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• Pgw says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:05

  The $ exchange rate really impacts on these hotel points offers. I used to be a fairly regular buyer of IHG points but don’t bother these days.

• Oliver says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:13

  OT: is it possible to book a reward flight for someone not in my BA household account? It’s been so long I forget the rules

  • Nate1309 says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:17

    if they are in your friends and family list you can IIRC

  • Rich says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:38

    You can add Family & Friends to your household account. That’s the only way to redeem outside the HHA

• Genghis says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:38

  Has this been rec’d to the latest map? I rec’d my spreadsheet to the updated map and a number of ones have disappeared.

  • Nate1309 says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:47

    Genghis have you searched for the business by name? Lots of places I shop small were missing from the map this year when searching by area, but if searched by name of business they were still there.

    • Genghis says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:11

      Yes

  • AJ says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:56

    No it hasn’t, it’s largely based on previous years success data. I’ve seen also that amex have removed more merchants than in previous years – this may be to do with the change in law re card fees.. certainly going to make the ‘trail’ interesting this year. I will be voluntarily offering to pay shops an extra fee if they’re reluctant to take amex. Will be updating as I go along as will other people so hopefully we’ll build up a clearer picture by the end of the weekend.

• Walty says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:39

  OT BPme Amex offer….My wife completed the transaction. Put in £30 on the app…..stopped at £29.60 and it wouldn’t let he fill up anymore so didnt manage to get the offer. However I notice the transaction shows as the name of the filling station rather than BPme.
  Has anyone had success yet?

  • Ed says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:00

    The advice appears to be set to £31 in the app. And you’ll probably get £30
    Of fuel

  • Andy says:

    30 Nov30 November 12:13

    I did £40 last night and it stopped filling at £39.66. This is presumably to ensure that you can be filling at full speed and then the system shuts off to prevent going over your set limit as I doubt that the thing that controls it is able to slow the flow rate sufficiently to be precise to the penny.

    Showing as pending with the garage name on my Amex account for the full authorised amount (along with a £1 PayPal charge) but I’m sure I’ll be charged the proper amount when it comes off pending, and it did trigger the e-mail from Amex so they must know somehow.

  • Geoff says:

    30 Nov30 November 18:31

    Same here – set £30 and it stopped at £28.53 – Grrr! Best bet is probably to set it to fill up and then just manually stop at any stage over £30.

• FlyingChris says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:42

  Anyone know of any good independent wine retailers in the (ideally North) London/Greater London area on Shop Small? Need to stock up ahead of a wedding next year and looking for a friendly shop who doesn’t mind putting together a selection and then paying for it in 10 transactions…!

  • CDB says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:51

    Not shop small but have £30 off £150 at Berry Bros & Rudd on my SPG card

  • AJ says:

    30 Nov30 November 09:57

    Been to these wine merchants in previous years, had some great bottles:

    Trina’s Wines – 385 Upper Richmond Road (Putney)
    Vini Italiani – 72 Old Brompton Road (South Ken)
    Handford Wines – 105 Old Brompton Road (South Ken)

  • Tom W says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:00

    Surely this won’t work if it’s one discount per retailer? Unless i’m missing somethin

    • Paul S says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:10

      If you have ten cards it will work!

    • Tom W says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:14

      Good point! Sadly just got the one 🙁

    • FlyingChris says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:17

      Yep, between myself & the other half 5 Amex cards (each with a supp) 🙂

    • Genghis says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:18

      @Tom W You can make your own luck. We’ve only got two accounts but way more cards than that…

  • ahop says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:03

    Bottle Apostle near Victoria park is good.

  • Simon says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:03

    Noble wined is miles out of you way in Hampton Hill, Twickenham but an excellent independent that is usually on shop small.

  • FlyingChris says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:13

    Thanks for all the suggestions!

  • David P says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:29

    Can’t help for North London specifically, but I’ve had success in the past with the following independents in South/SW London:

    Dulwich Vintners (Dulwich Village)
    Bacchus (Dulwich/Herne Hill)
    Vintage 1824 (Herne Hill)
    Philglas and Swiggott (Battersea)
    Vagabond Wines (Battersea, Fulham, Victoria)
    Humble Grape (Battersea, Clapham)
    Handford Wines (South Kensington)
    Vini Italiani (South Kensington)

    This year I’ve also found the following on the official Amex map which I’ll make an effort to get to, but no guarantees they’ll work:

    Lant Street Wine (Borough)
    Mayfly Wine Company (Borough)
    Friarwood (Fulham)
    Fulham Wine Rooms (Fulham)
    Bottle Apostle (Clapham, Victoria Park)

  • Vivian says:

    30 Nov30 November 11:44

    Not wine but the East London Liquor Company near Victoria Park produces really good gin, rum, and vodka and they participate in Shop Small.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    30 Nov30 November 13:17

    Sourced Market (several of these)
    Soho Wine Supply

  • Kevin C says:

    30 Nov30 November 13:17

    The excellent Highbury Vintners has worked in previous years. You can go to La Fromagerie for cheese to go with your wine while you’re in the area.

    • Crafty says:

      30 Nov30 November 15:04

      HV is a brilliant shop. LF disappeared up their own arses a few years ago…

    • Lady London says:

      30 Nov30 November 16:12

      Oh, @Crafty thanks for saying that about La F? exactly what I had come to think about them… thought it was just me.

• Gritts1 says:

  30 Nov30 November 09:59

  Thanks very much AJ. It certainly helped last year.

• Sussex Bantam says:

  30 Nov30 November 10:03

  I’ve made the app work twice now – just tell it you are going to spend £40 and then stop the pump just after £30.

  I’ve had one success email but no credits to my account yet.

  • Walty says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:05

    Thanks…..How does the merchant show on your Amex account?

    • Sussex Bantam says:

      30 Nov30 November 10:25

      Just as the name of the petrol station- appears to be the same as a normal purchase.

• antoinette calleja says:

  30 Nov30 November 10:32

  OT: got a CW reward flight to Seoul. I know nothing about the different planes so can someone suggest the best seats to book. It is on a 788 & most seats seem to be available at the moment including 1A.

  Thanks

  • Genghis says:

    30 Nov30 November 10:46

    Personally I’d chose 7A/K (direct aisle access) and then if aircraft gets changed to 789 (with F not operating), you’ll still have direct aisle access. Enjoy Seoul. We were there last month.

    • The Lord says:

      30 Nov30 November 11:10

      Booked a redemption for next year too. Any top tips for Seoul Genghis?

      • Genghis says:

        30 Nov30 November 12:55

        – take the limousine bus to / from the airport. It’s a bit more expensive than the basic train but can take you very near to where you’re staying (going from hotel we struggled to get a taxi to go down the road in the pouring rain but took bus back).
        – it was raining a lot when we were there for a couple of days (though I’ve been a couple of times before) so we didn’t do everything we wanted to do and we were on a bit of a go-slow anyway. We enjoyed Gyeongbokgung and the guard changing ceremony, the music outside the cultural centre to the east of there, walking around Bukchon Hanok Village, had a decent pajeon from Namdaemun Market and a good korean BBQ round the corner from the Courtyard Namdaemun. We enjoyed the v pricy food at Jihwaja but certainly not worth the money (we’ve eaten at some great restaurants across the world and this didn’t come anywhere near).

      • Genghis says:

        30 Nov30 November 12:57

        that should say “going from the airport to Seoul station we struggled then to get a taxi…”

    • antoinette calleja says:

      30 Nov30 November 12:20

      Thanks Genghis will do.

      Any tips appreciated

      • Jake Mcloughlin says:

        30 Nov30 November 13:22

        Gengis:

        You talk about the plane to Seoul being swapped to a 789 with F not operating.

        Is it not possible to upgrade or pay extra in those circumstances?

        Do BA really just let the seats go unoccupied?!

      • Genghis says:

        30 Nov30 November 13:38

        Not possible to upgrade. Prior to check in I was able to move wife and I into 1A and 2A but then I personally couldn’t check in (wife could and reverted back to her original 7J). I checked in at the airport and was given my original 7K back. Tried to get into F again but no go. After dinner service, we then moved up to F for some kip.

      • Jake Mcloughlin says:

        30 Nov30 November 13:49

        Thanks for the info! I’ll see what happens to the plane and take it from there though.

        Out of interest what reasons to BA give for not taking payment to upgrade?

        Surely it makes sense to offer cheap(ish) cash upgrades to F to passengers or for free to status members. The former will up revenue while the latter will up useable good will.

        For an airline as thrifty as BA one would have thought it would be considered easy money. Surely has to be easier than scrapping free food in ET to earn an extra £2 profit on a G&T!?!!!

      • Genghis says:

        30 Nov30 November 14:02

        No staff to run the cabin.

  • Jake Mcloughlin says:

    30 Nov30 November 14:39

    Thought it may be cost effective to add additional staff members (especially if equipment swap is known sufficiently in advance) and charge for upgrades.

    Must be possible to extrac £1k from Bus class passengers per leg.

    Then again, what do I know. I didn’t make $$$ of profit running an airline last year…

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