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£5 voucher for watching Amazon Prime Video

3 May 2023 / Leave a comment

A friend of mine just received a surprising £5 promotional code from Amazon, claiming that he took part in a Prime Video campaign. I dug a bit and found out more about the offer which you may be eligible for.

You can view the offer page here. Like always you should see your eligibility at the top of the page. Note that you must a Prime member to be able to participate, and in theory you should not have streamed any Prime video in the last six months.

If eligible, you just need to stream any Prime video, and a £5 promotional code valid for 30 days should arrive in your mailbox within a few days. Your basket value needs to be at least £20 to redeem the code.

It’s limited to the first 1,000 redemptions only. There are plenty of short 20-minute episodes on Prime Video if you are looking for a quick way to complete the challenge.

Other Amazon offers:

Hyatt Lindner offer bonus points posted

11 April 2023 / Leave a comment

Hyatt acquired Lindner – a German hospitality group – recently, and launched a bonus points offer intended for existing Lindner members.

After signing up to this offer, you earn 1,000 bonus points per night when staying at any Hyatt property in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. You can earn the bonus up to 10 times.

It might be to tricky to carry out the eligibility check without breaching European data privacy laws, which is why registration is actually open to everyone. I wasn’t sure if the bonus was going to post, but a friend has just shared his success after completing a stay in Cambridge:

Together with the Bonus Journeys global promotion you will earn 2,500 bonus points per night by the end of May, which is very impressive!

My review of BA’s Concorde Room, LHR T5

8 April 2023 / 2 Comments on My review of BA’s Concorde Room, LHR T5

One of the main driving causes for my Bahrain trip was to try out BA’s Concorde Room. As it is only open to First Class passengers and Gold Guest List members, I haven’t had a chance to visit yet, and I need to change that.

BA’s First Wing is awesome, but sadly I’m saying goodbye to it as being downgraded to Silver 🙁

Through the First Wing you’ll see the Galleries First Lounge, keep on walking and exit on your left, and you’ll now see the Concorde Room.

I like the logo.

Once inside, well, it doesn’t feel much different to the Galleries First Lounge.

The bar is fine, but not as impressive as the ones at the Clubhouse and United Club. One big selling point though is the free-flowing Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle, so arrive early if you are a fan!

As a proper first class lounge, there is a dining room (restaurant) where you can sit down and enjoy a meal.

I don’t find anything aspiring in the breakfast menu though. I found the lunch menu online as well and it’s a bit boring too.

The food is ok. Service is really slow though (and there aren’t many guests) so it might not work if you are in a hurry.

There is a terrace bar if you fancy more light.

Help yourself to the cheeseboard, charcuterie and drinks.

There are two cabana rooms but by reservation only so I didn’t bother to visit. From the pictures from online reports they look ok.

My first visit to the Concorde Room didn’t quite live up to my expectations. Like BA’s First Class cabin, there’s nothing wrong with it, but there’s nothing outstanding either. As I’m now a lowly Silver I will find myself at one of the Galleries lounge next time, but to be honest I don’t feel missing out.

£5 voucher for buying £60 Amazon gift card

28 March 2023 / Leave a comment

If you haven’t bought an Amazon gift card before / recently, you might be eligible for a nice bonus.

You can check your eligibility here. In theory you mustn’t have topped up your Amazon account in the last 36 months in order to qualify, but rules aren’t always enforced strictly – I’m pretty sure I did it last year but I’m still invited to participate.

If you are eligible, place an Amazon gift card order for £60 or more and enter the promo code AUG2022GC605. You will be sent a £5 voucher to use on Amazon-sold products later, and there seems to be no minimum spend requirement.

Other Amazon offers:

£5 reward for creating an Amazon wish list

19 March 2023 / Leave a comment

Amazon has launched a new effortless promotion and you can earn a £5 voucher easily if targeted.

You can access the offer and check your eligibility here. Simply create a wish list and add at least 3 items to it, and you’ll receive a £5 reward to apply to your next purchase of £20 or more.

The offer expires March 21, but is limited to the first 1,000 customers only.

Other Amazon offers:

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic relaunches Shanghai with great reward availability

2 February 2023 / Leave a comment

After being absent from China’s market for three years and having permanently discontinued Hong Kong, Virgin Atlantic is resuming its daily service between London Heathrow and Shanghai Pudong on the first of May.

Reward availability was released this morning, and you can book literally any single day, although seats over China’s festive periods are selling fast.

Here is a reminder what a one-way ticket in Upper Class costs, and the respective fees from Shanghai / London:

  • Economy: 12,500 points + 833 RMB / £208
  • Premium Economy: 22,500 points+ 1,565 RMB / £360
  • Upper Class: 57,500 points + 1,719 RMB / £411

You need to add another 10,000 points if flying at peak. Shanghai is operated by the older B787 aircrafts, although I think they are less bad compared to the A350 suite.

British Airways on the other hand, is also relaunching Shanghai on April 23rd and Beijing on June 3rd. However Avios seats have been available for quite a while now so it’s not as exciting.

BA’s new RFS pricing wants 200,000 Avios + £550 for a return trip to Shanghai, which is ridiculous. Unless you are looking to book first class with a companion voucher, Virgin Atlantic is the more favourable option by a large margin.

£15 free money to spend at Amazon Fresh stores

29 January 2023 / 1 Comment on £15 free money to spend at Amazon Fresh stores

Amazon has been promoting their Fresh stores heavily lately. There was a £5 offer in December 2022 which I took advantage of, and it has come back with a couple of other new offers.

You can access the offer page here. It is very straightforward: you get a £5 discount to use at any Amazon Fresh store and there’s no minimum spend requirement, which means you can grab £5 worth of items for free! It will also stack with any other promotions the store might have. (Snapshot from previous offer so date is incorrect)

You don’t have to use the £5 balance in one shop. It’s not valid on alcohol or infant formula.

You have until January 31 to redeem the offer. The problem of course, is Amazon Fresh doesn’t operate outside London. They do have almost 20 stores in the capital though, so you are a London resident it’s very likely that you’ll come across one.

There is a similar offer for new stores, which you can access and claim here.

Which entitles you to a further £5 discount each at the Monument and East Croydon store, valid until March 10th. You cannot stack two vouchers at once, but nothing stops you from doing two back-to-back £5 shops.

Travelling to Monument or East Croydon for £5 isn’t worthwhile, but if you happen to be near either store don’t forget to pop in!

Hotel redemption guide on London New Year’s Eve

26 January 2023 / Leave a comment

London New Year’s Eve, thanks to the famous fireworks show, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. If you are looking for a hotel on that night, you should act as soon as possible, especially if you want to burn some points.

[Marriott]

Marriott London County Hall is the best hotel for watching the fireworks show, and redeemable with points. The redemption price has gone up a little bit this year, from 100K to 106K, but it’s still great value compared to the £1,500 NYE package rate.

Award availability is temporarily blocked right now, but my friend did manage to grab a room a few days ago. I believe more availability will be released in the future – in fact last year it was even bookable on the day.

Marriott London County Hall is inside the Fireworks Zone. The hotel will send you the wristbands a couple of days ahead by courier, which you’ll need to travel in and out of the zone freely. You can chill in your hotel room until the firework starts, and then walk to the White Zone, which is one minute away, to enjoy the show. Fireworks can be seen from rooms with London Eye view too, but don’t expect any upgrade on that day.

I have a couple of friends who stayed here on the 2023 NYE. To be honest the viewing angle from the White Zone is far from ideal, but it is an experience nonetheless.

[Hyatt]

Hyatt “poached” two Crowne Plazas last year, which happens to be the only two London IHG hotels that I liked. The former Crowne Plaza Albert Embankment, to be re-opened as Hyatt Regency London Albert Embankment, is already bookable for NYE.

It costs 20,000 points which isn’t cheap, but acceptable for a special occasion. Interestingly, Twin Room with River View (priced at £500+) is available for the same amount of points, although I don’t think you can see any fireworks from the room.

Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars has a better location, but it’s not bookable yet and we don’t know its redemption category.

[Hilton and IHG]

Somehow most Hilton hotels in central London have already sold out. The only sensible redemption right now is the Westminster, a Curio hotel. It’s a newly-renovated hotel, converted from a Doubletree, but at 60,000 points it feels a bit steep.

In terms of IHG, the only economical option left in central London is Holiday Inn Oxford Circus at 32,000 points. There were many more better options when I checked last week:

But the availability has gone now. Keep checking as they might come back, but I’m most certain that it’s just going to get more and more expensive.

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