Up to £10 off Your Amazon Fresh and Waitrose Shop
Two grocery shop discount offers for anyone in need.
First up is a Waitrose offer that is open to everyone. Simply place an order of at least £40, then apply code MW2704JFY at checkout, and £5 off will be applied automatically.
I didn’t find the terms for this offer – expiry date is unknown, but I’d assume that it’s limited to one redemption per user.
If you have never used Amazon Fresh – enter FRESHOFFER to get £10 off your first order and the minimum purchase value is £60. The offer ends April 11th.
Village Hotels Sale, 2-Night Stay with Breakfast and £40 Credit for £99
With England’s lockdown exit plan finally published, some people are already excited to make their holiday plans. I’m not ready to book anything yet, but if you are looking for a domestic getaway Village Hotels is having a good deal.
You can access the offer page here. The deal starts at £99, and includes:
- Two-night stay with breakfast
- A glass of fizz
- £40 credit to spend on first night’s dinner
It’s valid for the rest of 2021 but Thursday to Monday stays only. Most importantly, reservations are pre-paid and non-refundable, so do your risk assessment first.
Village Hotels has a decent portfolio in the UK, and I’d say their standard is as good as an average Hilton or Marriott in the country. My problem with them is location – most of their hotels are out in the suburbs, with the exception of Swansea and Edinburgh, so not realistic unless you drive.
I stayed at Village Hotel Swansea a few years ago with friends, and it was quite good.
1000 Free Miles (250 Accor Points) From Aegean Airlines
November last year, Aegean Airlines had a nice sign-up promotion where you could earn 5,000 miles for simply registering, and quite a lot of people took part.
If you are one of them – or if you a Miles+Bonus member anyway – you may be in for another nice surprise of 1,000 miles. A friend of mine received the following email from Aegean earlier:
A gift is waiting for you in the new digital environment of your account!
Something changed in Miles+Bonus!
Log in now to your Miles+Bonus account via aegeanair.com or AEGEAN app, browse the new digital interface and discover a special gift we have for you!
Seeing “a special gift”, I decided to try my luck as well although I received no communication whatsoever. And surprisingly, I saw this pretty banner when I logged into my Miles+Bonus account:
It appears that some people have received a variant of the offer, including 2,000 miles or 20% off a future booking to name a few.
Even if you don’t fly Aegean or Star Alliance, remember that 2,000 miles can be converted to 500 Accor points, which is worth €10 for hotel stays.
Earn Double Elite Night Credit on Marriott Reward Stays!
Marriott currently has a Q1 global promotion where you earn double elite night credits and points on paid stays. If you haven’t registered yet, sign up here.
Like all previous Marriott promotions, only paid stays are eligible for the bonus. There’s a trick to work around it this time though, if you read Marriott’s FAQ page:
Does a Cash and Points Stay qualify for this promotion?
A Cash and Point reservation for multiple nights comprising of both a paid rate and points.
Example:
Providing all Promotion terms were met and your Stay was for 6 Nights (5 Booked on Points and 1 Paid Night for a total of 6 Nights). You will earn a Bonus of 6 Elite Night Credits (5 for the Redemption Nights and 1 for the Paid Night) 6 for Base + 6 Bonus =12 Net Total. You will earn Double Points on the Paid Night
As it reads, your stay qualifies for double elite night credits as long as one of the nights is paid, and the rest can be on points. This is great news for reward stays.
To book such a cash and points stay, simply tick Use Points / Certificates when you book on marriott.com:
On the booking page, click Customise Payments and pick a day (with the cheapest rate) before proceeding:
All done! The cash rate appears to be equal to the lowest flexible rate available, which isn’t too bad. And of course it combines nicely with the “Buy 4 Get 1 Free” benefit for reward stays.
£5 Free Money from Paypal and Airtime Rewards
Paypal appears to be feeling generous recently. After handing out £5 free money to 20,000 customers two weeks ago, they are offering more now.
You can sign up to the offer here. If eligible, you only need to download the Paypal app and sign in once, and £5 Paypal credit is yours. Unfortunately I’m not targeted, although the offer appears to be widely available as the limit is 154,000 users.
I’ve written about the Airtime Rewards app before – it’s an innovative way to earn cashback on your mobile phone bills through everyday spending. I’ve managed to earn £10 already and the credit posted swiftly on my Vodafone bill:
If you’d like to join Airtime Rewards, now is a great time as there’s a massive referral bonus boost till the end of this week. Enter my referral code NAYK9C9Y which earns you £1 credit immediately, and then another £4 if you make any eligible purchase within 5 days.
18-night Fast Track to Platinum for Accor Plus Members
Accor Plus – Accor’s special paid membership programme in Asia Pacific – is running a fast track promotion for its members.
You can access the offer page here.
- Register by April 15
- Book and stay by August 31
- Silver members get an additional 10 night credits after one stay
- Gold members get an additional 15 night credits after one stay
Upon purchasing Accor Plus membership you are granted Silver status right away. Note that only Silver and Gold members can register to this offer.
Remember that everyone earns double elite night credit throughout 2021. For a Silver member, with the 10 bonus credits you only need to stay 10 nights to gain Gold (10+10*2=30); and then this rewards you with an additional 15 credits, so a total of 18 nights stayed elevates you to Platinum (10+10*2+15+8*2=61).
If you are already Gold though, you only earn 15 bonus night credits which means it still requires 23 nights for you to become Platinum.
40% Bonus When You Buy Marriott Points
Marriott’s points sale is back, although not as good as the offers from last year.
You can access the offer here. Now through March 22, you can benefit from 40% bonus when you purchase at least 2,000 Marriott points, which is equivalent to 28% off. The purchase limit has also been doubled for 2021, which means you can buy up to 100,000 points (excluding bonus).
The unit price is the same no matter how many points you buy, and on the top end you can pay $1,250 for 140,000 points. This equates to $8.9 or £6.4 per 1,000 points.
The discount isn’t great, as we saw 50% and 60% bonus towards the end of the last year. It may still make sense to buy a few points though if you have immediate use of them, especially since the category change is taking place on March 3 soon.
£10 Coupon Code for New Amazon App Users
Amazon is running a new incentive for customers to start using their App, and a free £10 gift might be waiting for you.
Check your eligibility here. If you are eligible, download the Amazon App on your Android Phone or iPhone and then sign in. You should see a banner for you to claim the offer.
The promo code can be used against an order of £30 or more placed using the Amazon App. The offer ends 19th March and is limited to the first 100,000 customers.