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marks7389 wrote:

rams wrote:

is there any advantage to getting a reward flight through BA rather than directly with Qatar? BA sells them a few days after so chance seats can go

Yes, there are some, including:

*Members of a BA Household Account can book using their combined Avios balances
*You don’t have to deal with Qatar’s poor IT/website – which is even worse than BA’s (to be fair, I find BA’s site quite good compared to several other airlines)
*If you want your BA FF status to be associated with the booking you don’t have to jump through hoops to make it happen post-booking

Speaking from experience of having booked a redemption through Qatar’s site….

Thanks for sharing! Will try via BA then

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is there any advantage to getting a reward flight through BA rather than directly with Qatar? BA sells them a few days after so chance seats can go

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I had heard you can’t add under 2’s to reward booking on Qatar so let us know how you get on!

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From what I can tell they seem to release the double avios seats immediately 350ish days in advance but who wants to pay that!

I’m also interested in this.

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NorthernLass wrote:

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On a related point, logged into my Hilton account today and it says I’m dropping to Silver. Had no stays but spent £10k on my Hilton Credit card so shouldn’t I retain Gold?

Where does it say you’re dropping to Silver? My account says I am still gold (also via HH card spend) but 0 nights, which is wrong but no big deal as I would never qualify through stays anyway.

app pop up as others have said but there’s retaining gold!

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You need to message them and if you’re lucky they may respond

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On a related point, logged into my Hilton account today and it says I’m dropping to Silver. Had no stays but spent £10k on my Hilton Credit card so shouldn’t I retain Gold?

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Jill Kinkell wrote:

Got an email yesterday informing me my 2000 Avios will expire in 3 months . Was thinking to transfer from BA to keep alive , but seems a ‘no go’ and I don’t have any MR points. So looks as if I’ll lose them

you can transfer to BA and not lose them. Your Iberia account won’t stay open though I guess after some time? That’s my concern

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What’s the best way to not fly and extend validity of Iberia Avios?

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My reading of that is they need to provide you $60 worth at least but not necessarily any more. And they’ve taken the latter approach

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Thanks

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Thanks both. When you say book with BA, do you mean Qatar flight via BA or BA metal?

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points coming through now

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I’ve had direct transactions made on 6th October not come through with any points. HSBC are a mess right now

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the switch in system has been an utter shambles

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Their 1.5% interest rate isn’t competitive anymore. Wonder if they will up it

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IC Boston. Hotel seems busy as a wedding going on today. As Diamond ambassador paid stay upgraded to better view on 5th floor (not sea view). Decent sized room and apparently no suites were available. Breakfast offered immediately or 600 points. Receptionist laughed at the difference in value for a 5 night stay… was not given club access which I received the last time for a 2 week stay in December 2019. I mentioned that at check in and receptionist said that was for royal ambassadors. Spoke to manager and granted it. So worth asking.

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JDB wrote:

I’m pleased to have received the unexpected 40k bonus others reported yesterday in lieu of the email; good to see them sorting the sheep from the goats.

not quite. I got both. The points posted last month

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This has been a great offer. 2x ba cards and 4x gold cards

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Just switched a Monzo account and got 20k points. All very quick and easy.

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points_worrier wrote:

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Speedbird676 wrote:

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Mine is like yours. Also don’t see many historical transactions listed to know what got points and what didn’t

Click on Spend Your Points. It is down at the bottom.

thanks but only lists 5 transactions?

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Mine is like yours. Also don’t see many historical transactions listed to know what got points and what didn’t

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The talk of deadlines made me check and I received my final letter from Creation in May. I have kept up to date with this thread and it seems like nobody has had a final decision from the financial ombudsman yet?

I will submit mine shortly. Is there a recommendation over level of detail/facts vs opinion required here vs say in a MCOL application?

Thanks

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Great advice JDB and well done can. Thanks for sharing your experience as well

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ZW wrote:

I just did a testing transfer from HSBC rewards to BA avios, before the new platform, it normally took about 2-3 days. This time, it seems to be instantaneous. Also, points are now earned after each transaction, not on the statement date anymore.

is that checked by logging in via desktop rather than the app? My app doesn’t show points anymore. Additionally my last statement didn’t have anything related to points which was odd so had to log in via desktop to see them.