Earning Avios with Kaligo (Too good to be true?)
Jan 8, 2015, 4:12 pm
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Earning Avios with Kaligo (Too good to be true?)
I've made this thread before, about a Y fare to LAX for £180something.
But today, looking around FT, I've seen something that I don't believe. If this is true, why are all the clubcard guys buying V3 cards?
10,000 Avois a night seems unreal...
EDIT: 2500GBP PER NIGHT!! MY BAD
http://i58.tinypic.com/2rw9us8.png
But today, looking around FT, I've seen something that I don't believe. If this is true, why are all the clubcard guys buying V3 cards?
10,000 Avois a night seems unreal...
EDIT: 2500GBP PER NIGHT!! MY BAD
http://i58.tinypic.com/2rw9us8.png
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Jan 8, 2015, 4:30 pm
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To good to be true? PART 2
If you have a look at Head For Points: http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/11/25/avios-points-british-airways-hotel-kaligo/
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment") at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment") at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:41 pm
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If you have a look at Head For Points: http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/11...-hotel-kaligo/
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment") at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment") at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:49 pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paul4040
If you have a look at Head For Points: http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/11...-hotel-kaligo/
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment"
at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.
Staying at the four seasons in the 'Park View Excutive Suite' will cost £2400 for 6 nights (one week in New York). You'll earn 230,000 avois. Basically paying for 2 returns to NYC in First. Pretty amazing deal.
Originally Posted by paul4040
If you have a look at Head For Points: http://www.headforpoints.com/2014/11...-hotel-kaligo/
You'll see you need to spend £1000 for a 10,000 Avios bonus. The 3000 Avios for any booking below that is excellent however. I'm staying at the Days in Belfast next week for £45 and getting 3000 Avios on top of 200 base Avios for my trouble.
It justified cancelling my Hilton booking (where I get Diamond "treatment"
at double the price and sacrificing any points earning.Staying at the four seasons in the 'Park View Excutive Suite' will cost £2400 for 6 nights (one week in New York). You'll earn 230,000 avois. Basically paying for 2 returns to NYC in First. Pretty amazing deal.
The 10k bonus is for bookings over £1k and then it's usually between 1 and 5k per night depending on spend. Roughly 1k more per extra£100 cost per night.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:49 pm
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To good to be true? PART 2
It's not a bonus per night. It's per booking I'm afraid.
That advertisement is misleading unless it refers specifically to one-night stays. It's a one-off bonus.
Once I've got my 3200 Avios I will then switch back to other, conventional methods of booking.
That advertisement is misleading unless it refers specifically to one-night stays. It's a one-off bonus.
Once I've got my 3200 Avios I will then switch back to other, conventional methods of booking.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:51 pm
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The bonuses are good though. I've bagged both this one and rocket miles and think you could do it truce with BAEC and avios if you use different e mail addresses.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:54 pm
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Jan 8, 2015, 4:55 pm
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Jan 8, 2015, 5:00 pm
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To good to be true? PART 2
Christ, that's an outrageous earn rate!
I suspect most of that is base Avios. HFP suggests it's per night, not booking. I tend to find HFP pretty reliable and cannot locate the TnCs of the site at the minute.
I suspect most of that is base Avios. HFP suggests it's per night, not booking. I tend to find HFP pretty reliable and cannot locate the TnCs of the site at the minute.
Jan 8, 2015, 5:12 pm
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First to JFK from LHR is £3200. This hotel (One of the nicest in NYC I suspect) for 6 nights is £2500 and pays for your first flight (+tax) and then another 100000 odd Avois. Seems pretty good for £2500... I'd be taking advantage of it but my family live there so no point.
Jan 8, 2015, 6:21 pm
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Originally Posted by chris1979
I very much doubt you'll earn 230k for that.
The 10k bonus is for bookings over £1k and then it's usually between 1 and 5k per night depending on spend. Roughly 1k more per extra£100 cost per night.
Can I sue them for false advertising?
Originally Posted by chris1979
I very much doubt you'll earn 230k for that.
The 10k bonus is for bookings over £1k and then it's usually between 1 and 5k per night depending on spend. Roughly 1k more per extra£100 cost per night.
Can I sue them for false advertising?
How far can you go in the booking process? This can't be normal but wonder if they might honour it.
Jan 8, 2015, 6:46 pm
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