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  • Andrew H says:
    16 Nov16 November 10:30

    How active do you have to be (estimated) to get Monese offers?

    I’ve just put a tenner in there as I wasn’t getting anything…

    • Paul says:
      16 Nov16 November 10:42

      everyone is eligible I believe. You have to top up your account with enough cash to cover the deal before applying the promo code

      • Andrew H says:
        16 Nov16 November 10:54

        Thank you – are the codes still working?

        • Craig says:
          16 Nov16 November 11:03

          They were last night, I’ve never used my Monese account for anything other than the gift card offers. £1200 in the last 2 years.

          • Aston100 says:
            16 Nov16 November 13:07

            You legend Craig!
            But I’m sure someone will be along soon to chastise you for some perceived act of immorality.

        • Paul says:
          16 Nov16 November 11:08

          I’m not sure. I don’t know how you can tell this either without having topped up account and then try the code. They come round pretty regularly so worst case you just have £40 sitting in your account for a few months

    • NP says:
      16 Nov16 November 11:26

      I made an account last night and redeemed the offer immediately. So it seems no activity is fine!

      • DI says:
        16 Nov16 November 13:20

        Other than in headforpoints chat thread, how are these offers normally communicated? I have a monese account, l used the offers, but I did not see any monese emails or anything like that.

  • Kevin says:
    16 Nov16 November 10:34

    Need to find a cheapest PCR test next week for departure purpose. Does anyone know the actual discounted cost (with BA code) for Collinson, Express Test and Randox. They will not allow me to see the final cost without key in all the details.

  • Adam says:
    16 Nov16 November 10:35

    Sorry if I’ve missed a post but is there any word on IHG extending the Free Credit Card Night Stay at all? I have two that expire end of this year and availability for any decent IHG hotel in London is pretty poor (other than HI or HIE). Anybody had any luck in negotiating another extension?

    • Grant says:
      16 Nov16 November 10:45

      IIRC the expiry date on the voucher is ‘book by’ not ‘stay by’

      • Adam says:
        16 Nov16 November 11:04

        Thanks Grant, yes you’re right it does say book by, just getting confused with the ‘must be redeemed within 12 months from date of issue’ which is a little all over the place due to Covid and extensions that IHG have already applied.

    • The Streets says:
      16 Nov16 November 11:03

      Just had a couple of nights in the intercontinental Amsterdam which I can 100% recommend

      • Phil W says:
        16 Nov16 November 11:50

        Lovely hotel. We got a nice riverside room with our free night vouchers in 2019.

    • Benilyn says:
      16 Nov16 November 11:35

      V unlikely / impossible you can negotiate extension yourself. They may extend them, there was chat about it here and on flyer talk about an extension potentially

  • Britbronco says:
    16 Nov16 November 10:49

    Harrier25, can you give any further guidance on how to merge MR accounts without bothering Amex CS?

    • Harrier25 says:
      16 Nov16 November 11:17

      If you have two cards sat in separate accounts. Unlink the card from the account you don’t want and then link it to the account you want to keep. Sometimes you have to wait up to a month to be able to link cards to your master account, but if you keep trying once a week it will link in the end. It’s as simple as that.

      • Britbronco says:
        16 Nov16 November 11:23

        My MR card and my Plat card are both on the same online card services account already (same log in), but the MR are in separate pots. As far as I can see, unlinking and linking is just related to the online services, not MR accounts?

        • Harrier25 says:
          16 Nov16 November 12:03

          Sorry, I don’t understand. If they are linked to the same account then the total MR balance should be reflected on both card accounts. That’s how it is with my two cards on the same account, one being Preferred Rewards Gold the other being Green.

        • Sam G says:
          16 Nov16 November 12:39

          ask via chat, takes a couple of days

        • VerdantBacon says:
          16 Nov16 November 14:19

          Does having two MR pots but under one login, give you two 90k refer caps? Or just one?

          • Rui N. says:
            16 Nov16 November 14:30

            Have no idea sorry, don’t do enough refs to even be close to the yearly limits.

          • Aston100 says:
            16 Nov16 November 16:06

            Well, I’ve had more than 90k MR combined across my Plat and my Gold cards, under the same account but with separate pots.
            So I suppose the answer is yes, at least in my case anyway.

          • Aston100 says:
            16 Nov16 November 16:06

            *more than 90k MR from referrals.

          • VerdantBacon says:
            16 Nov16 November 20:17

            Interesting, thanks Aston, seems like a strong upside to having two accounts

          • Harrier25 says:
            16 Nov16 November 21:04

            Until you want to close one account….

  • hypuk says:
    16 Nov16 November 10:54

    Do airlines usually run any deals on Black Friday? I’m planning to buy some tickets for xmas travel on Turkish Airlines and wondering whether it is worth waiting for Black Friday.

    • Graham C says:
      16 Nov16 November 12:58

      There’s usually sales but whether they will be any good is a different matter.

    • AJA says:
      16 Nov16 November 14:14

      No idea if Turkish Airlines even participates in Black Friday. I think the best course of action is to leave it as late as you are comfortable with and then buy the tickets for the dates you want for the price on the day you buy. You run the risk of having your preferred flights sold out if you wait for a sale particularly if it is for dates close to Xmas . Besides the fares on offer on a sale are often not that much different to those 6 weeks out and fares tend to increase in price the closer to the date of travel.

  • Ali M says:
    16 Nov16 November 11:03

    hey there.
    flying from Manchester. What would be the cheapest PCR in Manchester – dont mind collecting / drive through. Google search yields the Randox 43 to be the cheapest still

  • Chrism20 says:
    16 Nov16 November 11:04

    The Kimpton Blythswood restaurant has now changed name and is called iasg and is now fish focused.

    Menu is on the hotel website.

  • TOBIAS L says:
    16 Nov16 November 11:06

    Flying back to UK from Spain in 48h and I believe I need a Day 2 Antigen test with a code for the PLF.

    Not fussed about actually taking it or getting results – what’s the cheapest but most reliable one for the PLF code?

    On a side note, flying from US to UK in a couple of weeks. Same Day 2 Antigen requirement I presume – can I use the same vendor as well?

    Thanks.

    • Sandgrounder says:
      16 Nov16 November 12:05

      ct24.co.uk offer a PCR test for £1 in Peterborough. Haven’t used them, but they have appointments available. They state they will issue the code after booking. As always, DYOR.

      • TOBIAS L says:
        16 Nov16 November 15:34

        Thanks. Was reading the exact wording…apparently I just need to “do a lateral flow test”, not submit results. Looking at the vendors they’re up to the usual…low prices but to lure you into the website and then charge £60 for a Day 2 test!

        Whats the rationale behind not being able to use the NHS rapid tests? I can book the £1 one, and then just do the NHS test and submit if positive. How is that against the law?

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