Bits: Etihad sale, win Qatar flights, a better Avis deal, 20% off Flybe today

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• TimS says:

  27 Feb27 February 07:05

  I wonder if the Etihad double miles promo will work for flights before 31 March which were booked pre-sale?

  I can’t see anything in the T&Cs that says they have to be sale tickets.

• Doodles says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:21

  The general article seems as good a place as any to ask my general question. Please can someone tell me the website where you can find a valid ticket reference – my BA reference is not valid on MH’s website? Also, does anyone know when MH was going to review its European routes? I have a flight ex AMS in August but didn’t know whether to wait a bit longer to see if the route is cancelled before buying my ticket to Amsterdam. Thank you.

  • Alan says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:22

    If your BA reference isn’t working on the MH site then try putting it in to CheckMyTrip.com – if you expand the entry for your MH sector it may then show you the MH booking reference if different.

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:27

    I had similar thoughts about Malaysia the other day. There was all this talk of cutting routes but nothing has happened (yet?).

  • CV3V says:

    27 Feb27 February 08:35

    Alan’s comments are correct on finding the booking reference, MAS use a different system from BA etc so 2 booking references are generated. But even with the MAS ref number you might find it useless on the MAS website, lack of integration with the one world booking systems (i guess).

    Dont hold me to this (!), but i was told (by someone in MAS) that almost all the Europe flights will be kept, including AMS.

  • Doodles says:

    27 Feb27 February 13:29

    Thank you for the helpful replies.

• Stewie says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:54

  Heathrow Rewards also running a comp for Qatar – pair of economy tix to anywhere on their network.

• bill says:

  27 Feb27 February 08:55

  I have a car rental with Avis booked via ba.com. Can I update it and credit it to my wife’s Iberia account since that’s a better offer?

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:28

    You can change the airline when you pick up, not a problem.

• Chris says:

  27 Feb27 February 10:00

  Etihad sale from AMS is even better, e.g. Sydney in biz for as low as €2,760 (£1,970). This sale seems to match the competing Qatar Airways promotion which has got similarly great deals from AMS.

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:25

    That is exceptionally good especially if you cashed out your double miles via PointsPay for money!

  • Matthew says:

    27 Feb27 February 22:04

    AMS-BKK in Etihad Business is from £914 rtn.

• signol says:

  27 Feb27 February 10:04

  Would the Iberia Avis deal include free second driver, as that’s definitely a BAEC perk? I just booked 10 days in South Africa with them, and the added driver will save R279.

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 11:23

    There was some mention of this on the IB site but I can’t remember the info.

• Lloyd says:

  27 Feb27 February 13:27

  With the Avis deal I was wondering what consitutes 3 days? For instance I’m going to Jersey on the 20th and am thinking of booking car hire from about 8pm. I will then drop the car back off on the 22nd at about 2pm. So less than 72 hours but spans over 3 days.

  In my case would the bonus trigger?

  Also any idea what the cost is for a zero CDW when booked through BA? It talks about CDW being included but assume the excess is still astronomical. How much is it per day to reduce the excess?

  • Lloyd says:

    27 Feb27 February 13:33

    I think the short answer is it probably works as when the hire is exactly 72 hours the price remains the same!

  • mark2 says:

    27 Feb27 February 13:59

    I think that the Avios web site offers insurance for the excess

  • Rob says:

    27 Feb27 February 14:15

    3 days is between 48 and 72 hours

  • Oliver says:

    27 Feb27 February 15:59

    Re: Avis and they’re astronomical excess reduction insurance. Apologies for the shameless plug however, having been seen the light get your own annual policy from protectmybubble.com works alot cheaper. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-1725105/Car-hire-excess-insurance-How-avoid-nasty-holiday-surprise.html

    • Oliver says:

      27 Feb27 February 16:05

      Woops: I really should proof read! “their” not they’re and ignore the unnecessary “been” Grrr

• mark2 says:

  27 Feb27 February 16:09

  HolidayAutos also sell insurance for the excess

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