Reply to: The Cost of Loyalty

[craig1]

I got a free holiday out of my Marriott points a number of years ago. A couple of weeks in the Marriott Taba Heights in Egypt courtesy of lots of expensed hotel stays on behalf of clients. Also, my reward card status gave me free upgrades and lots of extra goodies. We usually get away for a long weekend once a year at the UK premium Marriott country club hotels courtesy of these points that I've built up over the years. I think I've enough left for about a week in one of the premium places if I planned it properly.

[Dactylion]

Wow, you really are aspiring to be Sasguru.

It's a rather sad and pathetic aspiration.

FTFY

[DodgyAgent]

You're telling me that if I lived in a "nice" area my local shops would be full of "middle class" people and you have the cheek to call me pretentious because I don't like Tesco. I don't like it because it's tulip.



Why should I shop online when I can I just pop into the shop I walk past on my way home? What if I prefer to choose my own groceries? Why shouldn't I walk there rather than drive to Tesco and spend 20 minutes in a queue just to pick up one or two items on a Sunday afternoon?

If more people did that instead of following the path of least resistance a world of less profits for the big retailers and large corporations would be a better place.

[doodab]

Love that you're calling me "snobbish", you pretentious buffoon.

You're telling me that if I lived in a "nice" area my local shops would be full of "middle class" people and you have the cheek to call me pretentious because I don't like Tesco. I don't like it because it's tulip.

Again - just shop online.

Why should I shop online when I can I just pop into the shop I walk past on my way home? What if I prefer to choose my own groceries? Why shouldn't I walk there rather than drive to Tesco and spend 20 minutes in a queue just to pick up one or two items on a Sunday afternoon?

[d000hg]

Love that you're calling me "snobbish", you pretentious buffoon.

Again - just shop online.

[doodab]

Wow, you really are aspiring to be Sasguru.

Oh dear. Have you chosen me to be the recipient of your pearls of arseclown wisdom today?

If you live in a nice area, your co-shoppers will be middle-class just like you.

Now, aside from equating "nice" with "middle class" which is rather snobbish, you seem to be assuming that if someone lives in a "nice" area that the nearest Tesco must also be in a "nice" area and all of the shoppers will be "nice". The reality in my "very nice" area is that the nearest properly sized Tesco is an out of town monstrosity that leaves 2/3rds of the checkouts closed while people queue 10 or 20 deep to pay for stuff. I refer to the people who shop there as plebs because no one with an ounce of self respect would put themselves through the experience more than once. The several Waitrose near me, on the other hand, will tend to put staff on the checkouts when it's busy. They also sell nicer stuff, and I can do click and collect when ordering from John Lewis.

No doubt where you live it's entirely different and visiting Tesco is more like a private viewing at Harrods.

[sasguru]

Wow, you really are aspiring to be Sasguru.

It's a rather unrealistic aspiration.

[sasguru]

Just booked a weekend in London / Kensington Hilton for two nights, two rooms adjoining, early check-in(complimentary as Diamond member), late checkout(as Diamond member, Free wifi(complimentary as Diamond member),full English breakfasts(complimentary as Diamond member), automatic upgrade to Executive floor(complimentary as Diamond member), free managers reception bar for both nights(complimentary as Diamond member), free soft drinks / coffee / snacks at any time(complimentary as Diamond member) for the total cost of £0.

Taking £100 worth of Days Out Vouchers courtesy of Tesco (Cost £0), with another £100 worth of Restaurant vouchers (Cost £0) & everyone has a Merlin pass courtesy of Avios (Cost £0)

The cost of loyalty.

Now to book a free holiday.

<Insert Smug Grin Smiley Here>

Anyone else getting great deals on loyalty?

Feck me I missed this.
Is this an attempt to have the saddest, no-life, look-what-a-lower-class-pleb-I-am-so-happy-to-be-in-a-hotel, post?
Bet you take pictures of the bar and lobby and put them in an album.

[d000hg]

Yes they are, because I go to my local Waitrose instead of driving to the monstrous out of town pleb magnet.

Wow, you really are aspiring to be Sasguru.

[doodab]

If you live in a nice area, your co-shoppers will be middle-class just like you.

Or you could do it online.

Yes they are, because I go to my local Waitrose instead of driving to the monstrous out of town pleb magnet.

[d000hg]

Exactly. I'd rather go on holiday in a tent in my garden in December.

If you live in a nice area, your co-shoppers will be middle-class just like you.

Or you could do it online.

[Old Greg]

Yet you claim to be rich. Surely you use Ocado and home delivery?

The Association of Grocery Home Delivery Businesses have a blanket ban on that address for staff safety reasons. I guess there comes a time when you shop where you're allowed to.

[eek]

You've had to shop in Tesco.

Yet you claim to be rich. Surely you use Ocado and home delivery?

[doodab]

You've had to shop in Tesco.

Exactly. I'd rather go on holiday in a tent in my garden in December.

[DirtyDog]

Why spend it when you can get it for nothing.

It's not nothing though.

You've had to spend all the flying time and staying in hotels. You've had to travel to the wrong airport, and whinge about the job. You've had to shop in Tesco. You've still had to pay APD for your "free" flights.