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Zoe says:

1 Jul1 July 18:45

Just got Centre Court tickets for tomorrow other courts are likely to appear shortly. Remember each person can only buy one set of 2 tickets.
- Alex says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 18:49
  
  One set however you can attend multiple times if someone else shares/assigns a ticket of their set.
  - Zoe says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 18:50
    
    Yes, I bought our Monday ones, my husband has bought the ones for tomorrow.
  - AJA says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 19:42
    
    I thought it was one set of tickets per household, meaning people at the same address can only have one set of tickets?
    - A says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 19:56
      
      One per person, email or credit card
      
      Can do more than one pair per household subject to above
- Phil says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 18:54
  
  Where are you buying these tickets? Can’t find a link on the official site to tickets
  - Rob says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 18:58
    
    Register for MyWimbledon, go to your account home page, there is a big Buy Tickets button.
- YC says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:07
  
  Did anyone see Sat Centre Court availability? I see they are now appearing but ‘sold out’. Just wondering if they had actual availability and have been quickly snapped up in the last hour?
  - Tony Soprano says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 21:15
    
    My brother managed to nab a pair around 8pm. I had a look myself and it looks like single tickets for Centre on Sat are intermittently appearing. Keep trying!
    - babyg says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 21:49
      
      just picked up a pair of centre court tix for saturday… w00t – same day as zoe again!
      - Tony Soprano says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 21:55
        
        Just checked still available, good luck.
      - babyg says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 22:00
        
        they seem to come and go.. suspect they are doing it manually… got some really good tickets compared with normal… right behind the royal box!
      - Zoe says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 22:19
        
        Hi babyg I’ve actually got tickets for tomorrow rather than Saturday, it’s amazing! I’ve just sorted another picnic.
      - Babyg says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 22:43
        
        ah, wont “see” you saturday then Zoe, enjoy tomorrow…. i need to order more champagne now!
    - YC says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 22:00
      
      Awesome got a pair! Could be the last time to see Federer live!
Alex M says:

1 Jul1 July 20:10

Still no qr code for my Wimbledon ground ticket for tomorrow- should i be worried?
- Paul says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:19
  
  you should get an email with a big button ‘Access Tickets’. You press this and then it converts your profile to one that has tickets. It’s a very strange ticketing system.
- SteveJ says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:30
  
  QR code shows up in the app on the day
- The Lord says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:35
  
  Mine not showing either. Shared my second ticket with my wife and hers not showing in the app? It is showing when logging into her mywimbledon via a browser
  - Zoe says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 22:22
    
    You might need to allow an extra hour and go to ticket resolution at gate 1D. Its the first gate if you walk from Southfields or car park 6.
    - rams1981 says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 22:44
      
      are people buying for more than one day using different email and addresses (as well as payment card)?
    - babyg says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 23:28
      
      my household has purchased 4 tickets in total, 2 email address, 2 credit cards, 2 names…
S says:

1 Jul1 July 20:21

Interested in the IHG promos and the Amex offer for IHG hotels. Looking to book the Staybridge Suites in Vauxhall for a couple of nights and then the Kimpton Fitzroy for the next couple of nights. That should hopefully be enough to get a free night.

If I get Ambassador and I stay at the Kimpton that should be enough to get another free night.

Are the Ambassador benefits solely for Intercontinental hotels or can they be for Kimpton too?

Also what are some good redemptions for the free nights certs?

Anyone stayed at Staybridge/Kimpton London?

Any and all comments would be most welcome!
- Anna says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:38
  
  Elite status is more recognised at Kimptons than Ambassador, though up till 31/12 you can use the Ambassador certificate at Kimptons on any night of the week. Have to say that Ambassador rates are not great at the moment due to standard rates being considerably lower recently.
  Hard to say re the free night certificate as points prices are all over the place at the moment!
  - S says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 20:44
    
    Thanks Anna
- Sandra says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 22:21
  
  Not renewed Ambassador since it ran out last year as have no IC/Kimpton stays booked in the UK (or anywhere else!) at the moment.The free night certificate we usually use for a long w/e in Europe and had some decent recognition, IC in Budapest was excellent with a brilliant view of the river, castle and chain bridge from our upgraded room a couple of years ago. The free night certificate normally only allows you to book a standard room and you have to politely negotiate directly with the hotel after booking, for example to keep the higher grade room you might have had the previous night(s), keep lounge access on the free night etc. Generous hotels don’t mind, others ask you to pay a supplement.
Keith says:

1 Jul1 July 20:23

My sister has a companion voucher. I am going to travel with her. She is short by around 50,000 avios for our desired destination and cabin. What is the cleanest way for me to put 50,000 of my miles towards the trip. I would rather not have her in my household account as the redemption would take a proportionate amount of miles from our accounts – whereas what we are looing to do is spend all of her miles and 50k of mine. Any (cheap ideally free) ideas?
- Andrew says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:26
  
  Are you BA gold? If so transfers are free.
  - Keith says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 20:28
    
    Regrettably I am plain old Blue
- Anna says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 20:42
  
  Is she eligible for any referral/sign up Amex bonuses? It’s quite easy to get 50k avios within a few weeks at the moment, if she is.
  - Keith says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 21:04
    
    She holds a BA (free) and a Amex Rewards Card (The See Through One) so I don’t think so. Thanks though.
- YC says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:04
  
  Avios is on sale around 1p. That would be clean if you are happy to have a cash outlay
- Genghis says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:08
  
  Could put her in HHA, transfer others’ avios to aer club / IB to leave only your sister’s avios and your 50k in the HHA.
- TGLoyalty says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:19
  
  What about booking somewhere for 50k Avios and minimal £ thinking business class with £1 option then cancel for an FTV
  
  She should be able to put that towards and 2-4-1 booking if you’re travelling
  - TGLoyalty says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 22:03
    
    To be safe book the flight for HER … it’ll then be her 50k Avios flight.
    
    Someone correct me if they can see an issue?
- Peter K says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:34
  
  I suggest you move all of the miles from all the accounts in your family group into avios.com accounts (veuling or aer lingus) for each person, apart from the exact amount (50k ish) you need in yours.
  
  Get the other person to move all except the exact amount they need for the redemption out of their account.
  
  Make the other person a member of the household account. Spend the miles for the redemption. As you will have the exact number of miles you need for the redemption the correct number will leave each account.
  
  Move the person out of the household account as soon as possible afterwards.
  - Yorkieflyer says:
    
    2 Jul2 July 00:14
    
    Is there a danger of the avios immediately expiring if you haven’t had earning/redeeming activity in the prior 36 months in avios/AerClub account?
- pauldb says:
  
  2 Jul2 July 05:56
  
  Spend all bar 50k of your avios on a dummy booking before she joins; make the desired booking; cancel the dummy (phone req’d) for free within 24hrs.
Ian says:

1 Jul1 July 21:22

Look forward to a single non sponsored post tomorrow.

Three out of three today!
- bafan says:
  
  1 Jul1 July 21:30
  
  Someone has to pay the bills!
  - Rob says:
    
    1 Jul1 July 21:37
    
    Yes …. got a problem there. Someone turned up this morning and offered us a decent sum in return for an article tomorrow. And Avios already has one booked for their ‘buy Avios’ deal ending. So that means two ….
    
    Nothing next week (although we have put an offer out to someone so it might happen).
    
    They are, however, all relevant. We’re not pushing cereal bars or whatever.
    
    Need to pay for Rhys’s tour of the Balearics somehow …!
    - Ali M says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 21:43
      
      Rob I wouldn’t explain as much…
      I have found articles useful & I am sure lots of people have 😅
    - Harry T says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 21:59
      
      If he’s staying at the St Regis, you’ll probably have to sell your house to pay for that 😂. Let’s hope Rhys doesn’t doom another destination to the Amber list!
      - Andrew says:
        
        1 Jul1 July 22:31
        
        Presumably Marriott are comping that though
    - babyg says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 23:31
      
      are cereal bars the new printer cartridges? if so I’m very interested
    - ChrisBCN says:
      
      1 Jul1 July 23:58
      
      I actually like Rob’s explanations, it’s refreshingly honest! And makes sense.
    - Yorkieflyer says:
      
      2 Jul2 July 00:16
      
      Every little helps 😎
- A says:
  
  2 Jul2 July 07:40
  
  Do you think the editorial approach is materially affected by the sponsored article? I don’t at all – so I’m not sure what the issue is. Mostly the sponsored articles cover things Rob would cover anyway – perhaps just the timescale moves a little. Doesn’t seem worth whinging about to me
  - Rob says:
    
    2 Jul2 July 08:39
    
    We still write it. You will probably find sponsored stuff less sarcastic. We wouldn’t accept it if we fundamentally disagreed with the message. For non travel partners who want to do stuff – and we have one in discussion at the moment – we push them towards funding a competition rather than paying us, which goes down better all round.
BJ says:

1 Jul1 July 21:43

£10 off £25 spend at amazon for some using DISCOUNT10P