BAEC Exclusive Shopping Event Invitation - Bicester Village 19-21 Oct 2018
Sep 27, 2018, 11:38 am
#18
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No need to receive an email - if you go to the Exec Club offers page on the BA website you can register through that.
Regards
aks120
Regards
aks120
Sep 28, 2018, 3:02 am
#22
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Sep 28, 2018, 5:33 am
#24
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Dictionary definition of Exclusive - "available to only a few, select customers; high class and expensive"
It is available to all via BAEC website.
I like Bicester, but often come away disappointed. Even in their sales, most stuff is too expensive. I used to buy stuff there, but the drive to nasty, cheap, expensive stores has carried on remorselessly. Other than L'Occitaine, of course, which is useful since Woods of Windsor stopped selling decent soap and shampoo..
It is available to all via BAEC website.
I like Bicester, but often come away disappointed. Even in their sales, most stuff is too expensive. I used to buy stuff there, but the drive to nasty, cheap, expensive stores has carried on remorselessly. Other than L'Occitaine, of course, which is useful since Woods of Windsor stopped selling decent soap and shampoo..
Sep 28, 2018, 7:19 am
#26
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Take your receipts to the Visitor Centre (or email them in subsequently). Usual earn rate is 5 Avios per £4 spent.
There are, as the OP highlights, occasional promotions that offer a better earnings rate.
There are, as the OP highlights, occasional promotions that offer a better earnings rate.
Oct 9, 2018, 6:20 am
#27
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: London, UK
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Uninvited! How very dare they! DYKWIA :P
After registering for the promotion and getting a PDF ticket, I just received this ....
Dear Sir/Madam
We would like to thank you for your interest in the British Airways Executive Club Shopping Event at Bicester Village. We have received an extremely high number of subscriptions which have exceeded the available capacity for this event. As stated in the terms & conditions, members were confirmed on a first come first served basis. With regret on this occasion your application was outside of the allocated number. As a result you have automatically been added to the event waiting list and we will be in touch should a place become available.
We are delighted to extend an invitation to visit Bicester Village from the 19 – 21 October 2018 where you will still benefit from the Private Sale discount of up to an additional 20% in participating boutiques, as well as an opportunity to earn Double Avios and a chance to redeem a free gift on purchases over £50 at Charles Tyrwhitt. Please find your invitation attached. You will need to present this invitation at the Bicester Visitors Centre, or Information Hub located at the train station to collect your Private Sale discount card.
Yours Faithfully
Value Retail Management
Clearly a bit of a mess up, but as I applied just 2 hours after I received the invite email, the numbers must be vast, unless they are dumping the Silver cards in favor of the higher rolling golds!
Anyone else dumped by Bicester?
Dear Sir/Madam
We would like to thank you for your interest in the British Airways Executive Club Shopping Event at Bicester Village. We have received an extremely high number of subscriptions which have exceeded the available capacity for this event. As stated in the terms & conditions, members were confirmed on a first come first served basis. With regret on this occasion your application was outside of the allocated number. As a result you have automatically been added to the event waiting list and we will be in touch should a place become available.
We are delighted to extend an invitation to visit Bicester Village from the 19 – 21 October 2018 where you will still benefit from the Private Sale discount of up to an additional 20% in participating boutiques, as well as an opportunity to earn Double Avios and a chance to redeem a free gift on purchases over £50 at Charles Tyrwhitt. Please find your invitation attached. You will need to present this invitation at the Bicester Visitors Centre, or Information Hub located at the train station to collect your Private Sale discount card.
Yours Faithfully
Value Retail Management
Clearly a bit of a mess up, but as I applied just 2 hours after I received the invite email, the numbers must be vast, unless they are dumping the Silver cards in favor of the higher rolling golds!
Anyone else dumped by Bicester?
Oct 9, 2018, 6:39 am
#29
Join Date: Sep 2013
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 186
I got the same thing. Not sure what’s going on? Email is not very well / clearly written. Like it was written by someone with English as a second language (and that comes from someone who speaks English as a second language).
Shouldn’t they have just declined us on the day we signed up (a while ago!) rather than over a week later?
What happened?!?
Shouldn’t they have just declined us on the day we signed up (a while ago!) rather than over a week later?
What happened?!?
Oct 9, 2018, 6:40 am
#30
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Join Date: May 2014
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I was dumped by email today at 13.00 !
All rather shabby !! With 30 places why on earth didn't they target maybe 100 within 50/100 miles, and then target a few more if the 30 wasn't taken. Ridiculous !
All rather shabby !! With 30 places why on earth didn't they target maybe 100 within 50/100 miles, and then target a few more if the 30 wasn't taken. Ridiculous !