TSB £160 + other perk switch offer 23/5/24-24/6/24

Alexland

greenery said:

Just read through the t&c's for the hotel night. 
I can't see anywhere where it says how long you have to book. 
Accept the offer within 30 days
When you ring to book, you can book between 1 and 14 days ahead
But after you accept the offer how long have you got before the offer expires?

Can anyone see this written anyway

https://myrewards.tsb.co.uk/hotels/faq

"Is there an expiry period relating to my Night Away for two?

Your Night Away for two is valid for up to 18 months from the date of issue."

I'm on the fence between the hotel voucher and the Odeon offer - 30 days to decide....

Alexland

So I selected Odeon and they have already sent me the first 2 voucher codes so it seems they are going to make me wait for the other 4.

The good news is they have a 1 year expiry date so I can use them for 2 visits for the 3 of us.

The bad news is you still have to pay the £1 per person booking fee unless you use a kiosk at the cinema which sounds pretty inconvenient for typing in long codes - my kids will get bored and start fighting or asking me to buy expensive sweets. I normally walk through that area very quickly.

My local Odeon is only £5 Inc booking fee so these are only worth £4 to me so £24 total. The hotel stay would have been more valuable if I wanted it.

goatfaced

Wow my local never goes cheaper than £11 Mondays although I can get 2 tickets for £15 on certain days through Amazon prime.

I've selected the nowtv subscription, am waiting for the email with the details. 

Emily_Joy

Alexland said:

The hotel stay would have been more valuable if I wanted it.

I am not very impressed with the choice of hotels. Most are too close to motorways. Really struggling to find somewhere where we would actually want to go. A 3 star hotel next to a Tesco Extra not really my cup of tea, either.

winkowinko

Are any of the hotels excluded? ie central London?

Alexland

Emily_Joy said:

I am not very impressed with the choice of hotels. Most are too close to motorways. Really struggling to find somewhere where we would actually want to go. A 3 star hotel next to a Tesco Extra not really my cup of tea, either.

Yeah most of their hotel photos looked particularly dark, boxy and grim.

Dunno if that's deliberate to make you chose the lower value options. If so it worked on me.

winkowinko said:
Are any of the hotels excluded? ie central London?

Does this link work for you?
https://myrewards.tsb.co.uk/hotels/search

dertinbay

Not had any email about gift yet except “your cashback is running out soon, try a spend and save for £3 instead” last month

metaphase

Definitely not particularly premium properties but that's to be expected with Mercure being the main brand! I've stayed in a few of the ones shown on the site before and they weren't great but acceptable enough.  Does anyone know what availability is like yet - could be a bit of a pain taking the hotel option then finding they have very limited availability for the promotional rooms!

goatfaced

I went for the now TV option purely because I'd seen billboards for the gilded age and thought it was my sort of thing, but they only have season 2. I want season 1 🤣

Also I've never felt so much up selling. We get the basic with ads version for free, and can only watch on one device in low resolution. They immediately offered free 7 day trials on upgraded packages for HD and more devices to watch on at the same time, and also for cinema. I would have ignored them but my husband got sucked in, he has set a reminder to cancel though. This feels like a rubbish version of prime video. Ah well, it was free. As long as we cancel all the upgrades! 

Alexland

Good job they did pace the Odeon tickets as it caused me to keep the account longer and they have now offered me this deal:

"We’re offering selected TSB customers who use Google Pay or Samsung Pay £10 cashback – just for making 5 payments using your digital wallet. It’s safe, simple and you don’t even need to carry your physical card to use it. "

"Use your TSB Visa debit card to make a Google Pay or Samsung Pay payment in-store or online. There’s no minimum spend to be eligible for the cashback. You’ll need to make a minimum of 5 payments to qualify."

"Make your 5 payments between 3 February 2025 and 28 February 2025.That’s it. Look out for the cashback dropping into your account by 20 March 2025."