30% bonus on buying Avios points extended  – but Groupon Spain is a better deal

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• Roy says:

  27 Sep27 September 15:28

  O/T anyone else having trouble with the Accor Places app today?

  • David says:

    27 Sep27 September 22:18

    https://twitter.com/starflyergold/status/1177637180509954048

• Freddy says:

  27 Sep27 September 16:28

  Struggling to get a Marriott bonvoy number to call to transfer points, any pointers?

  • Rooster says:

    27 Sep27 September 17:01

    just the uk call centre will be fine
    00800 1927 1927

    • Mark2 says:

      27 Sep27 September 17:41

      surely that is the US call centre.
      UK is 020 7012 7312

      • Freddy says:

        27 Sep27 September 18:57

        I tried the 0207 earlier today and it wasn’t connecting

        • Nick_C says:

          27 Sep27 September 23:22

          Agree. The UK number doesn’t seem to work any more.

          If you need to call the US, I recommend downloading the Ringo app. You can call the US as a local call on your mobile phone.

          Used it to call AA recently for seat reservations on a JAL domestic redemption (booked the flights on line but couldn’t request seats).

• VJ says:

  27 Sep27 September 17:24

  OT: PRG 3000 points on supplimentary card still ON?

  • Nick_C says:

    27 Sep27 September 18:11

    Advertised openly on their website, but I didn’t get it automatically this month, for the first time. (The supp card had been activated and used for a couple of weeks before I contacted them, but in the past the bonus has gone on as soon as the card is activated). On line chat couldn’t sort it. Had to phone the call centre. They initially said the offer wasn’t in my account. I pointed out the offer is on their website and they don’t say its targeted. They applied the bonus while I was on the phone to them.

    https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/benefits/supplementary-cards/index.html

    • VJ says:

      27 Sep27 September 19:14

      Thank you

• 3742 says:

  27 Sep27 September 17:37

  Are you South African? You remind me of one, whose name is Cat.

  • Cat says:

    27 Sep27 September 18:31

    No, sorry, I’m from Lincolnshire!

    • 3742 says:

      27 Sep27 September 19:21

      In that case, are you from Brigg? You remind me of a Catherine I knew there too.

      • Cat says:

        28 Sep28 September 09:36

        I was not aware just how many absent-minded Cats and Catherines were scattered around the globe!

• Benylin says:

  27 Sep27 September 18:02

  OT: HSBC Premier Cc, does everyone else have a rubbish credit limit, I have £5k

  • 3742 says:

    27 Sep27 September 18:09

    I had £3k on the ordinary Premier CC, which sat in my safe for years and pre-dated my point collecting. When I upgraded it to the WE, I told them the limit must be reviewed. They asked how much I wanted; I asked for £10k, and they said yes straight away. They might have given more, but I’ll never know as I’ve no reason to ask.

    Have you tried just talking to them about it? I find them quite approachable.

    • Benylin says:

      27 Sep27 September 18:27

      I asked them back when I wasn’t premier, and they asked a hundred questions before they upgraded my limits, it was a bit long winded. I have the free Premier CC.

  • Bonglim says:

    27 Sep27 September 21:23

    I applied for the HSCB world elite CC – and was assigned a 30k limit, way more than I wanted.

• Shoestring says:

  27 Sep27 September 18:21

  https://www.clubopinions.co.uk

  looks like you can sign up without an invitation these days – 250 Accorpoints to give your IB a/c another 3 years’ life

  • Shoestring says:

    27 Sep27 September 18:22

    sorry link didn’t work (my wife got the invitation this week & that worked fine!)

    • meta says:

      27 Sep27 September 18:29

      Yes, need to fill in one survey after sign-up which will give you an extra 25 or 50 points.

      • Shoestring says:

        27 Sep27 September 19:00

        I was able to go to the website version of my wife’s invitation, put my own details in and sign up for new (I was a member until 2018 but got bored of doing the surveys a long time ago) – but for 250 IB Avios I don’t mind a few mins doing a survey 🙂

        if only I could give you that website, you could sign up as well!

        • Shoestring says:

          27 Sep27 September 19:12

          you can always go get 600 free Avios here https://headforpoints.com/2019/09/20/get-600-easy-free-avios-when-you-join-rewards-for-thoughts/ – ours all credited a couple of days ago

    • BJ says:

      27 Sep27 September 19:37

      Anybody can sign up by clicking through from the partner page on Flying Blue therefore I am guessing the same might be true from partner page on Accor.

      • Shoestring says:

        27 Sep27 September 19:51

        300 free IB Avios to give your IB a/c 3 more years’ life

      • BJ says:

        27 Sep27 September 20:34

        Cool, thought it would work. I did the Flying Blue version last week to get my balance up to the next round 1000 Just a reminder to anybody who has forgotten, or didn’t know -Flying Blue miles and Accor points can be transferred in either direction by linking accounts under their Miles and Points partnership.

• Nick_C says:

  27 Sep27 September 23:34

  Just listened to Rob’s interview on You and Yours. Immediately after the interview (10.36), the presenter says;

  “Airbus have sent us a statement which says that they are working with airlines on this, and that next year they’ll be updating the software on these planes and that will solve the problem.”

  So that’s all right then. We’ve seen how well software fixes can rectify load imbalances. 😨

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