Chat thread – Wednesday 27th September

Am I alone in finding the Hilton Amex offer pretty meh? £90ish worth of points on 1 card, with that valuation entirely dependent on what can be realised at the time of redemption. A fraction of what can be saved in tangible cash on the Marriott offer across multiple cards.

Appreciate it’s very early in the UK right now but can anyone travelling on the other side confirm if BA is down or is it just my account?

MrSJ wrote:

tomtom135 wrote:

Appreciate it’s very early in the UK right now but can anyone travelling on the other side confirm if BA is down or is it just my account?

I’m having the same problem

Good to know. Just worried about repeats from the other month of accounts randomly getting locked.

There was a pop up in my app yesterday saying there would be planned maintenance overnight so it’s probably that.

meta wrote:

Blair Waldorf Salad wrote:

Am I alone in finding the Hilton Amex offer pretty meh? £90ish worth of points on 1 card, with that valuation entirely dependent on what can be realised at the time of redemption. A fraction of what can be saved in tangible cash on the Marriott offer across multiple cards.

I agree, but 9000MR points is only worth in cash terms as £40. It’s only when you transfer them you can get more, but most sensible miles collectors accumulate them and only redeem Amex MR just before they are about to make a redemption. So it’s not a statement credit. It’s also only on the main cards for me unlike previous offers. The other offer £50 off is the same as before.

It is a poor offer IMHO.

We have combinations of both the £50 off a £200 spend or the 9000 points depending on card. Really not worth the hype if this is ‘the offer’. It is across all supps on our cards.

Rob Burgess wrote:

You’ve gone bonkers. You can easily get 1p per Avios or Virgin Point which makes it a 45%+ rebate. I run well above 1p so it’s 50%+.

Even going Avios to Nectar gets you £60 back and that’s the absolute worse case scenario.

These are the sort of comments I expect from MSE readers 🙂

MSE? Really? We’re saying we like the Marriott offers where we have to spend more

MrSJ wrote:

tomtom135 wrote:

MrSJ wrote:

tomtom135 wrote:

Appreciate it’s very early in the UK right now but can anyone travelling on the other side confirm if BA is down or is it just my account?

I’m having the same problem

Good to know. Just worried about repeats from the other month of accounts randomly getting locked.

That was my initial worry as well. I’ve seen a few people tweet about having the same issue. That’s making me feel more hopeful it’s not more random lockouts

I don’t feel that issuegot enough publicity, it really was a complete mess and the explanation wasn’t acceptable nor was their way of rectifying it. Can only hope their systems improve with time.

If you use Hilton quite a lot for odd nights, e.g. airport before travel, these offers work really well as they can be used on pre-paid rates, are cumulative, and the cash back posts really quickly.