Convert GC points to a shopping voucher
Nov 18, 2013, 6:58 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK - BHD
Programs: BMI Diamond Club refugee: BA-Br; HH-D
Posts: 912
Convert GC points to a shopping voucher
Received an email about this today. Maybe this is a longstanding arrangement but it just hadn't hit my radar before now...
Dear DC freeloader,
Redeem your Gold Circle Club points for the Brown Thomas Gift Card this Christmas.
500 points = 25EUR gift card - so perhaps not a bad way to extract value from fairly small points balances if you envisage no other purpose for them.
Dear DC freeloader,
Redeem your Gold Circle Club points for the Brown Thomas Gift Card this Christmas.
500 points = 25EUR gift card - so perhaps not a bad way to extract value from fairly small points balances if you envisage no other purpose for them.
Nov 18, 2013, 7:43 am
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,760
No, this is the new "exciting Gold Circle rewards" which they hinted at in a recent email, and which was correctly identified by trustno1 recently in another thread:
Nov 19, 2013, 12:08 am
#3
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Naas at the weekend and FRA during the working week
Programs: EI Aer Club Concierge , BAEC Silver, Tesco clubcard
Posts: 410
The BT offer will appeal to some. Probably members with low balances as DC Freeloader points out. I have a fairly strong balance, enough for a trip across the pond in style (if you get my drift) and I would certainly rather blow 12000 points this way than €600 in vouchers for shopping (I hate shopping). Flights to JFK around St Patricks Day are currently priced at €2k. Flights next month to ORD are priced on some days at €4,800. At these prices, it is a no brainer for me personally.
As an aside, I see EI are again advertising biz flights for €699 each way. This is a great price for those lucky enough to be able to afford it.
As an aside, I see EI are again advertising biz flights for €699 each way. This is a great price for those lucky enough to be able to afford it.
Nov 20, 2013, 2:31 am
#4
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: From ORK, live LCY
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I'd have taken this to cash out my rather useless orphaned points, except my status expired in June :\