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meinnit wrote: »

This is my post on HUD:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/518918/double-airmiles-using-tesco-clubcar

Get over it !!!!!!!

MKS

MrsASmith wrote: »

oooo I'm very interested in this, was looking just a few weeks ago at exchanging my vouchers for airmiles - would really like to visit some friends in NZ.

Would be great to hear from anyone who has used airmiles. Am looking forward to my clubcard vouchers being delivered as have spent lots in Tesco since the double points began

We used Airmiles to go to Australia a couple of years ago - brilliant deal BOGOF! So for 10,000 miles and £323 in taxes we had a good holiday. Better still now, taxes are included. The only down side was that your journey couldn't include stopovers. I posted the following last year - some of the info may be of help - sorry I don't know how to do links!

Hi
We found the cheapest one way car rental price was from DriveNow.com.au. We paid Aus$198 (approx £90) for a weeks hire for a Corolla automatic last November, picking it up at Melbourne and dropping it off at Adelaide after driving the Great Ocean Road. They gave us a free upgrade when we picked it up. I booked it a few months before we went for approx £20 more and when I re-checked later saw it had come down in price, so just cancelled and re-booked! They have a no cancellation fee policy. If you have one, take your own SatNav as they were expensive if you wanted to hire one. They are great when you just want to drive and explore.

For internal flights, register with Virginblue, Jetstar and Quantas. They all have regular sales. We paid Aus$29 each for flights fron Sydney to Melbourne.

Hotel-wise, we used Travelodge (much better standard than here), Best Western, Majestic, Radisson and Novotel. Do a hotelscomparison.com or hotelscombined.com search for the best price. Book the accommodation, if it's a good price - I always try to use hotels which operate a 'no cancellation fee' policy than can cancel and re-book if I can get it cheaper. Think about self catering. We stayed at The Lakes Resort (http://www.thelakescairns.com.au) just outside of Cairns - it was superb. Last year we stayed at the Rockford Novotel Resort ( http://www.novotel-pcr.com.au/) in Palm Cove (between Cairns and Port Douglas)- again superb accommodation. This has the added advantage of having a washing machine etc. When booking hotels etc try and go through Quidco for extra savings.

In Sydney, we went to the Blue Mountains by train and Explorer ticket - allows you to hop on, hop off at different places. ( http://www.cityrail.info/fares/link_tickets.jsp) That was much cheaper than the excursion price and allowed us to see what we wanted to rather than be whisked round on a coach and not seeing so much.

A restaurant that we visited at Kings Wharf was James Squire. The food was fantastic and not expensive by city standards, portions were good as well. (http://www.jamessquirebrewhouse.net/) See the menu page. It's a brewers and they have an enormous range of beers.

Ditto in Cairns. We drove to Cape Tribulation/Daintree ourselves and had so much more time than on an organized tour. We also went to Kuranda by ourselves. If you want to go up by the train, it only goes up a couple of times in the morning. If you go on this, ask for window seats for the best views. The Skyrail operates all day. Most of the shops in Kuranda close early afternoon. In our opinion, a must-do is The Rainforest Habitat just outside of Port Douglas. (http://www.rainforesthabitat.com.au/about/prices.htm) We got the 4 park pass which we felt was good value. The Butterfly Sanctuary is actually in Kuranda and the Rainforestation is near there as well. The all parks pass includes everything at the Rainforestation, even the Duck Tour. Morning is the best time to go as all the coaches descend in the afternoon and it gets mobbed, We also visited a coffee plantation - Coffee Works,(http://www.arabicas.com.au/) I think it was about Aus$9 but that included a tour, loads of coffe and tea tasting as well as chocolates (milk, plain and white). I am not fussed with chocolate but the Lemon Myrtle and Lime and Black Pepper were fantastic. We drove into the Highlands and the Tableland and saw totally different sides of North Queensland. We came across the 'Out of the whey' cafe ( http://www.cairnsdining.com/review_52.html) ( http://www.mungallicreekdairy.com.au/) It really was as the review reads - totally different to Cairns and very cool - when we was there it was 17c as opposed to Cairns 28c.

We did the Green Island trip to the Barrier Reef and were a bit disappointed. It was very commercialised and the coral was not the same varied colours that we had seen the previous year when we took a trip that took us to two different locations on the reef. IMHO one of the best BR locations is Lady Elliot Island which is at the other end of the BR. It is situated between Brisbane and Rockhampton. We splashed out and had a day trip by air when we stayed nearby in Bundaberg. It cost Aus$160 each and it was worth every penny. Flying in to the Island was a view I will never forget. It is an eco conservation island and not commercialised at all. (http://www.ladyelliotislandresort.net/) It's a small island that you can walk around, paddle in the sea amongst the coral, snorkling etc. Lunch is usually included. The coral that we saw here were brilliant colours - just as I had always thought it would be. Excellent day out.

I found that the Australian forums on Tripadvisor were a good place for info.
HTH. I am sure you'll have a fantastic time.

tara747

meinnit wrote: »

Did you copy and paste that from my post from HUD?

Also posted here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=26548391#post26548391

and here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=26548353#post26548353

meinnit wrote: »

This is my post on HUD:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/518918/double-airmiles-using-tesco-clubcar

meinnit - we get the message.

weanie

It seems a tempting deal now. I used all my remaining KLM airmiles some time ago to fly to Dubai and the additional cost in taxes was enormous - I could have flown on a cheaper and longer route with another airline for the equivalent of my tax cost. It looks as if I can fly to Dubai now for just over £100 worth of deals - or have I got this wrong?
Also - can I book tickets using my deals coupons for other members of my family or does it have to be just me as the cardholder?

mobby-2554

Here's the zone list.

http://www.airmiles.co.uk/travel/home.do

weanie, not sure about booking for family just looking into it myself.

mobby-2554

Sorry didn't work click on cities list.

ems2

Sorry but I don't get it...could someone explain further please
I've looked on Tesco website and it says for every £1 spent I get 2 points.
How do I convert this in to the £135.42 needed for 6500 airmiles points?

TIA

planetjanet

Oooh, I am getting myself into a right pickle over this - can somebody helpme please. I was going to convert our Clubcard Vouchers into a Virgin Holiday, however I need to see if this is a better deal and just get the flights to Orlando/Tampa with airmiles and book the hotel directly.

SO, how many Clubcard vouchers would I need for 4 of us (2 ad, 2 ch) on this double up deal. I think Tampa is in Zone 5 which is 6500 + 500 from regional airport so 7000 airmiles required.

I keep getting a different answer each time - can somebody help my mind from exploding please!!

Thanks in advance.

Harrietxxx

planetjanet wrote: »

Oooh, I am getting myself into a right pickle over this - can somebody helpme please. I was going to convert our Clubcard Vouchers into a Virgin Holiday, however I need to see if this is a better deal and just get the flights to Orlando/Tampa with airmiles and book the hotel directly.

SO, how many Clubcard vouchers would I need for 4 of us (2 ad, 2 ch) on this double up deal. I think Tampa is in Zone 5 which is 6500 + 500 from regional airport so 7000 airmiles required.

I keep getting a different answer each time - can somebody help my mind from exploding please!!

Thanks in advance.

7000/120=58.33 x 2.5=£145.83 of unconverted clubcard vouchers per person

or to put it another way

convert £145.83 of clucard vouchers into miles

each 2.50 of vouchers gives you 120 miles

so

145.83/2.5x120=7000 miles that you need each person for a zone 5 flight plus regional airport

It might be better to get them to price match a fly drive

HTH

pyabies

planetjanet wrote: »

Oooh, I am getting myself into a right pickle over this - can somebody helpme please. I was going to convert our Clubcard Vouchers into a Virgin Holiday, however I need to see if this is a better deal and just get the flights to Orlando/Tampa with airmiles and book the hotel directly.

SO, how many Clubcard vouchers would I need for 4 of us (2 ad, 2 ch) on this double up deal. I think Tampa is in Zone 5 which is 6500 + 500 from regional airport so 7000 airmiles required.

I keep getting a different answer each time - can somebody help my mind from exploding please!!

Thanks in advance.

You have to be really flexible with dates as Airmiles only offer certain flights and seats etc for each destination.

I just used £636.50 of clubcard vouchers (converted to new offer of 30,500 airmiles) on a cruise, it reduced my holiday by around £2000! Although £636.50 would have been worth more at Virgin - Virgins prices are VERY LOADED to start with so renders value down loads. Also Virgin dont allow vouchers towards cruises.

Airmiles people are VERY HELPFUL so dont hesitate to ring and chat to them before making a decision.