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Get $30 off a $40 ‘experience’ via Expedia – use it for restaurants, airport lounges etc

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Here is a quick deal which you might find useful.

Expedia US is running a very silly deal today (Thursday, no guarantee it still works on Friday) offering $30 off a $40 ‘experiences’ purchases.

All you need to do is go to the ‘experiences’ page of expedia.com (not UK) which is here.  Put $40 of products into your basket for December – seems it needs to be December – and add promo code ‘THANKYOU’.

Here is an example of what you can do.  The Plaza Premium Lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5 is $40 exactly.  Book a place, use the code and you’re getting in for just $10.  You’d need to make separate bookings, potentially on different credit cards, for extra guests.

Screenshot below, click to enlarge:

I’ve no idea how long this will last.  There is loads to go at – museums, restaurants, lounges etc.  I doubt it will last long though.


How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

Nectar American Express

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

American Express Platinum card Amex

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital On Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express card

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

(Want to earn more Avios?  Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

Comments (40)

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  • Shoestring says:

    2 lounge passes for £12 Gatwick North

  • Doug says:

    Just trying to find things to do next year…

    • Kai says:

      Only works for dates this year.

      • Lady London says:

        Only dates up to 21 December, actually, at least for Plaza lounges. Not sure if only those dates were ever offered in December (probably!) or if I logged on to HfP too late… 🙂

  • Shoestring says:

    $10 gets you Plaza Premium Lounge in LHR T4, T5

  • Phatbear says:

    Nice one got two tickets to visit st pauls for $10

    • Tilly says:

      +1 chuffed with that. Been wanting to visit for years.

      • Simon says:

        +2
        I’ll be listening out for manufactured spending tips in the whispering gallery…

      • Bazza says:

        I wanted to go years ago and went year’s ago!
        It’s not expensive….

        • phatbear says:

          its £32 for two tickets that’s almost 4 times the price of these tickets!

        • Tilly says:

          These tickets are even less expensive. Life is busy so kept putting of the visit but this has made me actually book it in.

    • Jonathan says:

      You missed out, you get comp tickets if you get married there!

  • Prins Polo says:

    Heahtrow Express ticket is another option…

    • Kev says:

      got the HEX ticket, but realised that it seems that outbound journey starts at the Airport, very confusing wording. Could it be that they refuse the ticket if you were to start the journey at Paddington

      • Rob says:

        No, tickets work in either direction (peak time rules not withstanding).

        • Prins Polo says:

          another question is how to use this – Expedia doesn’t seem to use any voucher, it’s just a printout that says “Roundtrip Airport – Paddington Station”

  • Liz says:

    I am trying for a boat excursion on the Firth of Forth under the 3 bridges but every time I put a date in it says the code is not available. Trying lots of different dates and still not working. Annoying!

    • Shoestring says:

      pretty sure it’s December only

      • Liz says:

        Duh! helps if you read the article properly! Thanks Shoestring!

        • Liz says:

          Booked an afternoon tea boat trip on the Firth of Forth to see the 3 bridges next week. Heading to Edinburgh that day anyway for a show and to do some small shop shopping. Should be a good day!

    • Look outside says:

      Have you seen the weather? Do you really still desire such an ‘experience’?

  • Dr Tom says:

    Well, I just don’t get a link to put the promo code in.
    (and I am looking just above the logos on the credit card page)

    • Nic says:

      Above the logos, below the title Payment, click the text: “Enter a coupon or promotion code”. Does it not open up a text box?

      • Dr Tom says:

        No, the link just doesn’t show.
        I have managed to make it show, but only if I only have one type of ticket in the basket.
        I was trying to have two types (roughly $32 plus $10) and it doesn’t show.
        All London tickets booked for December.

  • Roberto says:

    Thanks for this.. I booked indoor axe throwing at Axe Monkeys in Las Vegas for tuesday next week. Was $25 each for an hour and netted down to $20 all in with $30 saving with this promo.

    Done in before.. Its super fun and can reccomend it highly for anybody looking at doing something new next time they are in Vegas…Google for more information.

    • ankomonkey says:

      You didn’t fancy the Rage Room?

      “If you’d rather just let out some built-up rage come and enjoy our smash therapy rage room. The concept is very simple; take a baseball bat and let loose in a room full of breakable objects! There’s no better way to unleash your anger than destroying a room full of stuff. Bring your friends and see who can smash up the rage room the quickest.”

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