I haven’t seen the card, but I have been offered the deal and immediately refused it because I wasn’t interested. I understood that you had to pay €19.99 upfront to even get the terms and conditions. In the first place.
Anyway, I have found great deals directly form hotels themselves. The current Carlton Kinsale offer of a free nights’ stay with dinner is fantastic. That’s dinner B&B for two for €90.
o2 offers its customers free hotel stays if they pay for meals as a part of their “treats” programme. There is no extra requirement, you just need to a paying o2 customer and the “treats” are released to you a month or two after you register on o2 website.
Same type of deal (I guess the hotels want to have at least their restaurants working for themselves) but at least you don’t need to spend €500 to activate it.
FYI there are other smaller treats available as well so I availed of some hairdressing rebates and we had €5 off our takeaway once or twice.
I got the card last year and like you quickly realised that it was not worth the effort. I do a lot of driving and would easliy clock up the €500 over the 3 months. However it was the breakfast and dinner part that turned me off.
But to be fair the reason I get my diesel in Applegreen is that they are at least joint cheapest in my town (Clonmel) and often cheapest. They had a right battle with Tesco and a Vivo station for a while and prices in Clonmel were about 7-10c a lt cheaper than in the likes of Tipperary Town, Limerick, Cashel etc which I regularly passed through. I opted for Applegreen because they also had an offer of 5c a lt off with a car wash. I didn’t get it washed everytime but it was enough to win my business.
Now the battle has eased off (the Vivo station went out of business and was taken over by another brand). However Applegreen/Tesco are still ~3c a lt cheaper than most stations I pass.
The Hotel offer might have been a bit stupid but I can’t argue with them on price.
Hi, i have my loyalty card filled in & my friend has hers done also, we would be grateful if you could send a brochure to 41 Ministers Park, Lusk, Co. Dublin so as we could pick our hotel.
Tuesday 9 March, 2010 at 12:48 pm
I haven’t seen the card, but I have been offered the deal and immediately refused it because I wasn’t interested. I understood that you had to pay €19.99 upfront to even get the terms and conditions. In the first place.
Anyway, I have found great deals directly form hotels themselves. The current Carlton Kinsale offer of a free nights’ stay with dinner is fantastic. That’s dinner B&B for two for €90.
Tuesday 9 March, 2010 at 2:27 pm
o2 offers its customers free hotel stays if they pay for meals as a part of their “treats” programme. There is no extra requirement, you just need to a paying o2 customer and the “treats” are released to you a month or two after you register on o2 website.
Same type of deal (I guess the hotels want to have at least their restaurants working for themselves) but at least you don’t need to spend €500 to activate it.
FYI there are other smaller treats available as well so I availed of some hairdressing rebates and we had €5 off our takeaway once or twice.
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 at 8:41 am
I got the card last year and like you quickly realised that it was not worth the effort. I do a lot of driving and would easliy clock up the €500 over the 3 months. However it was the breakfast and dinner part that turned me off.
But to be fair the reason I get my diesel in Applegreen is that they are at least joint cheapest in my town (Clonmel) and often cheapest. They had a right battle with Tesco and a Vivo station for a while and prices in Clonmel were about 7-10c a lt cheaper than in the likes of Tipperary Town, Limerick, Cashel etc which I regularly passed through. I opted for Applegreen because they also had an offer of 5c a lt off with a car wash. I didn’t get it washed everytime but it was enough to win my business.
Now the battle has eased off (the Vivo station went out of business and was taken over by another brand). However Applegreen/Tesco are still ~3c a lt cheaper than most stations I pass.
The Hotel offer might have been a bit stupid but I can’t argue with them on price.
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 at 10:43 am
You cant argue with them on price in Tipperary, they are not the cheapest in every area they are in.
Wednesday 5 May, 2010 at 10:52 am
Hi, i have my loyalty card filled in & my friend has hers done also, we would be grateful if you could send a brochure to 41 Ministers Park, Lusk, Co. Dublin so as we could pick our hotel.
Regards,
Patrick Hayden
Wednesday 5 May, 2010 at 11:38 am
Patrick, just who do you think you’re addressing your comment to?