Bits: new BA seat design patent, new Jumeirah openings, Marriott starts expiring points

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• Charlie says:

  6 Mar6 March 07:48

  Wow that is cheap, stopovers are allowed in HK for £30 too, pity it’s too short notice for me.

  I wonder if it is upgradeable with miles? Just wondering where best to use my new found Amex MR wealth thanks to the 50K points posting yesterday on the supplementary card offer (thanks Raffles!).

  • Charlie says:

    6 Mar6 March 07:51

    Just checked, not upgradeable with miles.

• Kai says:

  6 Mar6 March 08:57

  OT: Just realised my Amex gold posted quintuple points for the charge of Doubletree Amsterdam: 1xWelcome Bonus, 2xTravel Bonus and 1xOutbound spend. I’ve been receiving lots of triple points before but was still shocked when I saw this figure -_-

• Tim says:

  6 Mar6 March 09:00

  Re the patents. I am not sure that the configurations themselves are novel. Is it possible that BAs monopoly is really about the innovative floor fastening. This means to things – greater flexibility for BA reconfiguring aircraft but not necessarily a new seat layout and nothing to stop competitors using the illustrated seat layouts with the old fixing methods.

  Tim

• Jason says:

  6 Mar6 March 09:30

  Any water parks, in Abu Dhabi, near where the Jumeirah hotel will be built?

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 10:30

    Yas Waterworld is the big one, which is one a different (but close) manmade island. Biggest waterpark anywhere in the UAE.

  • Stephen says:

    6 Mar6 March 10:36

    Yep, Yas Water World on Yas Island is great and isn’t too far away. There’s a free bus between the Park Hyatt and St Regis properties on Sa’adiyat Island, and the water park and Ferrari World on Yas Island. Only costs a few quid in a taxi too. We were at the Park Hyatt in October.

  • richie says:

    6 Mar6 March 11:06

    Get an entertainer book for buy one get one free vouchers if you are there a few daysd

    • Jason says:

      6 Mar6 March 12:17

      Are there any hotels, in Abu Dhabi, that have waterparks attached to them( walking distance) that are included with the hotel?

• The_Real_A says:

  6 Mar6 March 09:49

  OT – it would seem Manderin Oriental has confirmed a hack of its payment systems. Credit Card numbers have been stolen.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31753935

• Wesley says:

  6 Mar6 March 09:57

  Slightly OT, but with my BA Amex Platinum card, it automatically transfers my MR points to BA Avios every month. Is there a way to keep them as MR points and stop the auto transfer, or is this just part of the cards rules.

  • Scott Miller says:

    6 Mar6 March 10:03

    The BA Amex gives Avios, not MR points, unlike, say, the Amex Gold Rewards card. This is why they transfer automatically into your BA account.

• Metatone says:

  6 Mar6 March 10:50

  Random thing that maybe you already know.
  Just booked on Virgin East Coast and was given the option to collect Virgin Atlantic points instead of nectar. 2 points per pound. Not great, but better than nectar for me (we don’t have a Sainsbury or Homebase close by…)

  • Rob says:

    6 Mar6 March 15:48

    West Coast has done this for ages. It is a better option than Nectar if you have a Virgin balance. Take a while to post though.

• Clive says:

  6 Mar6 March 11:08

  OT – just been advised BMI Card is being devalued. No bonus for BA booking payment. Another nail in the coffin

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