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• BJ says:

  30 Oct30 October 16:55

  OT: Does the amex16swp code work with supps if setting up a new amazon account?

  • EwanG says:

    30 Oct30 October 17:05

    Code was only working with old accounts, from memory it was something like accounts created before last October. This might have moved as they have extended the closing date several times, but shouldn’t work with a new account.
    You should be able to pay using a supp but the MRs would come from the main account

    • BJ says:

      30 Oct30 October 17:14

      Yes, I lost track of what people were reporting on this. I suppose we can just open another account and try our luck.

      • Shoestring says:

        30 Oct30 October 17:17

        no – there’s an a/c opening limit in the T&Cs – no new a/cs allowed

      • BJ says:

        30 Oct30 October 17:23

        ok Thanks.

  • Rob says:

    30 Oct30 October 18:15

    No, it only works on Amazon accounts set up before this year (exact date on the promo landing page).

• BJ says:

  30 Oct30 October 17:10

  No, it is poor. Offers were typically 20% upwards but in the past 6 months we have seen this and I think there was a competition too.

• Chopin says:

  30 Oct30 October 17:18

  How to save the Tesco point? I see I can auto transfer to Avios or virgin miles, any way to save it, ie not to do it automatically? I didn’t see an option to turn it off.

  • Genghis says:

    30 Oct30 October 17:19

    Select “vouchers”.

    • Chopin says:

      31 Oct31 October 11:07

      thank you~I see it says automatic transfer your point so I am bit confused~

• Russ says:

  30 Oct30 October 17:38

  Clever wording on the landing page for ‘offers’ not sale. Some of the Asia prices are higher than two days ago from my research. Thanks anyway Ben.

• Rob says:

  30 Oct30 October 18:14

  Unless your Tesco vouchers are expiring, I would sit on them – the extra flexibility is worth more than 10% extra VS miles unless you have short term redemption plans.

• Indiacharliepapa says:

  30 Oct30 October 19:24

  I’m trying to do a cheapish trip to NYC next year (Feb). Got the flights for 170+5k points last week now looking for hotel. Budget is around £100/night. Have been before so flexible on areas (Inc/esp brooklyn?) and would appreciate any suggestions (I have marriott gold via Amex plat if that makes a diff). Thanks in advance.

  • Anna says:

    30 Oct30 October 19:53

    Staying across the river from Manhattan, either on the Long Island or New Jersey side, is a much more reasonable option than the city itself and public transport links seem to be good. Feb will be about the cheapest month to visit (as long as it’s not Valentine’s Day!), though £100 per night might still be optimistic. Airport hotels can be very good value if you’re prepared to travel to see the attractions each day. We’re going to NYC in May (in F, thanks HFP!) and as we land in the early evening have opted to spend the first night at the JFK Hampton Inn, which has cost me 40,000 HH points as opposed to at least 70,000 in Manhattan – it’s coming up at $167 plus tax for early Feb. You could also get HH gold via Amex Platinum.

    • Indiacharliepapa says:

      30 Oct30 October 21:06

      Thanks Anna

    • Louise says:

      30 Oct30 October 22:22

      have a look at Yotel, if you sign up to be a member you get extra discount off too. When we went on a budget in jan a few years ago they came out the cheapest.

  • Lumma says:

    31 Oct31 October 00:20

    Worth looking at Airbnb if you ask me. I had two nights for under £100 in Brooklyn back in September. Wasn’t the nicest area but was right next to a subway station and about 15 minutes to WTC area of Manhattan, less than 30 to central park. I’m sure with a budget of double that will get you something decent. I couldn’t find any hotels remotely central for under £150 a night when I was looking other than the hell hole ones that always show up as the cheapest options.

    • BJ says:

      31 Oct31 October 06:24

      With a budget of £100/night the OP should be able to find hotels around that price even in Midtown if he/she looks at the brands at the lower end of the major chains such as HGI and Hampton. Reservations can be combined with the usual tricks to save more cash abd/or earn more points. Personally I would recommend locking in a BFR and then hope to get lucky with good opportunities in early new year promotions.

• Clive says:

  30 Oct30 October 23:32

  Well just tried to convert to Iberia and got the following message

  You have not yet reached the required level of 2,000 points to access our offer.

  Any suggestions?

  • Rob says:

    31 Oct31 October 05:17

    You need to set up auto-convert using the landing page in my Accor / Avios promo article from a couple of days ago.

• Clive says:

  30 Oct30 October 23:32

  I should say from Accor

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