus (as per their t&c on Stu R’s link above) so worth double checking one’s statement.

• Sav says:

  23 Feb23 February 05:40

  A bit OT but Qantas will build a rather nice lounge at Heathrow T3 later this year, check out http://bit.ly/1QcYZQh

  Another great choice for Oneworld members?

  • JamesLHR says:

    23 Feb23 February 09:11

    They are taking the former SAS London lounge space.

• Jonathan says:

  23 Feb23 February 06:46

  What would you recommend, No. 1 lounge, My Lounge or Aspire for Gatwick North at the moment? I recall one has been invaded by one world business customers since closing the BA lounge but can’t remember which! Thanks

  • Rob says:

    23 Feb23 February 08:43

    At peak times, No 1 and My Lounge will be overrun by BA passengers. Never been in Aspire but apparently it is perfectly acceptable.

• Liz says:

  23 Feb23 February 07:25

  OT: sorry to go off topic but I need some help. We got our first free night Hilton certificate yesterday. Was going to use it for a night in Chicago but decided not to as we already have a great hotel booked for 5 nights and now reluctant to change it. So my question is – what is the best hotel for a free night in London. Alternately I was looking at the Hilton at Bankside which seems to be getting great reviews. We are looking at 3 nights in total. If we book two nights in my name (Diamond) then one weekend night in my husbands who has the certificte (Silver) can we link the booking together or would this jeopardise my points collecting for the first two nights? Also the Hilton site is charging £199 per night for a refundable room. Hotels.com is offering under ‘secret prices’ £259 for 2 nights refundable rate. Can I claim for best rate guarantee from Hilton. Don’t want to buy the cheaper non refundable rate if I can’t get a successful claim. You wouldn’t think getting a free night would be so complicated! Thanks.

  • Paul says:

    23 Feb23 February 07:45

    Don’t think your claim against a secret price will stand as it is a secret price offered to you and not the general public.

    • Liz says:

      23 Feb23 February 08:20

      Ok thanks – thought that was too good to be true.

    • Alan says:

      23 Feb23 February 08:24

      Agree, Hilton can be difficult on BRG claims. Also you need to have the same cancellation terms and room descriptions for the two bookings and to have made your Hilton.com booking first.

      I’d be wary linking the stays, in theory it should be fine as on 2 different accounts, however if by mistake they linked and put the third night in your name then as a mixed reward/cash stay you’d get nothing. You’d still want to check out from your two nights before checking in for his but perhaps see if the property is up for you not switching room (saves them on cleaning costs).

      Any chance of your husband quickly earning a voucher too so you could have a Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun stay on vouchers? 🙂

      • Liz says:

        23 Feb23 February 08:33

        My husband has the voucher on his account – I can’t get the Hilton card as I have the IHG. So what is the best top Hilton hotel for the certificate – we could do the secret price for £235 non refundable rate now for 2 nights as it is such a great price then move to a different hotel for the free night certificate.

        • Rob says:

          23 Feb23 February 08:44

          Conrad hotel is also worth a look – this was an InterCon remember. I reviewed it on HFP.

        • ET0125 says:

          23 Feb23 February 09:44

          OT again but do you still get benefits of being a gold e.g free breakfast, if you are using a free night certificate?

        • Alan says:

          23 Feb23 February 15:28

          Yep, free breakkie on paid-for and reward nights as Gold 🙂

      • mark2 says:

        23 Feb23 February 09:57

        I agree about being careful with linking contiguous bookings.
        I have just had a very long battle with Hilton and Barclaycard about 2500 Barclaycard bonus when my wife’s stay got moved to my account.
        She got them in the end, but I would not bothered had I not been retired and become a Grumpy Old Man. She did get 3000 extra points from Hilton and £50 from Barclaycard but it should gave been more.

        • Liz says:

          23 Feb23 February 10:15

          Ok think we will split it and do the Conrad and Bankside. If we buy a drink and charge it to the room on the free night certificate will we still get the 2500 HH points for using the credit card in the first year?

        • Rob says:

          23 Feb23 February 14:34

          Possibly, no guarantee. You should get all the Conrad bonuses I list on the Hotel Promos page though.

        • Alan says:

          23 Feb23 February 15:28

          Yep, should do the trick – make sure you add the card to your HHonors profile too, I’ve found.

        • CDB says:

          23 Feb23 February 23:47

          I did Conrad end Jan free stay and got the 2,500 card bonus + 5,000 various other bonuses. Paid minibar on Hilton card.

        • Liz says:

          24 Feb24 February 13:20

          Brill – will definitely have a drink to get some points!

  • harry says:

    23 Feb23 February 08:21

    Yep zero chance of success on a claim vs secret prices IMV

• Al Sng says:

  23 Feb23 February 07:42

  Regus has it cheaper at permanently £0 membership fee + £14.75 per lounge visit across the Dragonpass network, although you only get a digital card, no plastic 🙂

  • Rob says:

    23 Feb23 February 08:45

    Not seen this, will have a dig.

  • Saif says:

    23 Feb23 February 09:08

    Got a link or something please? I can’t seem to find anything

    • Simon says:

      23 Feb23 February 10:49

      log in to myregus, go to Tools and then you can see airport lounges listed under Travel.

• harry says:

  23 Feb23 February 08:23

  6 DP lounge cards for £13.50 (ie £2.25 each) if you time your Barclays Travel Plus pack for the 1 month you can use all 6 before cancelling, repeatable once every 12 months

  • Wally1976 says:

    23 Feb23 February 10:18

    Harry – I’m planning on doing that for a family trip in the summer. How long do I need to allow for the passes to come through? Don’t want to do it too early and have to pay a second month but don’t want to do it too late and the passes don’t arrive in time! Thanks.

    • harry says:

      23 Feb23 February 10:40

      They were q slow to post me the card. However, what you can do is get them to email you 6 lounge passes, they were very quick to do this when I asked and the passes worked fine. Just say you are travelling soon etc

      • Jonny says:

        23 Feb23 February 14:34

        does this replace the Airport Angel card? I have this but it seems to be defunct now – website not even working

        • harry says:

          23 Feb23 February 15:41

          correct

    • John says:

      23 Feb23 February 17:24

      Sign up with Dragon/Barclays, go to apple/googleplay store and download the app to your smartphone. Virtual card and visit vouchers appear instantly, so you could leave joining until the day before you need access.

• David says:

  23 Feb23 February 13:41

  Is the telegraph dragonpass lounge code which was printed last year still valid (for non-subscribers)? It gave access to £15 entries at the time, but the website suggests passes have since increased to £16.50. It appears subscribers can access the offer year-round.

  Another option would be to get an O2 PAYG SIM, however the offer ends soon.

  Are any other reduced price lounge access options available for the solo traveller who isn’t a member of Regus, a telegraph subscriber, or wish to take out a Barclays account? Perhaps an opportunity for a HFP/Dragonpass offer?

  • Simon says:

    23 Feb23 February 14:29

    https://headforpoints.com/2015/04/18/the-gourmet-society-airport-lounge-access-dragonpass/

  • harry says:

    23 Feb23 February 15:42

    easiest is via Avios.com – £20 No.1 lounge pass & fast-track with 750 Avios returned to you = £12.50

    • David says:

      23 Feb23 February 19:26

      Thanks for reminding me about this, it seems like excellent value if you are travelling from a terminal with a No. 1 lounge!

      • harry says:

        23 Feb23 February 20:07

        I mean, at airport prices, how hard is it to knock back £12.50 of booze & snacks whilst you’re waiting? 🙂 I think in the open-to-all bars, beer is typically £6/ pint. I usually just line up the Sols in No.1 and I’ve never had the slightest hint of a raised eyebrow at multiple repeat orders.

        Nice environment and extras like wifi, too.

        I know No.1 isn’t coping with the BA hordes at the moment – I’m sure that will get sorted – but No.1 T3 is excellent, I use it all the time

    • Gill says:

      27 Feb27 February 12:00

      Thanks Harry!

• Laura says:

  23 Feb23 February 15:05

  Just got my first lounge pass for my first Virgin reward flight in June. Hoping it is worth the 15 quid. I’m not sure if the discount count works if you don’t click through the app, but the code is O2DP16 if anyone wishes to try.

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